Exciting list of Members Creates Buzz for the White House Council on Community Solutions
Many community forums delve deep into local solutions and change the reality of an entire community. But what if those solutions also applied in another town? What if they would work all over the country? What if that solution that started in Colby Kansas would work in a community in Zagreb, Croatia...
Comic Books for Safe Motherhood
December, for me, brought unfortunate visa troubles and, rather than dodging Brazilian law and risking imprisonment, I had to flee back to the United States and wrangle with the Consulate here. Luckily by the end of the month I had a new visa in hand and returned to Brazil before the new year. These...
Doing Research and Developing My Own Project
December began in the city of Oaxaca. I was there for 20 days doing micro research at the General Hospital “Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso”. The aim of this was to measure the impact of the ALSO course (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics). The course was held at the hospital during the months of November...
Mall of Mom
As I was saying in my last blog post, there are different places and ways to learn and acquire knowledge aside from Birthing Project (my placement). When you see the title ‘Mall of Mom’ you may think about a trade center somewhere in the US. It seems like it, but it is different from commercial one...
A December Full of Gifts
December promised to be an eventful month with the activities planned at EHAS, the International Obstetric Fistula Working Group (IOFWG) meeting in Senegal and the holidays. But fate intervened when the Spanish air traffic controllers decided to strike on the day of my flight, effectively cancelling...
A Starfish Saved
A little over half way through the Young Champion program and it seems I’ve already received my blessings. Though the reasons that brought me back to Ethiopia were not the most desirable, my time here has proven more invaluable than I had ever dreamed. Flying to India, I recall preparing my mind for...
A Tribute to Shyam Chainani
On December 25, 2011, Shyam Chainani, the green activist and Founder of the Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG), passed away. He was one of the key environment and urban planning pioneers and champions, first in Bombay and then all of India and also beyond. In addition, he was an early, key...
Why Social Impact Beats a Bonus
According to the Gallup management journal, an astounding 73% of American workers are disengaged with their work. They're either "checked out," just sleepwalking through their work day, or worse, actively undermining the company and costing hundreds of billions each year. Any corporation that can...
Ashoka a Four-Star Organization -- But Don't Just Take Our Word for It, See for Yourself!
For the ninth consecutive year, Ashoka has earned Charity Navigator’s four-star rating for fiscal responsibility—the highest ranking achievable. Charity Navigator is the largest independent charity evaluator in America, analyzing the financial health of citizen sector organizations to help...
Opening up Chile, and more
Felipe Heusser is trying to open up Latin America for inspection. His Fundacion Ciudadano Inteligente aims to "break down assymetries," he says, creating an efficient marketplace for information. When everyone has access to the same information, people make better decisions about which politicians...