We learned recently about an interesting organization, SCRAP, Inc (https://scrapusa.org/about/what-we-are/) . They operate in some 8 locations across the USA. They take “ waste” donations and sell at low prices to artists, craft’s people, and school teachers. Thus, they reduce waste going to landfills and create small businesses that create some jobs. They are similar to Habitat, Goodwill and other reuse stores. However, focus is mainly with materials for crafts or art projects. FWOP dropped some leather seats from Southwest Airlines at the local Scrap store in Denton, Texas for artists and teacher to use. Boxes and semi-truck loads of [ Read More ]
Archive for March, 2019
Recently FWOP was asked to locate wheelchairs and walkers for disabled in Muzquiz, Mexico. Projecto 10 Muzquiz in Denton, Texas has families related to families in Muzquiza and takes material and supplies to Mexico weekly or monthly. LTCare facilities in Denton County often have used chairs and walkers We have located a dozen or more in last two months and they are slowly being taken across the border.
Nursing Home is a rural nursing home in the Hubei province in China. It was a rebuilt from an abandoned school. There were more than 50 aging people living there when it operated at its peak. But later, some of them could no longer afford fee of $40 per person per month. Xinmei Ye is the manager of this nursing home. She asked her husband and her mother help her run this place. It is a difficult time for them because there are only 28 seniors living there now. The Solar Lamp Project of FWOP helped children in Indonesia ,Africa [ Read More ]
DIY Air Monitoring Education for a Cleaner Environment The University of North Texas, UNT, and Future Without Poverty, Inc., FWOP, are partnering to provide a series of STEM and Public Health workshops. During a 2 to 3‐hour hands‐on session we will show students how to build a simple particulate matter (PM) monitor with parts you can buy online and easily connect to a system of monitors in operation around the world (luftdaten). These workshops are designed to engage students in science and engineering topics while educating our community about the environment and public health. The workshops are structured with a [ Read More ]
