Author: Michelle Yost

Michelle Yost is the co-founder of We Help and We Learn. She has many years of experience working in the field of social services. Helping people with disabilities find jobs, homes, food, social opportunities, activities, find and fight discrimination. She has worked with different types of people, but it has taught her along the way. Social workers don't stay, skills do and that can't be taken away. This is the way she teaches.

Advocacy People September 22, 2016September 24, 2016

The Harvest

Reading Time: 4 minutes Spread the love The labour of...

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Advocacy People September 15, 2016September 16, 2016

A Story of Empowerment: Koushik Propelled the Engine of Social Change in Bangladesh

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Advocacy September 8, 2016September 13, 2016

Child Labour or Slavery: Minhaz is the Hope for Change!

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Advocacy September 1, 2016September 3, 2016

Community Participation made the Project Viable

Reading Time: 4 minutes Spread the love Fahim, as are...

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Advocacy August 25, 2016August 28, 2016

Child Labourers: Educating and Emancipating Through Community Participation

Reading Time: 5 minutes Spread the love The miserable plight...

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Activism Gender August 11, 2016August 13, 2016

Poor Bangladeshi Women sans Farming Tools Clawed the Soil to Grow Paddy

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