Poverty

So That's What That Store is All About

Posted May 15th, 2008 by Dan Hammill

We all know that Bellingham is chock full of do-right people and organizations.

At the Volunteer Center, we’re lucky enough to get to know many of them and how they benefit the community.

ASCEND Service Learning

Posted May 8th, 2008 by ASCEND

Location(s)

ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance

Salt Lake City, UT, 84121

See map: Google Maps

Service Learning includes Expeditions and Internships. Opportunities for school credit as well as life long learning while meeting ASCEND's mission.

3 supporters

The service-learning componant of ASCEND, A Humanitarian Alliance includes expedtions and internships to Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, Ethiopia, Mozambique.

Headquarters Administrative Internships are also available in Salt Lake City, Utah.

When I think of McDonalds, I have a clear image of what to expect. Fast service. Yes. Mass production. Yes. High quality. Ummm...not so much. I was kind of surprised, therefore to read about the Aravind Eye care System whose founder, Dr.G. Venkataswamy (Dr.

Changing the Poverty Landscape of Africa

Cause: Ending Extreme Global Poverty
Solution: Millennium Villages

Press Coverage of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Posted December 17th, 2007 by Dorian Adams

The front page story in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times

Meat or Money

Posted November 15th, 2007 by billsvision

A debate is ensuing at my home and it's all about sustainability, but not for us. No, the issue is sustainability of ideas to help people help themselves. While the discussion is larger than a simple blog comment could ever hope to touch upon, the issue is not simple.