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Welcome to my voice on the web
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Many people who read In the Eyes of Anahita get inspired to make a difference in this world. It is not important what we do, but rather that we do something. The world will not change overnight. Actually, I always compare the change that needs to happen with the vastness of the ocean. A lot of people feel overwhelmed by this realization, but I encourage you all to find comfort in taking those steps that are within your power, small or big. What is important is that we all move forward, one step at a time. Ultimately the ocean is the sum of googles of little raindrops. Each one of us has the power to be a little raindrop of change. A lot of little raindrops make a very mighty ocean! So browse around, pick a topic that is near to your heart and ACT!
For those that need more inspiration, I encourage you to visit www.quantumshift.tv an online video web community which I started earlier this year where those who make a difference in this world share their stories.
Teachers and students, check out the 'Be the Change! Share the Story!' school video contest at www.quantumshift.tv/schools Prize value$50,000! Registration before January 31, 2008.
Many people have been deeply affected by In the Eyes of Anahita. The feedback I have received and the life changing stories I have heard have been overwhelming. Afterall, I just wanted to make the reader think about certain things. Stories certainly do change lives and that is why it is so important to share them. Here is just one example of how In the Eyes of Anahita changed a young persons live forever:
If you have any inspiring stories on video, share them and inspire others by uploading them to www.quantumshift.tv
Together with a group of committed people we started earlier this year SHI - Canada. As soon as we can provide tax receipts for donations to support SHI's valuable actions in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and Belize we will setup our Canadian website to accept those donations online. The site will also provide discussion materials for bookclubs and house parties. For now we still are refering to the US site of SHI.
In action & co-creation,
Hugo Bonjean
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News about those that make a difference
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ON THE RISE: 20 young Cleveland professionals whose careers are ascending (Cleveland Jewish News)
Meet 20 young, dynamic individuals who are getting noticed in the business world. These bright achievers have certainly stirred the waters, from waves on Wall Street and swells in sports and steel, to motion in music and currents in cards n the greeting/note variety, that is.
Enterprise Announces New Fellowship Appointees (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Doris W. Koo, president and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners, today announced the selection of three dynamic social entrepreneurs to fill an inaugural slate of organizational fellowships.
'Green' Scoring for Social Entrepreneurs, Development (PNN)
GlobalGiving, the leading online marketplace for philanthropy, today launched GlobalGiving Green, a one of a kind scoring system that measures the climate impact of social entrepreneurs and other development projects in communities around the world, from Nepal and Tanzania, to Honduras and the United States.
Unitus Launches Financial Services Firm to Channel Capital to Social Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets (PRWeb)
Unitus, Inc., announces the launch of Unitus Capital, one of the first financial advisory firms designed to meet the investment needs of social entrepreneurs serving the bottom of the economic pyramid. The firm will serve as a conduit between capital market investors and social entrepreneurs focused on creating social and financial value for investors, microfinance institutions, social ...
Unitus Launches Financial Services Firm to Channel Capital to Social Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SEATTLE & BANGALORE, India----Unitus, Inc., today announced the launch of Unitus Capital, one of the first financial advisory firms designed to meet the investment needs of social entrepreneurs serving the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Home-based hardship and hope (Daily Sparks Tribune)
At the public homeless summit meeting Tuesday hosted by the cities of Reno, Sparks and Washoe County, city officials announced that there will be no delay in opening the Community Assistance Center on Record Street in downtown Reno.
GlobalGiving Launches First-Ever 'Green' Scoring for Social Entrepreneurs & Development (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Donors Can Choose to Support the Causes They Care About while Minimizing Carbon Footprint
Community network sites honoured (BBC News)
Social networking site SavvyChavvy is rewarded for social use of technology in the UK's Catalyst Awards.
IT-driven social entrepreneurs meet the Queen tonight at Buckingham Palace (PublicTechnology.net)
On Monday, 14 July, representatives of companies that have won The Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2008 are attending an evening reception hosted by The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace. Technology-driven social entrepreneurs are on the invitation list.
The Business of Nonprofits: Leading change agents inspire hope, provide examples to follow (Savannah Morning News)
I have previously given examples of social entrepreneurship in this column that relate to utilizing for-profit businesses to fund nonprofit mission. There is another category of social entrepreneurs that work on a very large scale to address social ills.
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The 'other' world news - IPS News Headlines (also on the home page)
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DISARMAMENT: Binding Treaty Eludes Small Arms Trade
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8 (IPS) - The international community, which successfully
negotiated treaties outlawing
anti-personnel landmines and
cluster bombs, has made little headway in
drafting a U.N.
convention to control the proliferation of illicit small arms.
