2nd Year - Regional Disaster Exercise

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:46:45 -0400

HELP has once again (2nd year) been invited to participate in a regional disaster exercise that brings together federal, state and municipal emergency teams as well as non-governmental agencies and multiple universities. Under contract with researchers at the Bio Design Institute at ASU, HELP’s role is to...

HELP - Philippines Telemedicine Network

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:09:03 -0400

Well... it have been a while since I have offered any updates here. Recent travels to the Philippines and the HUGE effort now underway there, have admittedly kept me quite overwhelmed with work. Although none of that is really a good excuse for the lack of communication, the following explanation of my activities should - hopefully - provide understandable insight.

My recent travels were originally focused on performing "Needs Assessments" in the small rural clinics on some of the 7600 islands that comprise the Philippines. Initial assessments we per...

Rural Sierra Leonean Library Goes Solar

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:39:10 -0400

By Mackay Taggart with files from Joseph B. Bangura

The modern library goes beyond simply books and bookcases. It has become, thanks to the proliferation of the internet and electronic media, a way to connect and interact with the world at large.

Unfortunately the Makeni City Library is not yet a modern library, for it, like most buildings in the city, has no access to electricity. However, a private donation, a hot Saturday morning and a sheet of solar panels the size a beach towel is about to change that.

Last weekend townspeople ...

Excellent Video on Earth Day TV

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:25:30 -0500

Here is an excellent video from the Earth Day Network - It's a production of the University of South FLorida, about an hour long, and very inspiring! A great model for what we can do with the 3 finger Solution! Look at www.SustainabilitySymbol.com and check out EarthDay TV

FGM and Legislation: Is It Working?

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:36:11 -0500

Experts tell JOY FM that practitioners of FGM are smuggling their children outside of Ghana for the procedure

The UN has mandated February 6th as of Zero Tolerance For FGM Day. FGM entails a partial or total removal of the clitoris from the female organ. Practitioners believe it reduces promiscuity in women, but the practice has serious health implications for victims. Under the Ghanaian constitution of 1994, FGM is considered prohibited as a "customary practice" that is considered dehumanizing and "injuri...

World Leaders Fortify Commitments to Environment

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:22:54 -0500

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 25, 2008 (ENS) – Economic, scientific, and political leaders and entertainers pledged hundreds of millions of dollars and moral support to environmental causes ranging from clean water and climate change to a modern green farming revolution as the World Economic Forum wound up its annual meeting in Davos today.

More than 2,500 participants from 88 countries attended this year’s annual forum, including 27 heads of state or government. Around 60 percent of the participants are business leaders drawn from the Forum&...

Support Darfur, Earn Money & Help a Student at the Same Time

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:51:33 -0500

OneBigU (http://www.onebigu.com) allows users to help a struggling student, earn some money, and support a Darfur Charity at the same time.

OneBigU (for One Big University) helps Darfur in the following way:

- Person answers a question asked by any student around the world

- Person gets a little amount of money for every accepted answer

- Person sends the money to a partner Darfur charity, unless he/she wants to withdraw the money

OneBigU is partnered with Help Darfur Now (HDN), a US-based student charity in support of Darfur. All d...

Violence in Kenya - Can you help?

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:46:12 -0500

Hello Friends,

I am sad to include this latest update for your review today. As you may know HELP has supported a water purification operation in the southwest area of Kenya with a village water purification system and the training to operate it safely and effectively. We have also been visited here in Arizona by other native Kenya relief agency personnel and have received numerous pleas for assistance.

The following letter came in just this morning from Pastor John Obyo Njoni. John has operated an outreach to orphans and has requested our...

Alliance Accepted! - Philip McMaster

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:11:14 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Technology For People Group Inc.

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:41:36 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Journalists for Human Rights

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:02:50 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:23:24 -0500

Alliance Accepted! - Aliaa Tayea

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:30:15 -0500

Opportunity for Webmasters and Bloggers! FREE USE OF WEBSITES

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:14 -0500

King or Queen of your own sustainability domain!

We'd like to offer you some of the valuable Sustainability-related domains collected over the years.

What we ask in return is that you design a really cool site that gets people involved, spreads the Sustainability Symbol (the 3 finger symbol) around the world and brings attention to, and supports at least one of the Climate Change related projects we’re working on (Like “STOP the GLOFs”) The rest will be up to you.

Almost two years ago we introduced the 3 Finger Sustainab...

Alliance Accepted! - Maatiam

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:36:23 -0500

Haitian Creole Translator / traducteur crÃ©ole

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:47:44 -0500

(ENGLISH FOLLOWS)

Titulaire du prix Nobel de la paix, MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res (MSF) est la plus grande organisation privÃ©e de secours mÃ©dical dâ€™urgence au monde. Nous offrons une assistance mÃ©dicale dâ€™urgence aux populations en dÃ©tresse, aux victimes de dÃ©sastres naturels ou dâ€™origine humaine, indÃ©pendamment de la race, de la religion ou de lâ€™affiliation politique, dans plus de 70 pays Ã travers le monde.

MSF produit actuellement un documentaire portant principalement sur le manque dâ€™accÃ...

Communications Coordinator

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:44:11 -0500

The Eastern Association of MSF-C is looking to fulfill this position on their Executive Committee (see below in English).

Coordonnateur des communications Mandat : Le (la) Responsable des communications a pour objectif dâ€™encourager les expatriÃ©s de retour de mission aient un rÃ´le proactif dans le tÃ©moignage auprÃ¨s du public et dans les mÃ©dias en collaboration avec le bureau des communications ainsi que de favori...

Administrator / Administrateur

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:24:24 -0500

The Eastern Association of MSF-C is looking to fulfill this position on their Executive Committee (see below in English).

Administrateur de lâ€™association

Mandat :

Le (la) coordonnateur (trice) administratif a comme objectif dâ€™appuyer lâ€™association avec diffÃ©rentes tÃ¢ches administratives. Description du poste : â€¢ Tenir les minutes des rencontres de lâ€™association et les communiquer aux mem...

Are you a great designer, or translator?

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:15:45 -0400

We are in the process of translating the word/concepts/phrase of

1. SOCIETY

2. ENVIRONMENT

3. ECONOMY

... into the languages of the world, and adapting the different ways of writing to the three fingered hand symbol.

You can see a sample of the Sustainability Symbol in Chinese script on this message.

Your name will be forever associated with the chosen modification of the symbol that represents “Society, Environment, Economy” in your linguistic communi...

Convert website into something attractive

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:51:00 -0400

The three finger Sustainability Symbol is beginning to attract attention on and off the internet. This is a double-edged sword.

On one hand, more and more people are learning about the campaign (personally passing it along from one individual to another),

on the other hand, our website stinks.

It’s homemade, and as you will see, I’m no web designer!

If there are any talented web designers out there in the Rethosarian community, please have a look at www.DragonTHINK.com and make a suggestion of how we could use some of the existing conte...

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