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Started Feb. 24, 2009

What is our generation's view of poverty?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Byington Feb. 23, 2009.

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The Elias Fund...

We began with a simple purpose: help one man raise his children. Today we empower communities across Zimbabwe and South Africa to equip their children with hope and opportunity.

Eric and Scott Byington have directed EF since 2006, drawing on their youthful passion to rally fellow young adults to a positive identity centered on social justice, specifically focusing on the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. Through their personal friendships with Zimbabweans, they've joined indigenous empowerment with grassroots development in efforts to alleviate the poverty in specific Zimbabwean communities.

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O.A.R. and the Elias Fund

We’re excited to announce that the Elias Fund recently won the Shine a Light Charity Contest through music group O.A.R.’s Heard the World foundation! Thanks to the initiative of Liz Dropo, we’ve been awarded $5,000. The gifted funds will go to our partners at Albert Street School, empowering over 400 Zimbabwean refugee children in South Africa with holistic education. Many thanks to Liz and the guys of O.A.R.! Now let’s take it a step further…

We want to take O.A.R.’s support and demonstrate th… Continue

Posted on April 13, 2009 at 11:30am —

Follow EF and the upcoming trip on Twitter

It's getting close. We're heading back to Zim and South Africa to pay a visit to our partners, and for the first time since EF's inception we want YOU to follow along as we travel. You can meet the team going over through these… Continue

Posted on April 9, 2009 at 3:57pm —

Newest New Website

There's a new EF website... again! If you’ve been following you’ll notice we’ve cycled through a couple of different looks since the start of ‘09. Our appreciation goes out to Brandon Cook for helping us along the way; a huge thanks to Mark Mann of the 1010 Project for helping put this newest site together.

Keep checking back. The site will continue to evolve, getting sharper, cleaner, sexier... Ok maybe not the latter, but you get the picture. This new site is just the foundation for a rocking… Continue

Posted on March 25, 2009 at 12:00pm —

EF's Ten Foundational Principles ... (our 10 commandments if you like)

1. We love Zimbabwe; its people, its land, its future.
2. We do not believe in apathy.
3. We believe in the power of grassroots, the power of an active community.
4. We believe in empowerment, both of the individual and the community.
5. We always strive to provide hope.
6. We always act with respect no matter culture, socio-economic standing, etc.
7. We strive to be relevant to current culture, fostering a bridge between Zimbabwe and the States.
8. We do not support the ethos of dependence.
9.… Continue

Posted on February 18, 2009 at 2:00pm —