From IHT.
It is a scene Myanmar’s ruling generals are unlikely to see played out for themselves: As a convoy of trucks carrying relief supplies, led by Buddhist monks, passed through storm-devastated villages, hungry children and homeless mothers bowed in supplication and respect.
“When I see those people, I want to cry,” said Sitagu Sayadaw, 71, one [...]
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From IHT by Andrew Martin.
Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world.
Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and [...]
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.
In the United States the name Doctors Without Borders is often used instead.
From PBS Online interview with MSF [...]
From Aljazeera.net.
Mark Canning, Britain’s ambassador to Myanmar, has told Al Jazeera that the relief operation for Myanmar is likely to be twice the size needed in Aceh province in Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami.
His comments come as a UN official says that Myanmar’s refusal to grant visas to foreign aid teams is “unprecedented in modern [...]
December 9, 2007 – 8:43 pm
From FoxNews.com.
It has taken more than two years, but the One Laptop Per Child initiative has finally released its much-anticipated laptop: the OLPC XO-1.
The XO-1 costs $200 each to donate, but for a limited time — until Dec. 31, 2007 — people can avail themselves of the “Give One, Get One” promotion to give [...]
November 16, 2007 – 12:19 am
FreeRice is a word game that tests your vocabulary, and for each word you get right, they will donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
Related: The Globalization of Hunger.
August 29, 2007 – 3:59 pm
The book, Buddhism And Psychotherapy Across Cultures: Essays on Theories and Practices
by Mark Unno, Editor is published by Wisdom Publications (a nonprofit charitable organization).
As Buddhism and psychotherapy have grown and diversified in Asia and the West, so too has the literature dealing with their intersection. In this collection of essays, leading voices explore many surprising [...]