How we think about it

Treat people well. The rest follows.

The honest thinking behind how we run our projects.

The thinking

Fix one thing properly. A lot follows.

Most aid is one-for-one — a meal feeds a person for a day. Honest work, but the maths is linear. The amount of good you can do is capped by the amount you can raise.

We try to find the things that, once fixed, keep paying off — sometimes for years — without us having to do anything more.

Housing is the cleanest example. Twelve months in a stable, decent place and people don't go back to where they were. They sleep. They show up to interviews. They start the side thing they were too tired to start. They earn. They save. Doors open that weren't on the map a year ago.

One year of stability. A long tail of better outcomes. That's what we're after.

What we believe

It's hard to do your best work when you're worried about the basics.

The mind that's calculating tomorrow's rent isn't free to think about much else. The body that hasn't slept can't do its best work. None of this is poetry — it's just how people work.

That's why we don't cut corners on the homes. The kitchens are real kitchens. The bedrooms are real bedrooms. We wouldn't ask anyone to live somewhere we wouldn't live ourselves.

These are launchpads, not shelters.

What we track

Four numbers. No fluff.

"People served" tells you nothing about whether anything changed. These are the four things we report on, every cohort, every year.

Got steady work

% of the cohort in stable, contracted jobs at month 12.

Moved on well

% who landed their own place within 90 days of leaving.

Felt better

Self-reported sleep, stress and physical health vs. when they arrived.

Earnings over time

Average income at 12, 24 and 36 months after the program.

Stories

In their words, when they're ready.

We'll only share a story once a partner has finished and is happy for us to tell it. First stories from late 2026.

Cohort 01 · Story #1