There are moments when the weight of global conflict and global instability feels both overwhelming and deeply personal. It is easy to feel distant from events unfolding across the world. News headlines move quickly. Stories blur together. The scale of suffering can feel overwhelming. For us at KnownValuedLoved , this is one of those moments. Across the world, partners we know by name; friends, educators, community leaders, families, are living through instability, fear, and uncertainty....

Let’s just say it out plainly: Many of you have followed us from the start, some of you love our social media posts. Some of you like them. Some of you share them. Some of you even comment . Some of you compliment my blogs!!!! And some of you - wonderfully, generously - already donate. To you: thank you . Truly. You’re the reason this work keeps happening. And yet some of you… you’ve never actually donated to KnownValuedLoved or any of our fundraisers. This makes us sad! So here’s a cheeky...

Lessons From Lebanon When I boarded the plane to Beirut earlier this Month, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was my second visit to Lebanon, a country that has weathered years of economic crisis, displacement, and, most recently, renewed conflict. I knew I’d see challenges. But I also knew I’d find something else, something that I admire deeply about the Lebanese people: the deep resilience, creativity, and community spirit that seems to run through everything people here do and makes...