Field storiesCity centre
A night at the winter shelter
What happens between 7 pm and 7 am when forty extra beds open in the city centre, told by the volunteers on the night shift.
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Reports from the shelter, the wells, the classrooms, and the kitchen, written by the people who run them. Appeal updates and event recaps are here too.
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NewsRiver valley, north district
Flood appeal: the first ten days
Where the first $64,000 went after the river burst its banks in the north district: shelter kits, food parcels, and clean water, day by day.
Field storiesEast library
One term at the reading club
Twelve weeks, three libraries, and 64 children who were reading below their age: what changed by the end of term, and what did not.
How we workRiverside district
What one $25 backpack holds
Notebooks, pens, a calculator, and a lunch box: the list teachers asked for, why every item is on it, and how we buy and pack 1,600 of them.
How we workDry north
How a village well is built, step by step
From the first survey to the water test: the six steps behind every well we fund, how long each one takes, and what it costs.
Events recapHigh street
Street festival volunteer day: what one Saturday raised
Sixty volunteers, eleven stalls, and a stretch of road closed to traffic: a recap of the August volunteer day, with what it raised and what we will change next year.