THE DREAM IN ACTION

Fantastic week of fundraising!  Thank you for donating and helping us spread the word about the LibraryForLaos.org campaign! Unfortunately we did not hit our lofty goal of $5,000, but we were still able to raise a substantial $1,500 that will fund reading programs and book purchases in the rural villages of Laos!  With a village reading [...]

Let me first just say… ONLY ONE DAY LEFT. Make your donation now and JOIN HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE in fighting illiteracy in Laos. So, we’ve gone 4 strong days of fund raising and you guys are awesome. The total is at $1212 and we have about 24 hours to go. My expectation is that [...]

Allen is at Big Brother Mouse I just received this picture of Allen (co-founder of LibraryforLaos.org) at Big Brother Mouse HQ in northern Laos. Allen had the opportunity to go to a BBM book party and watch and even help out with handing out the books THAT YOU”RE GOING TO DONATE FOR to the kids. [...]

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. [...]