Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

My in-box was so full of have fun, do good books, films, events and classes to share with you I decided to gather them all into one post. Marianne Elliot has created a new online course, 30 Days of Courage , "for people who want to step out of their comfort zone, through the small acts of daily bravery that add up to a courageous life."

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Leadership Afghanistan New Zealand Interview 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Each chapter offers drop-in tutoring, field trips, workshops, and in-schools programs -- all free of charge -- for children, classes, and schools with particular interests or particular needs. It develops and supports the profession of social entrepreneurship by acting as a venture capital firm for visionary change-makers around the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education. We must raise $1,000 to keep our classes going for another year. We know that creativity and freedom of expression go a long way in educating children to be tolerant and open minded.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa. And then spending more time here, and getting a bit more acquainted with the lies of this society regarding race and class and all kinds of issues. Essentially, I came to activism from compassion. The way it emerged was amazing to me really.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. Our country director in Rwanda was a refugee all her life.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Here is a small excerpt from Honorata's story from the Women for Women International site : "It was in 2002 that the world turned upside down and Honorata lost the signs of a "true and nice life" that she and her husband had built. Reunited, she began to rebuild their life." She was captured and tortured by the armed militias.

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