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Welcome to my voice on the web
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Many people who read In the Eyes of Anahita get inspired to make a difference in this world. It is not important what we do, but rather that we do something. The world will not change overnight. Actually, I always compare the change that needs to happen with the vastness of the ocean. A lot of people feel overwhelmed by this realization, but I encourage you all to find comfort in taking those steps that are within your power, small or big. What is important is that we all move forward, one step at a time. Ultimately the ocean is the sum of googles of little raindrops. Each one of us has the power to be a little raindrop of change. A lot of little raindrops make a very mighty ocean! So browse around, pick a topic that is near to your heart and ACT!
For those that need more inspiration, I encourage you to visit www.quantumshift.tv an online video web community which I started earlier this year where those who make a difference in this world share their stories.
Teachers and students, check out the 'Be the Change! Share the Story!' school video contest at www.quantumshift.tv/schools Prize value$50,000! Registration before January 31, 2008.
Many people have been deeply affected by In the Eyes of Anahita. The feedback I have received and the life changing stories I have heard have been overwhelming. Afterall, I just wanted to make the reader think about certain things. Stories certainly do change lives and that is why it is so important to share them. Here is just one example of how In the Eyes of Anahita changed a young persons live forever:
If you have any inspiring stories on video, share them and inspire others by uploading them to www.quantumshift.tv
Together with a group of committed people we started earlier this year SHI - Canada. As soon as we can provide tax receipts for donations to support SHI's valuable actions in Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador and Belize we will setup our Canadian website to accept those donations online. The site will also provide discussion materials for bookclubs and house parties. For now we still are refering to the US site of SHI.
In action & co-creation,
Hugo Bonjean
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News about those that make a difference
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Skoll Foundation Extends Investments in Leading Social Entrepreneurs (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
-- Follow-on investment in Skoll social entrepreneurs selected in 2005 will advance sustainable change in education, health, environment, economic development and human rights
How effective is social enterprise? (BBC News)
Is social enterprise a viable approach for budding entrepreneurs who want to start a business and act ethically at the same time?
Teenager sends classroom-in-a-box to Africa (KGO-TV Bay Area)
An Eagle Scout project turns into a charitable donation for African orphans.
Ashoka Expands the Reach of Social Entrepreneurship Around the World With Support From Microsoft Software Grant (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public today announced a $2.5 million software grant from Microsoft to increase Ashoka's ability to impact worldwide social change. Ashoka, the world's largest community of leading social entrepreneurs, will use the grant to support pattern changing ideas and the Ashoka Fellows who initiate them. The Microsoft partnership represents a milestone in Ashoka's capacity to ...
Social entrepreneurship: Make everyone a change-maker (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Renato Mercado had worked as an assistant architect for 15 years in Saudi Arabia. Last year, he got a one-month leave and was finally able to visit his family in Laguna province after four years.
Lenovo Provides Grant To Train New Tech Workers (InformationWeek)
The money will go to CompTIA's Creating Futures program, which offers tech training to military veterans, dislocated workers, at-risk youth, and people with disabilities.
CompTIA Educational Foundation's Creating Futures Program Receives Lenovo Hope Fund Grant (PRWeb)
Award will go toward IT industry career opportunities program (PRWeb Aug 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Creating_Futures/Lenovo_Hope_Fund/prweb1205944.htm
CompTIA Educational Foundation's Creating Futures Program Receives Lenovo Hope Fund Grant (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Award will go toward IT industry career opportunities program
ON THE RISE: 20 young Cleveland professionals whose careers are ascending (Cleveland Jewish News)
Meet 20 young, dynamic individuals who are getting noticed in the business world. These bright achievers have certainly stirred the waters, from waves on Wall Street and swells in sports and steel, to motion in music and currents in cards – the greeting/note variety, that is.
Enterprise Announces New Fellowship Appointees (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Doris W. Koo, president and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners, today announced the selection of three dynamic social entrepreneurs to fill an inaugural slate of organizational fellowships.
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The 'other' world news - IPS News Headlines (also on the home page)
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POLITICS: South Takes Aim at Security Council Elitism
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (IPS) - A major group of the world's developing
nations is calling for the U.N. Security Council to be more open
and accountable for its decisions on issues of international
peace and security.
POLITICS: Iran Could Reap Benefits of U.S.-Russian Tensions
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - Iran could emerge as a big winner, at least in the
short term, from the rapidly escalating tensions between the
United States and Russia over Moscow's intervention in
Georgia, according to analysts here.
