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Enlightened and informed consumers must ask Contra Costa Times and any other publication that chooses to turn a blind eye to torture, rape and cold blooded murder: What part of the Burmese people's enslavement don't you understand?

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"We get stakeholders on the ground visiting communities where they have business and philanthropic interests.

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.

It takes two days to get from San Francisco to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, a sprawling metropolis perched on the edge of the crystal-clear, turquoise Indian Ocean, with empty white sand beaches beckoning and so much raw sewage in the water that the gentle waves remail wholly unsplashed in.

The Wisdom Of Sharing Stone Soup

Sparkly Spark board members head to Tanzania on Friday! That's right, it's that time of year again. Time for our annual delegation trip somewhere in the world to visit one of our global grantees! What's the fun of writing a check to a fabulous grassroots women's organization if you can't see the results first hand?