BURMA: Expats Keep Democracy Hopes Alive
BANGKOK, Aug 8 (IPS) - Aung Moe Zaw still lives in the hope that democracy
will take root in Burma, 20 years after hundreds of thousands of
people took to the streets in Rangoon to oppose that country’s
military dictatorship.
ECONOMY-PERU: Easier to Extract Minerals than Accounting Information
LIMA, Aug 8 (IPS) - Sixty-six percent of the Peruvian state’s revenue
from the extractive industries does not appear on government
accounts. Parliament is taking a hand in the matter amid pressure
from oil, gas and mining companies for the government to flout an
international agreement on transparency.
POLITICS-US: How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (IPS) - Journalist Ron Suskind’s revelation that Saddam
Hussein’s intelligence chief was
a prewar intelligence source
reporting to the British that Saddam had no
weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) adds yet another dimension to the
systematic
effort by then Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George
Tenet to quash any evidence -- no matter how credible -- that
conflicted with
the George W. Bush administration’s propaganda
line that Saddam was actively
pursuing a nuclear weapons
programme.
RIGHTS-US: Hamdan’s Future Remains Unclear
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (IPS) - Despite a sentence that effectively means convicted
war criminal Salim Hamdan
could be a free man before the end of
this year, the future of Osama bin Laden’s
driver is far from
clear.
MIDEAST: On HIV and AIDS, the Good News from Palestine
EAST JERUSALEM, West Bank, Aug 8 (IPS) - Palestinians from all ranks of society have pulled
together to tackle the issue of AIDS, despite the increasing
factional violence and chaos in the Palestinian territories.
IRAQ: Students Fail, Like So Much Else
BAGHDAD, Aug 8 (IPS) - Living from one crisis to another, without
electricity or freedom to move under a collapse of security,
massive numbers of Iraqi students are failing their exams.
TRADE-AFRICA: New Technology to Sever Timber’s Link to Conflict?
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (IPS) - While conflict diamonds or blood diamonds, as they
are known, have gained attention the world over in terms of the
role illicit gems play in fuelling warfare, the role that the
timber trade has played in abetting conflict has received
considerably less consideration. That may be beginning to change.
HEALTH: Conflicts Make Women More Vulnerable to HIV
MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (IPS) - "I’m a survivor, and if I can live through all
that has happened to me, so can other women," said Floride
Nyiraneza, 42, who is HIV positive and a widowed mother of four.
MALAYSIA: Anwar's Popularity Undimmed by Sodomy Charges
PERMATANG PAUH, Aug 8 (IPS) - It was a humid, sweltering afternoon here in
Permatang Pauh on mainland Penang state in northern Malaysia, the
scene of what could prove to be a pivotal by-election for the
country on Aug. 26.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: U.S. and Canada Found Guilty of Racism
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 7 (IPS) - The international community now fully recognises
the native peoples’ right to
protect their lands and live
distinct lifestyles. Yet, most of the world’s 370
million
indigenous peoples continue to face abuse and injustices at the
hands of
state authorities and commercial concerns.
HEALTH: Keeping Hope Against AIDS Alive in the Labs
MEXICO CITY, Aug 7 (IPS) - "We need to get away from this home-run
mentality to research. Science is incremental," said Alan
Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine
Enterprise, referring to unrealistic public expectations with
regard to the search for an AIDS vaccine and for vaginal
microbicides that could help prevent infection.
BOOKS: ‘Descent Into Chaos’
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (IPS) - News coming out of Afghanistan and Pakistan in
recent months has unsettled
many assumptions about the U.S. war
on terror. To most casual observers of the war on terror,
Afghanistan served until
recently as a reassuring contrast to
the grim and bewildering conflict in Iraq -
- the "good
war" as opposed to the "bad war".
SPORTS-CUBA: Going for Gold - Once Again
HAVANA, Aug 7 (IPS) - Cuba’s prestige among the global sports élite for
the past three decades testifies to the effectiveness of a mass,
free physical education system which the government has supported
through the ups and downs of the national economy.
HEALTH: Indigenous People Speak Out Clearly on AIDS
MEXICO CITY, Aug 7 (IPS) - "In my community, living with HIV is
synonymous with death," Fernando Solís, a 34-year-old member
of the Cuna ethnic group in Panama, told IPS.
Solís, who was
diagnosed four years ago, is now working in prevention efforts
among other young indigenous people, which he described as
"the key to eradicating the epidemic in our
communities."
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