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The language we use

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The language we use September 6, 2006 I came across, in my catching up period, an article titled " Ten ways to change the world with Web 2.0 Are there actually really any fewer homeless people?

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

Have Fun - Do Good

With finances a little tight this year, I've had to reduce the number of organizations I'm donating to in 2009. She speaks three languages fluently, Swahili, English, and French, among many other local languages. When we met her, Honorata was homeless. Honorata was a high school principal. She was a sexual slave.