Our History
1983
Carol Sasaki, after an extraordinary life path, founds HOME (Helping Ourselves Means Education), reaching thousands nationwide.
1984
Carol creates her SAVE nonprofit (Stopping Abuse Via Education), which goes international with the Thailand Center.
1986
HOME receives the prestigious President’s Volunteer Action Award, which was established by Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Late 1990s
SAVE expands to Kenya, assisting marginalized tribes in East Pokot and impoverished children in Nakuru.
1999
The banking crises hit Indonesia, and Carol quickly establishes the Bali Center, one of many other SAVE centers.
2001
SAVE and IHF separate, with IHF becoming its own registered nonprofit and SAVE continuing its work elsewhere.
1983
Carol Sasaki, a woman with an extraordinary life path founds HOME (Helping Ourselves Means Education), reaching 150,000 people nationwide.
1984
Carol creates SAVE (Stopping Abuse Via Education), which goes international when Carol founds Thailand Center.
1986
HOME receives the President’s Volunteer Action Award, which was established by Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Late 1990s
SAVE expands operation to Kenya, assisting marginalized tribes in East Pokot and impoverished children in Nakuru.
1999
The banking crises hit Indonesia, and Carol quickly establishes the Bali Center, one of many other SAVE centers.
2001
SAVE and IHF separate, IHF becoming its own registered nonprofit and SAVE continuing its work elsewhere.
Exclusive interview with our founder & CEO Carol Sasaki, describing her early life and what led her to create IHF
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Access the transcipt of the above interview with our founder and CEO, Carol Sasaki, to learn about her life story and the events that eventually spurred her to found IHF.