A Canada charity gave $7,500 to homeless people, here’s what happened

Good News Notes: “A Canadian project studying the impact of giving cash directly to homeless people told the CBC on Thursday their findings were ;beautifully surprising.’ The New Leaf Project, a program of Foundations for Social Change, a Vancouver-based charity, began in 2018, and awarded a group of Lower Mainland homeless people a cash payment of…

Meet the Nuns Who Created Their Own Climate Solutions Fund

Good News Notes: “It’s been five years since  Pope Francis’ ‘Laudato Si,’ the celebrated 225-page encyclical  in which the pope called for environmental justice and fundamental social change in the face of global warming. To mark the occasion earlier this month, the Vatican urged Catholics around the world to take practical steps to fulfill this…