Yesterday the Jubilee Act passed the Senate Foreign Relations committee! This bill works for immediate debt cancellation for 26 countries who need it most to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Debt cancellation is one of the many tools that global economists have identified in helping pull struggling countries out of a cycle of poverty that [...]
Selian Lutheran hospital is a modest operation by American standards, but in the next two years it has the potential to become one of the finest hospitals in all of Tanzania, and become a new hub for medical care in East Africa. That is because Selian is about to open a new medical center in [...]
Weight-157 lbs.
One thing I’ve noticed since starting in June is that I have more chances to play with people. Folks won’t eat in front of me. Now I would like to think that is because they are trying not to tempt me, but the real reason I think, is because they feel a [...]
In today’s post I referenced a book called Everything Must Change by a guy named Brian McLaren. As I have been thinking about this initiative and talking to a lot of friends about it I begin to find that some phrases pop up a lot. Things like: small steps, ripple effect, tipping point, [...]
Weight-160 lbs.
I find one fact about global hunger to be the most staggering for people when they hear it. A child dies every five seconds from hunger or a hunger related illness according to a 2003 article in The Lancet. I think it sticks out for people because they are able to process [...]
Washington Post Series: Global Food Crisis
This is probably some of the best information I have found today about the hunger crisis on the international stage. From April 27-May 1 the Washington posed produced an impressive body of work including numerous media forms, chats with economists, perspectives from people who want to help and [...]
