New York, N.Y. Many philanthropists toil and make personal sacrifices—with pleasure—because of their commitment to improving the lives of others. Few realize the challenges and obstacles that some of us encounter in raising funds to support worthy causes. So, it’s always a great feeling when someone acknowledges these efforts. I experienced such a moment a [...]
Tag Archives: Indonesia
Charlie Rangel Honored at Uni Haiti Gala for his Efforts to Rebuild Haiti
New York, N.Y. Congressman Charles B. Rangel was honored by The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation with its Humanitarian Award for his decades of work to encourage development in Haiti. Among his many contributions, Rangel created the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act of 2010, which provides additional trade preferences to Haitian textile and apparel [...]
Micro-Finance Meets Multi-Nationals at Clinton Global Initiative
New York, N.Y. Nobel-prize winner Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder of the microfinance pioneer Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, addressed our breakfast at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) kick-off. Introduced by Hikmet Ersek, the C.E.O. of Western Union – the corporation that hosted this event – Muhammad was as inspiring as ever. Western Union, “Moving Money for [...]
Photo of the Day – Sept. 5, 2012
Indonesian Peacekeepers Provide Security in North Darfur. Photo: United Nations. Tweet
The Two Krishnas: A Novel You Can’t Ignore
New York, N.Y. When I was a freshman in college I moved into the international dorm and was faced with people from around the world who spoke English better than I. Many of them frequently used vocabulary twice the size of my own. As I began the novel The Two Krishnas, I was reminded of [...]
My Mother: “God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!”
New York, N.Y. My mother’s words still ring out in my head, year after year. It was Thanksgiving 1998, Boston. I was continuing to complain about how traumatized I felt having experienced the Dicksonian conditions of the orphanage where I found my infant son Mathew in Indonesia. The warehouse institution was crib-to-worn-out-crib of children dressed [...]
Jim Luce on Indonesia
Jim Luce first visited Indonesia in 2005. Since that time, he adopted a child from North Sulawesi where he also built his first orphanage, working in Manado (North Sulawesi) and Banda Aceh (Aceh) after the Tsunami of 2005. Jim also worked with orphans in Denpasar (Bali) for a year. He maintained a home in Jakarta [...]
$10 Million Pledged to “A Child’s Right” to Launch Clean Water
Washington, DC. The investor and philanthropist George F. Russell, Jr. announced this month a donation of $10 million to international water charity, A Child’s Right, allowing the nonprofit organization to demonstrate a large-scale replication of its model. I first profiled this important group and its founder in 2009 (here). Although there are many basic human [...]
