Archive | August, 2009

Couch Surfing With Hope, One Ambition

14 August 2009

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Couch Surfing With Hope, One Ambition

In case you missed the first part of this post, Couch Surfing With Hope, Introducing Tita Silver, GK is an organization in the Philippines that is building houses with hope. They help the poorest of the poor in the Philippines by giving people not only a living structure, but a new, hopeful perspective on life. [...]

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Couch Surfing With Hope, Introducing Tita Silver

11 August 2009

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Couch Surfing With Hope, Introducing Tita Silver

Our jeepney crackled through the streets amidst the hustle and bustle of vendors and commuters. The stink of garbage was in the air and the streets and shops were far from what we would consider clean. “If you can smell the garbage, you are entering Payatas…” I was on a weekend trip in the Metro [...]

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Twinkle, Twinkle

8 August 2009

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Twinkle, Twinkle

I have been writing a lot lately and if you’re not a member of our facebook group you may not know about all of the activities we’ve been putting together. So I uploaded some pictures my volunteers took on our recent weekend at the Chonburi Children’s Center. Thank you to all the volunteers who planned, [...]

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Spare Change: Internet Homeless Social Entrepreneurs

4 August 2009

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Spare Change: Internet Homeless Social Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurship has a home on many websites on the web, so why are entrepreneurs still sleeping outside? If we really believe they have a role to play in changing development and reforming how we conceptualize philanthropy, then we have to respond to the dangers of being internet homeless. Can you spare some change? I [...]

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