Saturday, October 25th, 2014

From a Rwandan Dump to the Halls of Harvard

Justus Uwayesu, rescued at 9 from the streets of Rwanda, is enrolled as a freshman at Harvard.Credit Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times        BOSTON — Nine years old and orphaned by ethnic genocide, he was living in a burned-out car in a Rwandan garbage dump where he scavenged for food and clothes. Daytimes, he was a street beggar.… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, October 08th, 2014

Fred Branfman, Who Exposed Bombing of Laos, Dies at 72

By WILLIAM YARDLEY  OCT. 6, 2014   The Vietnam War was raging when Fred Branfman went to Laos in 1967 as an international aid worker. Determined to immerse himself in the society, he lived with an elderly villager, learned to speak Laotian and became a translator. In time, he met Laotians who told him something startling: There was a second… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

JOHN LENNON | Dan Bull [spot the song titles]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D-rubHhmhpo [Read Full Article]

Monday, August 18th, 2014

Navigating Nicaragua: A Lesson In Getting Lost

A motorcyclist drives past a mural of revolutionary heroes in Managua, Nicaragua. Most streets in the country don't have names. People give directions by using reference points, mostly Lake Managua, when in the capital. Carrie Kahn/NPR by CARRIE KAHN August 16, 2014 One of the most popular songs by the Irish band U2 is about a place where the streets have no names.… [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

Peace Works Travel' student brings clean water to Rwanda

Clean water for all. In January sixteen-year-old Cole Kawana joined a school trip to visit Network for Africa’s projects in Rwanda. But before he left Los Angeles he spent months researching the everyday challenges faced by people in developing countries. One of those stumbling blocks, Cole knew, was lack of access to clean water. Cole demonstrates his water filters to… [Read Full Article]