Haiti Earthquake
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Gay Indian Prince Recognized for Charity in NYC's Webster Hall in 2010
New York, N.Y. Following the earthquake that ravaged Haiti in 2010, where Orphans International Worldwide ( OIW ) had already been on the ground for ten years, we present…
Simple: Whatever Faith Tradition, It’s All About Kindness
Tawang, India. Since 2000, we have been operating charities Raising, Supporting, and soon Educating Young Global Leaders. From every corner of the world and from every fa…
Live Report: 200 Haitian Earthquake Survivors Interviewed for Ten Chinese Scholarships
Leogane, Haiti. We are 18 debris-strewn miles West of Port-au-Prince. I am leading an international NGO team in Haiti as part of the recovery and reconstruction here foll…
Memphis Hosts Habitat’s Jimmy Carter Work Project
Atlanta, GA. Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, along with country music stars Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, helped build a home tod…
Sixteenth Annual Leadership Awards Reception Rocks New York
New York, N.Y. What an absolutely amazing event last week! The breadth of our activities over the last sixteen years blew me away. Our St. John’s University event, featur…
Ambassador: From the Killing Fields to the White House
New York, N.Y. I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004 when I was invited to hear him speak at the imposing Women's Republican National Club, just north of Rockefeller…
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 developm…
Haiti History & Politics Seen Through Amazing Film of One Big Band
When the Drum is Beating is a film depicting Haiti’s rich musical culture and its legendary and beloved band, Orchestre Septentrional . Through its sweeping historical na…
Rote Haitian Education – Not Necessarily As Bad As Thought
By Dr. Diane Hoffman, edited by Jim Luce Leogane, Haiti . As the renowned anthropologist Melville Herskovits observed long ago, in Haiti, nothing is what it seems. My mos…
Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn
Denpasar, Indonesia . Mid-wife and clinic founder Robin Lim is a legend in the world of women's maternity health. I have heard of her from Port-au-Prince in Haiti to New-…
Cambodian Children's Hospital Benefits In N.Y. & L.A.
New York, N.Y. I have been a friend of Friends Without A Border (FWAB), the international fundraising source of the Angkor Hospital for Children (AHC), for several years.…
Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM
C ash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the earthquake in Haiti, Hai…