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A Sacred Space for Individual Development

Anjali Daryanani is the Communications Director of One World Youth Project, an international education non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. She grew up in Hong Kong and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

 

Proud to be a Girl

Earlier this month a certain girl in Uganda (let us call her Sara) declared, “I curse the day I was born a girl.”

Why?

One Question with Jessie Stone

Dr. Jessie Stone founded Soft Power Health in 2004. Her organization is a major partner of the Mpoma Community Health Initiative.

Martin Segal's Thoughts on Community Development

The Segal Family Foundation is a young organization that has a common sense approach toward making a difference in the lives and communities of people in Sub Saharan Africa.

Development 101: an interview with Antoine Chiquet

”We must cultivate our own garden” – French philosopher Voltaire (1694-1778) in Candide
 

Noerine Kaleeba: an article about our co-founder

Achievers. At a time when stigma against anyone even suspected to be infected with HIV was rife, one woman almost single-handedly nursed her infected husband with whom they bore the vision to help the others in the same situation. She later brought this vision to life after her husband passed on, writes Agnes K. Namaganda

Our Malaria Initiative

By Jessica Santillo, January 2012

Malaria is a constant threat to families across Uganda, claiming 320 lives each day.  Pregnant women are especially at risk, and are more likely to suffer complications or death from the illness.  Although malaria can be prevented by sleeping under a treated mosquito net, many pregnant women do not have access to them, leaving them exposed to malaria when they are most vulnerable.