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The MATTER Career Readiness Institute: Making the Impossible Possible

May 2, 2024

“This has been an impossible journey, honestly. That word perfectly describes everything. The impossible journey which was made possible.” Tendai Takura, MCRI graduate and Jamf employee Nineteen-year-old Tendai Takura (pictured above) is living a life that few of her fellow Zimbabweans can imagine. A bright student, Tendai excelled in the MATTER Innovation Hub during her […]

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From Skateboards to Community: The Birth of Samkele Park

April 26, 2024

Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is one of Africa’s most spectacular sites. As the world’s largest waterfall, it boasts an incredible 5,000 feet wide curtain of thunderous falling water. As one of the seven natural wonders of the world, it welcomes roughly one million tourists a year. Nestled alongside the falls is the bustling town of

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Team Spirit and Goodwill Collide at MATTERbox Madness 2024

March 14, 2024

On March 7th, more than one-hundred people descended on the Mall of America® to compete in MATTER’s tenth annual MATTERbox Madness. Held in the Huntington® Bank Rotunda, sixteen teams of employees from companies across the Twin Cities, all with amazing team spirit, raced against each other in a bracket-style competition to assemble boxes of beneficial

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Africa Stories Live! 2024: You’re Invited!

February 27, 2024

If you joined us last year for Zimbabwe Stories Live! you know what a special evening it was. Over a hundred people gathered at MATTER to share in the impact and power of partnership for the people of Zimbabwe. Together we celebrated the opening of the Jeannie Burns Buckner Maternal and Pediatric Hospital in one

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MATTERbox Madness 2024: Where Competition Meets Compassion

January 25, 2024

The tenth annual MATTERbox Madness is right around the corner! On March 7th, sixteen companies will once again meet at the Mall of America® for a friendly competition to pack 10,000 MATTERbox snack packs for hungry children this summer. MATTERbox Madness 2024 brings teams of employees together from some of Minnesota’s most generous companies to

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Chidobe Chaya Center: Creating a Path to Sustainability

January 18, 2024

If you were anywhere near the small village of Chidobe outside of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, a couple of months ago you would have heard a dozen or more voices raised in joyful, exuberant singing. You probably would have stopped what you were doing to try and figure out what was going on. You would have

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Frontline Compassion: Valentyna Pavsyukova’s Chalice of Mercy in Ukraine

December 14, 2023

“I felt such a presence of God. And the closer I got to the front lines, the stronger I experienced Him. When people ask me, ‘How can you go? Aren’t you afraid?’ all I can say is that I’m ready to give my life for this. I’m not afraid to give my life, alongside my

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Hoops in the Sky: Luol Deng’s Foundation and Chicago Bulls Team Up for Charity

December 7, 2023

British Olympic medalist, Sebastian Coe, once said, “Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.” The truth of this statement was on full display on November 9th, when a couple hundred people gathered in Chicago for Hoops in the Sky, a special event that raised $100,000

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Faith and Business Unite at the Christian Business Development Summit

November 30, 2023

Under a scorching African sun, in the shadow of thundering Victoria Falls, more than 60 businesspeople from around the world gathered at the Shamwari Center in the beautiful town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, for the second annual Christian Business Development Summit (formerly Business as Mission Summit). This multi-day conference in October focused on incorporating faith

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Living Generously for the Good of Others

November 22, 2023

If you’ve ever heard our dear friend and partner Blessing Munyenyiwa speak, you know he often ends with this quote by Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” It’s fitting that Blessing loves this quote. His entire life is built on a foundation

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