How to Build Empathy
The Greatness Foundation house build in Ensenada, Mexico. Part of building resilience entails developing empathy. Some do it by reading or listening to stories of people sharing the challenges they have faced. Others do it through service projects. Quarterly, The Greatness Foundation hosts service trips to Ensenada, Mexico where along with a group, including families, single people and couples, build houses from the ground up and visit communities to deliver basic needs. Family recipient for The Greatness Foundation house-build. The community, just two hours south of the San Diego border, is made up of indigenous people who have migrated from Oaxaca, Mexico. They live in dilapidated housing, often made from tarps and cardboard. Some live in horse stalls, exchanging field labor for housing. Many of them trek miles through fields to Campo Esperanza, a faith-based service center where locals can access resources, including hot meals. Earlier this year, I traveled there wi
