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World Hunger – As clear a picture as ever
May 8, 2009 in Saul Says..., Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship | Tags: 2009, advocacy, africa, development, international development, nutrition, poverty | by ThinkImpact | Leave a comment
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
It doesn’t get any more straightforward than this: Poverty in Africa is still extremely high. The Bread for the World Institute has published a remarkable map of the world disclosing what percentage of people living in every country around the world is surviving on less than $1.25 per day.
To get some perspective on this, I reflected on my morning. The first thing I did today (other than shower with ample clean water, brush my teeth with high quality toothpaste, and throw on some clothes that costs more than I’d like to admit), was walk to the store and by a cup of coffee for $1.60. There goes that alotment for the day. That cup of coffee. Out of reach for much of Africa as visible on this site. There remains much work to be done.
SMRC and Sierra Leone – A story of inspiration
April 17, 2009 in Saul Says... | Tags: Education, health, development, water, social entrepreneurship, nutrition, scholarship, poverty, rural, higher education, sustainable, volunteer, student, non-profit, media, chapter, sierra leone | by ThinkImpact | Leave a comment
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
Over the years, students in developing countries have found SMRC on the web and opted to establish chapters on college campuses in their home country. This happened in Sierra Leone and below you can read the inspiring and moving story of why SMRC-SL came to be, and what it has achieved.
By Moses Beamie Seiwoh, SMRC-SL Leader
SMRC-SL was started and inspired by acclaimed youth activists, survivors of the Sierra Leone Civil War. At age nine, after nearly being buried alive as a result of disease, hunger and suffering, I pledged to spend mine life helping children. At ages 16, we successfully lobbied in the Sierra Leone’s Children’s Disarmament Campaign, an effort in the disarmament of approximately 20,000 Sierra Leonean child soldiers.
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Public Health film, powerful message…
April 10, 2009 in Saul Says... | Tags: development, health, higher education, hiv/aids, international, media, nutrition, poverty, public health, rural, sanitation, sustainable | by ThinkImpact | Leave a comment
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director
Whether you are in the United States or live in rural Ghana, one thing is for sure, public health is the key to living a healthy life. What does public health really mean? In an impressive new campaign, “Healthiest Nation in 1 Generation,” American’s have the opportunity to engage in the questions of how public health efforts can improve our lives here in the US. The campaign aims to get American’s working on improving our domestic health situation, but I think every nation should be part of this challenge. The most important measure of a society is whether its people are able to live a healthy, long life.
Watch the film: http://www.generationpublichealth.org/
Running a Marathon for Social Change
March 5, 2009 in Buffelshoek Trust, Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship | Tags: bakery, causes, community based, development, fundraising, marathon, nutrition | by ThinkImpact | Leave a comment
Posted by Kaitlin Walter, Fellow
Team Uta is in training! A group of six girls, Sonia Rao, Emma Shapiro, Adele Williams, Maddie Kane, Emily Martin and me, will be running in the Georgia ING Half-Marathon on March 29th to raise funds for the Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship project! The team has set the fundraising goal of each raising $10 per mile that we run, and as a group, we have already raised $480! There is still a long ways to go towards finishing all 13 miles fully-funded, so each team member has asked her friends and family to help her reach the finish line.
Bakery on the Rise
February 26, 2009 in Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship | Tags: bakery, microenterprise, microfinance, nutrition, social entrepreneurship | by ThinkImpact | Leave a comment
Posted by Kaitlin Walter, Fellow
I’m currently working on a couple of fundraising projects. They are all very exciting, especially the Uta Bakery Team running in the Georgia Half-Marathon on March 29th. There are six girls on the team, and each girl has a personal fundraising goal of $10 per mile. We already have two girls who have donors that have agreed to match their total amount raised, and we can’t wait to run for social entrepreneurship! If you’d like to sponsor a mile or two (or even someone’s entire thirteen!), please donate on the bakery page and help us run for a purpose next month! The project is also consistently raising additional funds each month with the Spare Change for Social Change campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
Early Lessons as a Fellow Starting a Project
December 19, 2008 in Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship | Tags: bakery, fundraising, health, nutrition, social entrepreneurship, South Africa, uta | by ThinkImpact | Leave a comment
Posted by Kaitlin Walter, Fellow
The past two months have been full of challenges and rewards for the Uta Bakery Social Entrepreneurship Project. I have focused primarily on fundraising during the fall and winter, and I am very excited about the research and design part of the program to which I will dedicate the majority of my time in the spring.
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