Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,Featured!,Human Rights,International Development,Main Content,Microenterprise 21 June 2011

Some people thought I was crazy. But I did it anyway because I knew we’d be fine. Despite an Ebola scare and political instability, I took my husband, Mike, and my 8-year-old son to Uganda to visit Just Like My Child’s projects. My son raised money and delivered nearly $3000 …

 Malaria,Medical & Health Programs,Politics & Policy 8 November 2010

Here is a surprising answer to the question of what costs Africa $12 billion a year in economic loss. Malaria.  Every 45 seconds a child in Africa dies from malaria.
In the U.S. we might think that malaria is similar to many other diseases – it is preventable and treatable.  So …

 Education,Empowerment,Entrepreneurship,HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Microenterprise Programs 3 September 2010

Anatolia is a 56 year-old HIV positive widow and was in precarious condition, suffering from HIV and struggling every day to feed her family of eight. Through treatment, counseling and therapy from Bishop Asili Hospital, she has learned how to live a positive and healthy lifestyle despite being infected …

 Entrepreneurship,International Development,Main Content,Politics & Policy 31 August 2010

What would you do if you were told you were sitting on billions of gallons of oil? You might feel as though you had won the lottery – excited and nervous as you planned your new life of wealth. Now consider that after finding out you struck oil, …

 HIV/AIDS,Main Content,Microenterprise,Women 20 August 2010

African women in their early 20s represent the largest group of the adult population infected with HIV. One of the causes is that their sexual partners refuse to wear condoms. This refusal is often a death sentence for the female partner. So how can infections be reduced among these women? …