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Philanthrocapitalism – The Year of Giving Dangerously
Posted on January 5, 2010 | View CommentsI saw this exciting piece over at Philanthrocapitalism about…philanthrocapitalism, of all things, in 2010. Here’s a super-good thing to put at #3:
3) Malaria will be the cause of the year, centered on the World Cup in South Africa. The Malaria No More campaign, backed by Bill Gates and a bunch of corporate sponsors including Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp, has been gathering momentum in 2009 and its publicity is due to peak around the global media event of the year in the summer of 2010. With the world focused on Africa, political leaders and the continent’s super-rich will be under pressure to show that they are committed to the fight to stop this preventable disease that kills a million people a year.
via Philanthrocapitalism » The Year of Giving Dangerously.
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Poorism
Posted on January 4, 2010 | View Comments
Ode Magazine, which I once subscribed to, ran a story this past April called “Slum tours: Traveling off the beaten path” detailing the rise of what some have dubbed “poorism”, or traipsing through the slums of this planet for an alternative travel experience. Coming from Ode, I figured that this would be a hit piece – I was wrong. The author actually did some “pooring” in the favelas of Rio. According to the article: -
Why faith? Part 2
Posted on October 23, 2009 | View Comments
Service provider for soul and body
A previous post addressed the religious imperative against malaria from the standpoint of those of us in the US, UK, and Canada. So why is the Faiths Act campaign so explicit about the work of churches and mosques on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa? As it turns out, religious communities in the developing world are in a unique position to affect change, especially on the issue of malaria.
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Settling into San Jose
Posted on October 5, 2009 | View Comments
The Russian River in California
Hafsa and I have been settling into our office within the offices of the Islamic Networks Group for a few days. The Faiths Act Fellowship officially launched last Thursday, the first day of work for the Fellows. It’s an odd feeling to know that Hafsa and I aren’t only working by ourselves; in cities across the US, UK, and Canada the Fellows are collaborating and building the next step in our work to eradicate malaria deaths. It’s a strange feeling knowing that we are an independent-but-connected portion of the Fellowship; reassuring in that we have a large network to collaborate with, but also sad in that we are thousands of miles away from our dear friends.
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Why faith? Part 1
Posted on September 16, 2009 | View Comments
Church and mosque next to each other in Zanzibar
Today I leave Chicago along with twenty-eight of the other Faiths Act Fellows (my site-partner Hafsa lives in the city). I’m not flying home since home for me is only 100-odd miles west of Chicago. Tonight I’ll meet up with some of my old professors, mentors, and friends from Aurora University to play catch-up on the last nine months of our lives. Later tonight, I’ll make the hour drive out to my family’s farm in the countryside. Then I will sleep the sleep that only comes after seven rigorous weeks of training on three continents.
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The sheikh is my best friend
Posted on September 1, 2009 | View Comments“The sheikh is my best friend,” shotus Father Mpinge. My site-partner Hafsa and I smile, too. The sheikh-in-question is actually the imam of the largest mosque in town. Mpinge is the parish priest of St. Francis, the largest Catholic congregation. We didn’t expect such a statement from him.
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Zanzibar is a real place
Posted on August 30, 2009 | View CommentsNote: This is my first post using QuickPress! YAY!
For years I’ve heard of this mythical island out on the Indian Ocean off the coast of Tanzania. It’s called ZANZIBAR, and it’s quite nearly as awesome as I thought it would be. Zanzibar is 99% Muslim, which is a bit of a departure from the mainland where things are more mixed. This is reflected in the architecture and of course, the people. We’ll watch the sunset tonight while we eat dinner.
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Bed net + mosquito = malaria?
Posted on August 24, 2009 | View Comments
Asma is sitting in front of me on a hospital bed holding her son Abdalla’s hand. He’s lying down, semi-conscious, with a chloroquine drip in his arm. She’s wearing a black abaya with gold feather trim at the sleeves. She’s absolutely beautiful. -
Leprosy and “Kingdom work”
Posted on August 22, 2009 | View Comments
For the last two weeks, one particular session for the Tanzanian portion of our training program had been in the back of my mind, waiting. The itineraries we received in London listed a “Visit to leprosarium,” and we were informed that it was, indeed, a home for those affected by leprosy. I know what you’re thinking, “What does leprosy have to do with malaria?” I’ll address that in a later post. I think the question that is more likely to pop into your head might be, “Leprosy is still around?” -
Making Small Talk
Posted on August 21, 2009 | View CommentsIf I could choose a superpower to have whilst traveling, it would be the ability to speak fluently the major language(s) of the area that I’m visiting, and to have a solid grip on all the various cultural practices of its people. I’m skilled with languages as it is, but absorbing them takes time that I don’t have to spare.