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Meeting Needs: From Individual Betterment to Individual Development



Christmas Store

During Christmas The Other Way runs a Christmas store which is aimed at restoring dignity to Christmas. Rather than giving away gifts people work in the store to build up credit, and then shop for gifts with the credit they have earned. Dignity comes with involvement...

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Good Soil Industries

This is a story of personal transformation through Good Soil Industries. The video tells Corey's story. Corey was a drug addict, but now with the help of GSI he is getting back on his feet.

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Sacred Suds: Moving from Betterment to Development

Sacred Suds started out simply as a betterment agency where people could wash their clothes and take showers. But as they started talking to more of their neighbors they realized the neighborhood had greater needs than just cleanliness... 

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