MEXICO: Conservatives Lose Key Battle Against Abortion
MEXICO CITY, Aug 27 (IPS) - The Mexican government, Catholic Church and
conservative groups lost a crucial battle Wednesday in their
fight against abortion, which was legalised in the capital in
April 2007.
POLITICS-US: Women Take the Platform at Dem Convention
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - From the party platform ratified by delegates
between speeches Monday, to primetime, headlining speeches by two
heavy hitters in the election -- Sen. Hillary Clinton and
first-lady hopeful Michelle Obama -- the initial two days of the
Democratic National Convention were dominated by women.
RIGHTS-KENYA: "They Mobilised Violence For Their Own Reasons"
NAIROBI, Aug 27 (IPS) - The text of the Kenyan National Dialogue and
Reconciliation Accord, brokered by former UN chief Kofi Annan in
March this year and released to the press in full last Sunday,
identifies land as one of the central issues creating
"economic, social, political and environmental
problems" in the country.
COLOMBIA: International Criminal Court Scrutinises Paramilitary Crimes
BOGOTA, Aug 27 (IPS) - The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief
prosecutor ended a three-day visit to Colombia Wednesday, where
he has been investigating who is ultimately responsible for the
human rights crimes committed in this civil war-torn country.
RIGHTS-SWAZILAND: Women Challenge King Mswati
MBABANE, Aug 27 (IPS) - Hard on the heels of the signing of the Gender
Protocol at the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
heads of state summit, Swazi women have challenged King Mswati
III on the monarchy's lavish lifestyle in the face of abject
poverty and disease.
SIERRA LEONE: Commission Launches First Human Rights Report
FREETOWN, Aug 27 (IPS) - A barefoot girl watches expressionless as men clad
in expensive suits and women in designer clothes make their way
on foot to the Community Centre in Kroo Bay, Freetown. They are
here to launch the first ever State of Human Rights Report for
Sierra Leone; Zainab, 12, is in the midst of another day on the
narrow, muddy streets of the area, selling groundnuts to help
support her family.
SOUTH AFRICA: Rights Work Hampered by Closure Threat
DURBAN, Aug 27 (IPS) - The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) last week
lifted a funding ban on its Centre for Civil Society (CCS) after
national and international intellectuals protested loudly against
the leftist centre’s potential closure. Yet, the uncertainty of
the past few weeks has already impacted negatively on CCS’
operations.
POLITICS-US: Housing Fund Seen as Grassroots Victory
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) - Advocates are calling a new national trust fund to
preserve, rehabilitate and build affordable housing, including
public housing, a major grassroots victory and key step in
addressing the needs of low-income people in the United States.
DEVELOPMENT: Nepal Scrutinises Spending to Cap Gender Gaps
KATHMANDU, Aug 27 (IPS) - The period between 2002 and 2007, was marked with
various political and economic changes in Nepal. As the
government and the Maoist rebels fought a bloody war in the
hinterlands, exports plummeted due to internal and international
factors, investments by government and private sectors dropped
due to instability caused by the war and agriculture stagnated.
During this period Nepal’s average growth dropped from 5 to 2.9
percent.
MALAYSIA: Anwar's Win Spells Leadership Change
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (IPS) - Despite a nasty campaign against him, opposition
icon Anwar Ibrahim has won spectacularly in a landmark
by-election in the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh,
confirming his stature as possible prime minister with truly
national appeal, cutting across race and religion.
PERU: Courts Move Closer to Clarifying Accomarca Massacre
LIMA, Aug 27 (IPS) - "They entered the village and called all the
peasants together, tortured them to make them say who were
terrorists, and killed them because they didn't talk,"
testified former soldier José Contreras, one of those involved in
the 1985 killing of 69 people in the southern Peruvian village of
Accomarca.
MIDEAST: Israel Pushes Ahead with Settlement Expansion
JERUSALEM, Aug 27 (IPS) - Israel has published tenders for the construction
of 1,761 illegal housing units for Israeli settlers in occupied
east Jerusalem alone, according to the Israeli rights group Peace
Now.
RIGHTS: Accused Terrorist Sues Norway
OSLO, Aug 27 (IPS) - The co-founder of a suspected al-Qaeda linked
militant group in Iraq who lived a double life as a refugee in
Norway's capital Oslo is suing Norway for violating his
rights.
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