Daily Life,Health & Mortality,Main Content,Malaria,Microenterprise Programs,Program Updates 28 December 2010

The Real Value of Holiday Gifts – and Giving in Uganda

If you have been following the news lately the economic reports are saying that this past holiday spending period has been the strongest since 2007.  This news makes people feel good as holiday spending is considered a thermostat of our …

 Malaria,Medical & Health Programs 11 November 2010

If you want the world to listen (and watch) put a video on YouTube and watch it go viral, right?  Well there is a very special and poignant movie trailer that has more than 43,000 views and it is not even about a movie.  It is an amazing way to …

 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 …

 Health & Mortality,Main Content,Medical & Health Programs 14 September 2010

Have you ever ridden 40 miles on your bicycle in one day? Without stopping? On rough, dirt roads? While you were 9 months pregnant? While you were having contractions?
Imagine suffering from the effects of malaria; being dehydrated, nauseous, and not able to move. …

 Empowerment,Featured!,Health & Mortality,Medical & Health Programs 10 September 2010

Your current car is unreliable but a new one is not in the budget. Every time your car doesn’t run, you can’t get to work. If you don’t work, you don’t get paid. If you don’t get paid you can’t fix your car or you go into …