article thumbnail

Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). He described it as five grueling days of icy winds, icebergs, massive penguin colonies, and numerous route changes to accommodate wild weather.

article thumbnail

Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

At the same time, we would be creating projects that were more locally tailored and more specific and impactful, and allowed a community and a set of individuals to be able to repeat that process, and learn all of the important skills of how to create community change. They can create the change makers. How has that changed?

article thumbnail

Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well. One of our board members, who lives in Nepal, always does a little spin on Gandhi's famous quote, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." I am working with a foundation right now trying to plan out our Africa initiative for the remainder of the year.