When the Great Sickness Came

When the Great Sickness Came

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa infected 28,000 people and caused over 11,000 deaths. This was the first time Ebola appeared in the region and quickly reached epidemic proportions. Headwaters Relief Organization’s youth volunteer writers and artists created the...
The FilAm Features When Strong Winds Blow

The FilAm Features When Strong Winds Blow

We are so pleased to see our book “When Strong Winds Blow” featured in The FilAm. This is a children’s book written by one of our own volunteers who was a child himself at the time he wrote it, alongside his grandmother, a psychologist and Red Cross...
Headwaters Volunteers Deployed to Nepal

Headwaters Volunteers Deployed to Nepal

On May 17, Headwaters volunteers from Minnesota, Washington D.C., Boston and Germany departed for Nepal in response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked this Himalayan country. Organized through our partnerships with Global Rescue Relief & Resilience (GR3)...
When Strong Winds Blow

When Strong Winds Blow

Our newest book, When Strong Winds Blow, was written by high school student Luke Thomley, a volunteer with Headwaters Relief since the age of 7, and his grandmother, Marya Hage, a licensed psychologist and seasoned Red Cross mental health disaster respondent. Both...
Introducing When Haiti Shakes

Introducing When Haiti Shakes

When Haiti Shakes is a new book was created by Headwaters Relief Organization to help children understand earthquakes and teach them what to do if an earthquake occurs. “Many children didn’t know what to do during the 2010 earthquake and had no knowledge that the...