Love Baseball / Hate Cancer May 22 2008 at 10:35 AM

At this point, it’s not really a secret that I love baseball and have a slight bias towards the Red Sox - let’s be honest.
Monday night, starting lefty pitcher, Jon Lester, threw a No Hitter for the Red Sox in Fenway Park against the Kansas City Royals.
By now you have probably heard (even if you’re not a Red Sox fan) that less than 2 years ago, Lester was disgnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, missing the end of the 2006 season.
In December 2007, it was announced... More

Update from Myanmar May 21 2008 at 11:53 AM

An update from friends on the ground in Myanmar tell us that the situation continues to be dire and that every bit of help that we can muster will save lives.

“The skies have turned anthracite grey this afternoon in Yangon - an ominous sign that heavy rains are on their way in a few minutes. Winds are pushing the temporary plastic windows up against the back of my chair as I write. On my desk are photographs taken earlier this week of families in the Irrawaddy Delta huddled under a fallen tree... More

Emergency Aid for Chinese Earthquake Victims May 14 2008 at 10:11 AM

To follow up on Stephanie’s post, we have been working closely with our partner organizations to establish projects to help victims of the earthquake in China. Latest news reports suggest that the death toll could reach 15,000.
We have two projects on GlobalGiving that will provide immediate assistance to those affected. We’ve partnered with Half the Sky to provide emergency shelter, food, and medical care for children orphaned or separated from their families, also temporary or long-term... More

Relief Efforts in Challenging Circumstances May 13 2008 at 1:17 PM

Disasters are nasty business. This past week has tested the disaster relief machines in new ways. There is never an easy disaster relief scenario-all bring with them unanticipated complications. Nevertheless, Myanmar and China are arguably two of the more difficult environments in which to operate. There are few nonprofit organizations with authority to operate in these countries, and getting the needed resources–aid and expertise–to where they will make the most difference is challenging... More

Only connect: Mother’s Farm May 11 2008 at 9:46 PM

Sometimes a donor comment on a project will make me smile. More rarely, a donor comment makes me want to read it out loud to anyone who will listen. And perhaps even more infrequently, a donor comment will make me come back to my dormant blog and restart the blogging engine. This is one such comment, on, appropriately enough, a project called Mother’s Farm in Sudan–here’s an excerpt:

I am glad that the ladies started with sorghum this year as conditons are very condusive to sorghum... More