Project Live Proud is a Georgia based non-profit organization made up of a group of Interior Designers and volunteers who are dedicated to our cause to instill pride through design by helping homeless families, accepted into housing programs, transform their house into a home they can be proud of. Through generous donations, we acquire furnishings, furniture and all household items and install home interiors for each recipient family. At the conclusion of their housing program our recipients are welcome to take all home furnishings with them; which helps break the cycle of poverty and assure a solid foundation as they move on to permanent housing.
MISSION
To help families who are struggling to overcome poverty and the effects of homelessness by providing design that transforms their house into a home they can be proud of.
VISION
That every Atlanta Metro family transitioning from a shelter to an apartment on moving day, have a home environment that surrounds them in beauty and rises up to welcome them every day.
GOAL
To instill pride, encourage stability and ownership by providing families with uplifting design that brings balance to home, family and life.
Nyota Brooks is the Founder and Social Designer of Project Live Proud, Inc. a non-profit created from her love and passion for design and her social work background. With a B.A. in Criminal Justice, she devoted 10 years to areas of child protection, foster care and domestic violence partnering with families to overcome their struggles. Nyota saw the need for helping people transition out of homelessness into an environment that empowered them with dignity and a welcoming atmosphere that they can be proud to call home. With her additional B.F.A. in Interior Design she decided to marry her two passions, to meet the needs of families she witnessed struggling with little or no furnishings when they transitioned out of shelters. She brings her unwavering commitment to social issues and her passion for creative design to Project Live Proud.
Why She Started Project Live Proud?
Children are sleeping on floors. Families are living out of plastic bags. Families are eating meals on boxes. Families transitioning from homelessness into housing programs often leave shelters with plastic bags and cannot afford to buy furniture or even basic household items. We want to demonstrate the power of design and show how a well furnished home can help strengthen their drive for self-sufficiency and encourage them to break the cycle of poverty and the effects of homelessness.
To learn more about Project Live Proud please visit www.projectliveproud.org, you can also like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter!
Words I live by:
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”- Theodore Roosevelt