THE DREAM IN ACTION

Repost from Rolf Potts’ Vagabonding blog author Scott Gilbertson Most of us have seen things in our travels that make us want to help the people and places we visit. Whether it be extreme poverty, oppressive governments or even slavery, the world is not always a pretty place. Traveler Allen Burt went a step further [...]

via claudio_ramirez LibraryForLaos.org is an ONLINE campaign to raise $5,000 in 5 days for children’s books in rural Laos? It only takes 5 minutes! Dates: Monday, April 27 – Friday, May 1!!! This sprint campaign will be very powerful and will only last a week so make sure to act now then go tell all [...]

Give A Poor Child the Gift of Reading – In Just 5 Minutes! LibraryForLaos.org is an ONLINE campaign to raise $5k in 5 days for children’s books in rural Laos? It only takes 5 minutes! Dates: Monday, April 27 – Friday, May 1!!! Donate here.

Friends, I’ve never written an email like this before. Mainly because the lack of personalization, and also because I usually don’t like receiving them, please forgive me. I’ve recently been inspired by two phenomena on opposite ends of the spectrum: Impoverished illiterate children in the country Laos & the leveraged power of the social web. [...]

A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan A few months ago I wrote about the micro-financing organization Kiva.org and my donation/investment to Kiva. I think it’s a phenomenal organization. I wrote about my investments in some third world entrepreneurs through Kiva.org a few months ago here. I also found out today that [...]