Since launching in 2019, Side by Side Alliance has proven that a small nonprofit can make a HUGE difference! But this wouldn't be possible without faithful donors and constant prayer.

With your help, SSA has been able to come alongside vulnerable communities in the Philippines. In the three years, SSA has been encouraging them through the hope of the gospel, equipping them with training in sustainable livelihoods, and empowering them to build their own paths out of poverty!

For the last two years, SSA's efforts have focused on the IMPACT Project. This was a six-part collaboration between SSA, faithful donors, the College of Engineering at the Eastern Visayas State University, community leaders, and the IMPACT participants and their families.
In this project, dozens of men from the two villages learned practical construction skills in carpentry, masonry, steelworks, and plumbing.

This training has equipped them with skills that will move them away from unreliable, low-paying day-labor jobs. This, in turn, allows them to care for the basic needs of their own families, ensuring no one goes to bed hungry anymore.

And it's worked. Many of the IMPACT participants have already secured new jobs with local contractors! They are already beginning to build a new future for their families - with renewed hope that things can be different!

While the IMPACT Project is wrapping up, SSA's work in the Philippines hasn't. In fact, this was just the first of many great things to come.

Here is a look at some of the great opportunities we'll have in the Philippines in 2023:

* IMPACT 2.0 is on its way! SSA will once again collaborate with EVSU's College of Engineering as they provide expert instruction in the five skill areas of the IMPACT training (carpentry, masonry, steelworks, plumbing, and electrical installation & maintenance). SSA is offering IMPACT 2.0 in two different villages where people desperately need jobs in order to feed their families.

* We're excited to announce ARISE! This new program will teach women Hydroponic Gardening in four barangays where SSA has already developed partnerships. We also have a new partner, this time with Visayas State University! The faculty and staff of VSU will provide the expert training. This project will equip them to grow food much-needed for their own families. In Phase II of this project, people in the partner-communities will form cooperatives to sell their produce at local markets and earn additional income to help support their families.
* SSA isn't done helping our first batch of IMPACT participants. In fact, thanks to a project called WIRED for Success, they'll continue to receive training in Electrical Installation & Maintenance. This additional training will be invaluable as these men seek full-time, regular work with local contractors.
* SSA is committed to getting to know the families in our partner-communities and sharing the love of God with them! To that end, we have planned several Rays of Hope outreach events in our partner-communities so that our team can get to know each child and their parents, grandparents (and other extended families, if possible!). The Rays of Hope outreach events will focus on helping each child know they are loved by the One who created them. This will be accomplished through the SSA team's personal interaction with each child, sharing Bible stories, playing games, singing songs, and enjoying fellowship around a traditional Filipino snack (hotdog on a stick with a marshmallow! :-).

2023 is looking like a great year to come alongside people living in vulnerable communities with HELP and HOPE!

But we can only continue this good work with your help! 100% of your financial gift will go directly to the Philippines to help in the alleviation of poverty and suffering!

Will you continue to help (or join!) Side by Side Alliance in 2023 as we encourage, equip, and empower people living in difficult situations?

With gratitude and hope,
Jim & Laura Barbee, for the Side by Side Alliance team

Giving Tuesday 2022

By Side by Side Alliance, Inc.

Giving Tuesday 2022

Continuing the Impact!