charity
November 28, 2011, 5 Comments

How do you know where your charitable dollars are going? Are they going to the cause you want to support or are they going to administrative and fundraising expenses? A [...]

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Occupy Wall Street – An Opportunity To Redefine Value

October 17, 2011, No comments

It feels like the world is on fire. From Egypt to Greece, India to the UK, Spain and now North America, we are currently living in an international wo ...

Heart Food

The Eat At Home Revolution

September 26, 2011, No comments

Today, less than one-third of North Americans cook their evening dinners from scratch, according to a new survey by the Institute of Food Technologist ...

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Seeding Farms in Big Cities

August 22, 2011, 1 Comment

Last year on a visit to southern Egypt, I careened my neck left and right as I searched both sides of the Nile for the great wheat fields that once [. ...

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    Water Filters Campaign for 2011-2012
    July 25, 2011, No comments

    Working in close conjunction with Steve Rutledge and Mike Yap, the founders of Adopt a Village in Laos, a not-for-profit Canadian registered organization (#1755378), I have been volunteering my services [...]

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    How To: Create Better Healthcare in Cameroon
    June 26, 2011, Comments Off

    The vulnerability of Africa and Cameroon in particular, exposes it to different adversities that affect its development. This has delimited the target and the scope of most of its communities. [...]

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    To Laos with Love: Presentation Series
    June 14, 2011, No comments

    To continue increasing awareness of Adopt a Village in Laos, I decided to transform my ‘To Laos with Love’ presentation into a series of presentations, which I have called, ‘To [...]

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    The Story of Adopt a Village in Laos
    June 13, 2011, No comments

    In early April 2011, I submitted material for an article about Laos to SNAP DOWNTOWN TORONTO, a community publication which covered my “To Laos with Love” event at the beginning [...]