More than an empty stomach.
Eliminating malnutrition involves sustaining the quality and quantity of food a person eats, as well as adequate health care and a healthy environment. The best way to fight malnutrition is by treating it — giving malnourished people the food and nutrients they need — but also by preventing it. Many families simply cannot afford more expensive nutritious food. They need access to energy-dense, nutrient-rich foods and those can be hard to come whether you are in Harlem or the Horn of Africa.
Theology of Enough
We consume and consume and consume more stuff everyday. I want to say that the real issue is not consumption itself but its patterns and effects. Yet, I think that would be a lie. The real issue is consumption and what does it take for us as humans to feel full…satiated…satisfied….whole.
Ignoring The Voice of Dependency
The vision has to be driven by the people. True movements do not have CEOS or benefits. They happen when thousands of people discover their power and in doing so discover their possibilities. Movements take courage. It takes courage to discover your own way and own your destiny.
You have to KNOW me before you can help me
Meaning well and doing well are really two different things
A Girl’s Right to Power
Girls around the world face a systematic denial of their right to education. In addition to the loss of opportunity for each individual child, denying education to girls corresponds to lower family incomes, higher maternal and child mortality
The Expression of One’s Values
So what are the values that make a difference in your life, in your community? What are the roots of tradition that you embrace with gusto and integrate in your every day existence? There is incredible value in being of service to others.
Health and Wholeness is everyone’s divine birthright.
My grandma is one of the 609,034Chicagoans who live in what’s known as a food desert, a concentrated area short on access to fresh meat and produce, but over flowing with the packaged and fried food and a large number of convenience stores and fast-food outlets. The majority of people who live in these deserts-whether urban or rural are poor.
Wide AND Deep
Educating girls is vitally important to the future success of this country. I would hope that she would leverage the money — double down and go hog wild for all the girls of Malawi. Education should not be a lottery and the lucky 450 out of millions get a chance. I would challenge Madonna to increase the scale and scope to serve more girls ina real cost efficient manner.
Education reform has a face- its male and brown.
A child does not just one day out of the blue drop out of school. This kid has been sending signs for years that he was on this track– he has been vulnerable for a while.