At FACE the Story, we do just that: we face the reality but we also “FACE” it. We put a human face to the stories and statistics that often run across our news feed or computer and phone screens.
Background:
Face the Story was conceived by a board of international NGO humanitarian actors including the founder, Donna Bollinger. Through her travel to more than 50 countries throughout the world and her collaboration with Civil Society and Faith-Based Organizations, she and her NGO colleagues decided to bring the stories of those they met into a personal connection here in the US.
The resiliency of kidnapped women and students, of families displaced by conflict and wars and environmental devastation, of the Human Rights Defenders in South America, of the Indigenous populations in the Pacific fighting to preserve and safeguard the oceans, all of the situations we hear about in the news. The statistics and numbers are easy to find but now, with Face the Story we bring the indiv
