A Post by Guest Writer Jess Shorland
I have just returned from visiting Tanzania. I was there from July 5th through July 12th. On this, my second trip to Karagwe, Tanzania, I had only one week to learn as much as I possibly could about local conflict - the reasons behind it, who was often involved, and possible solutions.
Thanks mostly to [...]
July 5th, 12pm - I'm looking out the Virgin Atlantic airplane window at Mt. Kenya as we end our twelve day trip to Kenya and Uganda. We've begun the twenty-eight hour journey home. East Africa is a beautiful region with substantial economic opportunity, and very worthy of a visit. This was my second trip to Uganda, but first to Kenya.
What Drew [...]
From June 25th through July 5th I'll be in Kenya and Uganda with Jess Shorland and Bob Phoenix. The purpose of our trip is to:
Visit the non-profits that The Humanity Campaign and iContact have provided funds to in order to see and document how they are using the funds and to learn about their operations and needs;
Find additional qualified [...]
This is something really cool.
I had coffee this evening at the HW55 Starbucks in Durham with Sam Serio from Opportunity International. Opportunity International is a Christian microfinance organization that's been around since 1971.
Opportunity International has launched a site called OptInNow.org. OptinNow allows you to make small [...]
Back in September I posted on Project Polaroid, an effort started by UNC student Carly Brantmeyer to provide children in developing countries like Colombia, Niger, and Ghana with the first pictures of themselves they've ever owned. You can read more on her blog. I wanted to post some of the recent Project Polaroid photos from Niger and [...]
How do you get the attention of an large global company (Polaroid) and convince them to reverse a key strategic decision? Hopefully, like this...
The Birth of Project Polaroid
Nine months ago, in early January, I was hanging out in Charlotte with a friend of mine named Carly. Carly is just 20 and a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is an [...]
A Non-Profit Profile By Humanity Campaign Writer Ebs Sutton--
Recently, a non-profit organization by the name of Endeavor was profiled in the July issue of The Economist, in an article which gave rave reviews of the group’s commitment to providing not just access to opportunity, but access to the mentoring and investment which turns opportunity [...]
Seeking Part-Time Writer
The Humanity Campaign is a start-up non-profit organization based in Durham, North Carolina. Its mission is to reduce poverty and hunger in developing countries by working to increase access to education, healthcare, nutrition, technology, and entrepreneurial opportunity in North Carolina and in [...]
While I am optimistic, I am somewhat distressed by the state part of our world is in today. I am distressed by two simple facts...
First, while we have prosperity and opulence in many parts of our world--49,000 humans, people just like you and me, die each and every day from starvation and preventable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, [...]
