Generations Together

By John Laurenson

Home-sharing programs in France provide students with a place to live and seniors with a source of companionship.

A Sense of Site

By Rachel Wright

The places where social change work occurs can shape—and, in some cases, complicate—how that work unfolds.

Global Issues

Credit Where It’s Due

By Suzie Boss

New tools and practices are helping low-income Americans use rent payments to build up their financial profile.

Girls Talk

By SSIR Editors

Supplements to the article “The Gift of Time.”

Global Issues

The Gift of Time

By Celeste Mergens 3

Careful product design enabled Days for Girls to create a solution that empowers its users at a critical stage of their lives. Includes magazine extras.

Knowledge Versus Power

By Adrienne Day

Instead of building an independent base of expertise, many NGOs in China focus on retaining ties to government agencies.

Food

More Than a Meal

By Brandon Keim

Technical ingenuity and private funding enable Akshaya Patra to serve hot, healthy lunches to 1.4 million Indian children every day.

A New Vision for Elder Care

Review By Meika Loe

Can the emergence of a “Caring Majority” help meet the needs of an aging US population?

Summer 2015