Open Cases

Who’s on the case.

Real people working the problems they couldn’t stop seeing. A few you’ll know from the book. The rest are readers who decided to become the someone.

From the book

Jeremy Vallerand · Seattle

building a network of 140+ organizations across 60+ countries so anti-trafficking work stops fighting in silos.

From the book

Missy & David Williams · South Sudan & Northern Uganda

turning “if only we had a sewing machine” into savings groups now serving 120,000 members.

From the book

Daron Babcock · South Dallas

answering one question — “what’s the one thing I could do to help?” — with a garden that became a farm, a market, and jobs.

From the book

Sarah Bowling · Phnom Penh

a safe place for the babies of sex workers to sleep at night, during the hours no one else would cover.

From the book

James Kanoff & Aidan Reilly · Los Angeles

one U-Haul of surplus onions to a food bank, then a logistics system that moved millions of pounds.

From the book

Alpha Omega Miracle Home · St. Augustine

pairing single mothers with senior women, because brokenness is relational and the fix has to be too.

From the book

Serving Orphans Worldwide · Global

strengthening the homes that already exist, and measuring success by how fast partners stop needing them.

From the book

A Kid’s Place · Tampa Bay

keeping foster siblings together in one home, an approach that was invisible from the program designer’s desk.

From the book

The Freedom Story · Northern Thailand

scholarships and mentoring that keep the most at-risk kids in school, where 91% now graduate.

From the book

Paige Chenault · Dallas

the one day no child in a shelter should miss: a birthday.

Add Your Case

What are you working on?

Name the problem you can’t stop seeing. That’s how every case starts.

Step 1 — The case