Connect Kindness Podcast

In today’s episode we interview Kimber MacGibbon, the Founder and Executive Director of HER Foundation.  The HER Foundation empowers those managing Hyperemesis Gravidarum (also known as HG) with information and support to minimize suffering, long term health complications and pregnancy loss.

In today’s episode we interview Lexi Kaili and Shane Grimes with Fish for Garbage.  Their organization brings volunteers, partners and water resource users together to physically remove trash and generate awareness for garbage in our rivers.

In today’s episode we interview Rania Mankarious, the CEO of Crime Stoppers of Houston. Their mission is to prevent serious crimes in the greater Houston area in partnerships with citizens, media, and the criminal justice system.

In this episode we interview Shreyaa & Esha Venkat the founders of Nest4US.  Their mission is to provide volunteer and leadership opportunities within their community.  Their goal is to empower the next generation of compassionate youth by integrating kindness, generosity, and social good into their routine. 

Shreyaa & Esha completely blew our minds with the impact that they are making at such a young age.  We talk about what inspired them to start a non-profit and how they’ve been able to scale to where they are today.  We also learn about some of their challenges and success through their journey so far.  Shreyaa & Esha have a passion for helping people and really enjoyed our conversation.

In this episode we interview Dr. Jordan Kassalow, the founder of VisionSpring. Their mission is to ensure that everyone in the developing world has access to eyeglasses. They provide affordable eyeglasses, vision screening and training so that non-profits, social entrepreneurs, government agencies, and corporate clients can bring the wonder of clear vision to their communities.

We learn about Jordan’s journey and what led him to start VisionSpring. He details VisionSprings initiatives, and explains how they are changing people's lives by the millions. He opens up about what gave him the inspiration to write his book “Dare to Matter”, which was published in 2019. Jordan is a brilliant social entrepreneur and we really enjoyed our conversation with him.

In this episode we interview Bejal Shah, the Communications Chair at Little Essentials. Their mission is to offer at-risk families living in poverty, urgently needed children’s supplies and parenting education to promote the health, well being and safety of their children under five years of age.

Today, 30% of children in New York City live in poverty and Bejal shares with us the programs that Little Essentials offers to help these families in need. We discuss the inspiration to start the organization and learn about the long-term goals and vision of Little Essentials. It was a pleasure interviewing Bejal and learning more about the impact that Little Essentials is having in New York City.

In this episode we interview Greg Han, the Director of Relations with Interfaith Ministries. Their mission is to bring people of diverse faith traditions together for dialogue, collaboration, and service, as a demonstration of their shared beliefs.

Greg shares with us the 50+ year history of Interfaith Ministries and the programs that they are positively impacting the Houston community. Houston Texas is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the United States. Interfaith ministries are bringing people together to understand each others cultures and faith, working together to spread kindness.

In this episode we interview Yolande Charles, the Founder and Executive Director of Afro Colombian Centre. There mission is to improve the lives of individuals and the Afro-Colombian community as a whole, with a focus on education, employment, health, recreation, culture and social justice.

Yolande shares how a trip to Cartagena Columbia sparked her mission to give back to the Afro-Colombian community. Although Yolande is a resident of Canada, she travels back and forth to Colombia to operate her organization. We discuss the multi-generational programs that they offer and how it is her goal to have the organization ran locally by the residents of Cartagena.

In this episode we interview Erin Farrell, the Executive Director of Struggles to Strengths. Their mission is to serve vulnerable and exposed families recovering from long term and reoccurring trauma. Most all of their families have experienced homelessness and are in shelter programs.

We learn about all of the programs that Struggles to Strength offers, one being a very unique photography program for youth. Erin shares what inspired her to start the organization as well as her vision for the future. Erin works one on one with every single person who is involved with the programs, and she is making a huge impact in their lives.

In this episode we interview Teysha Wheeler-LeManski, the CEO of Cloth Connection Outreach. Their mission is to provide reusable feminine products to woman in need.

We learn about what inspired Teysha to start Cloth Connection Outreach, as well as her burning desire to help people. Teysha shares how people in poverty often resort to using unsafe period protection because they cant afford the monthly cost of products. Cloth Connection Outreach is trying to help those in need here in the US.