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When the challenges of our work feel overwhelming, it's stories like this that inspire hope and get us through. Yadfon (sitting on the...
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Tim Hupe
- Jun 20
- 2 min
World Refugee Day 2022
On World Refugee Day, we want to introduce you to a family, a relationship we've had the priviledge of developing for a year now. Our...
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Tim Hupe
- Mar 31
- 1 min
2021 Impact Report
What an incredible honor it is to be part of an organization where I regularly get to witness the breaking of generational cycles of...
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Tim Hupe
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
No Longer Alone; The Benefits of Mentorship
Pookay, a college graduate and a former CLF scholarship recipient, recalls the first time she met Plaar, her mentor and Creative Life...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
On the Path to Freedom
J was one of the first students connected to the foundation. Founders Amy & Tim met 7-year old J whose siblings, just a year or two...
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Me Me Zin Oo
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Life Beyond Survival | A Refugee's Dream
“We are refugees…helping refugees.” These are the very words that left me in a fusion of awe and admiration the first time we met Hadi, a...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Turning a dream into reality, International Women’s Day 2021
In her early 20’s, Yadfon went on a visitation trip to the mountain villages outside Chaing Mai. It takes hours by bus, followed by a...
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Tim Hupe
- Jan 28, 2021
- 2 min
Human Trafficking Awareness Month - resources, ways to help, and our response
Happy New Year! January 11th was National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. January is also known as Human Trafficking Awareness month....
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Tim Hupe
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
2 Big reasons we need your help advocating today
IT'S GIVING TUESDAY! I know, I know. Your inboxes are filling up and social media is exploding with asks because today on the biggest...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
The risk of pursuing an education
“Bee” is taking a different path than most girls in her village. As a nineteen-year-old who has just finished her first year of college,...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Backpacks and School Supplies Covered in Glitter
New to Thailand, I attempt to take Bangkok’s sky train from my home into the city. Thankfully, I am successful (whew). Sehar, one of...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
How is COVID-19 impacting Creative Life Foundation?
Yadfon shares how the pandemic is making our vulnerable students more vulnerable. She’s witnessed:
Confusion about enrollment,
loss of...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Mar 10, 2020
- 4 min
An interview with Mina Thapa, Mina's Whole Foods
Creative Life Foundation’s mission is to, CONNECT VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE TO RESOURCES IN ORDER TO BREAK CYCLES OF POVERTY,...
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Tim Hupe
- Feb 19, 2020
- 1 min
Take a glimpse into 2019 - Annual Report
"2019 has been a significant year. In a season in which divisiveness and negativity have taken center stage in our media and politics, I...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Feb 4, 2020
- 3 min
Dreams. Goals. Visions. And What if's...
In the early ‘no-program-yet, grassroots, sitting-on-the-sidewalk, sitting-in-the-safe-house, sitting-in-relationship’ days, it seemed the m
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Tim Hupe
- Dec 20, 2019
- 1 min
Did you hear the good news?
One of my board members recently shared an article with me following a quarterly meeting. The article was interesting and helpful- feel...
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Tim Hupe
- Dec 18, 2019
- 2 min
Why Education?
Since 2013, a large focus of Creative Life Foundation's response to trafficking has been on prevention. It's not our only response, but...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
A Seat at the Table
“Would you like some coffee or tea? No? Okay, Here’s some water”. Anyone who walks through CLF’s doors will be made to feel welcomed by...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Nov 13, 2019
- 3 min
Beautiful Dust
Ball, our office administrator, got off his motorbike and walked into Creative Life Foundation in his customary button down shirt paired,...
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Jeanene Mutchler
- Oct 17, 2019
- 4 min
Prayer
Creative Life Foundation is a diverse place. We had a group meditation last week during which our staff lifted up prayers in 3 different...
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