
We Work Together
we listen. we advise.
Upstream seeks and builds relationships with individuals who are making a diference in their communities.
By finding those who are already creating change, we are deepening impact instead of duplicating it.
We believe that in every community, there are individuals with untapped potential ready to make their community a better place.
Upstream seeks out people that are impacting the world around them but lack the necessities to further their work. By building relationships and providing assistance in the ways that best fit each need, we can empower a community to make progress towards a brighter future.


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You have the opportunity to impact the lives of individuals and families devastated by poverty. It’s through your generosity that we create such powerful change.
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Our commitment is that our work will never outweigh the depths of our relationships. Because of the value we put on relationships we don’t look at people with pity, but with the worth to be empowered.


Vanessa Louis Chery
As Joe & I flew over Chicago on our way to our Wisco-home from Haiti, I was hard struck by the innumerable displays of elec
Quite a few months ago Joe was approached by a group of men in Citè Soleil.

Mickenson Mortimè
Julie sponsors Cierra through Upstream International's Child Sponsorship Program. Last October Julie met Cierra a
Additional Journal Entries
A couple of months ago, a group of bold young men mustered up the courage to ask Joe if Upstream would consider sponsoring them
• 1.8 billion people around the world don’t have the luxury of simply walking up
Sometimes when I write the thoughts that are circling through my mind, I fear that you will think that I, or we, are in a bad s
I knew when we decided to move our family of 10 to Haiti that there would be a cost.

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