Often I find myself saying things like “If I want to have a future I have to look to the past”. And asking questions like “How did our ancestors survive and how were their basic needs met”? This lead me on a trail of common...
Category Archives: Our Projects
Haiti – creating art out of trash. Mali – going green by harvesting rain water, solar energy, perma culture gardens and creating useful items from trash that can be sold and generate a revenue stream. Guatemala, making cat 5 & 6 cable. Next project on the 2012 horizon, a trip to India.
The Millennium of Aquarius
When I was in college I remember listening to the lyrics of the Age of Aquarius for the first time. The song struck a cord within me and the name of the band, The Fifth Dimension, an even deeper cord. “The moon is in the...
Low Tech Midwife Tools Deliver Life Saving Results
In developing countries barefoot midwives are armed with karuna and moxie and in many instances, little else. The life of a Barefoot Midwife is anything but easy. Barefoot Doctoring has ancient roots for it has been around since the first person attempted to help another....
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
A tragic problem of historic proportions. Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict more than 2 million refugees have been displaced and half of these are children. According to UNHCR more than 6.5 million internally displaced people within Syria require immediate humanitarian assistance. A complex...
Should Remittance Fees Be Waived to Expedite Aid?
Without a blink of an eye I would say yes, we should waive remittance fees during times of crisis. But for us to fully understand and quantify the scope of remittance fee savings, we first need to understand the money audit trail. Let’s begin with...
In 2012 Unsuspecting Migrant Workers Paid $4 Billion in Remittance Fees
In January 2013 The World Bank stated that “African Migrants Could Save US$4 Billion Annually On Remittance Fees“. Africa’s overseas laborers, who sent home close to US$60 billion in remittances in 2012 actually pay more to send money home than any other migrant group. South...
World Epiphany Day
What if the answers to end poverty were in plain sight? What if they were simple & straight forward? What if we used free technology to get life saving information to the masses via today’s top humanitarian agencies? The quality of life of so many...
Karuna
A friend recently asked me to expand on why I founded Bridging Humanity. Initially I was not too keen about the idea of starting yet another non profit. There were already enough of them out there & I wondered to myself, do we really need...
Beyond the Clouds of Nepal
Nepal is an intoxicating country to say the least. At night you almost feel like you are on top of the world and can touch the stars with your outstretched hand. With Tibet to the North and India to the South, Nepal is a land...
Blog pour L’Amour
Si vous voulez vraiment faire une différence dans le monde, ça commence avec l’amour. L’amour de soi meme, l’amour de la nature et l’amour des autres. Si vous prenez l’amour comme l’élément clé et le coupler avec la formule suivante, la pauvreté peut en effet...