Category Archives: Poverty

Would It Help If You Knew Her Name?

If you look around you right now, do you see a bottle of water or canned soda on your desk? If so, you can save a child’s life. But what child you ask?  If I respond that it is one of nearly 10 million children that die under the age of 5 each year from…

Clean Water Project Completed

I received this email from Eric Stowe, the director of A Child’s Right. Enjoy! Hi all, Hope this finds you well as the winter starts to thaw off. We even have some rare sunshine here in the Northwest. I wanted to update everyone on our recent Ethiopia Project as well as minor updates on our…

How Rich Are You?

This is a very interesting outlook on how we see the word  “poor.”  Click the graphic below, plug in your numbers and see where you stand in the world! If you live in the US, make sure you scroll to the $US, not the Euro.

A Powerful Noise

I don’t usually go to the movies. It’s just too darn expensive. But I am going tomorrow. I know this will be worth every penny. You see, tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and I am celebrating by going to see this movie. I watched the preview and I felt inspired. I hope you do too….

Follow up on the big C

Back in October I posted about the randomness and proximity of girlfriends being diagnosed with cancer.  Today I am especially heavy.  My girlfriend who was diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma in  October, was told that she has weeks to live, that though she has suffered through chemo, and radiation, the cancer is back and has spread….