Jewelry / Bijouteria do Bem

Jewelry to benefit South African women and orphans afected by Aids. Visit Tanda Zulu

Social entrepreneur/ O contrário de assistencialismo

In his article The Age of Ambition, Nicholas D. Kristof talks about social entrepreneur as a new way to impact and transform society. He mentions the websites of three of these projects. Click here either to read the article or to go straight to their websites.

Vale a pena conhecer e saber mais sobre essa nova tendência da organização social.

Happy New Year!

I liked this text by Roger Cohen.

Enjoy it!

Kiva

This site is a contribution of Fiona. I checked it out and I think it pays a visit. The main idea is the one of micro credit, something that has been well succeed for a while in different parts of the world. The initiatives vary from one place to another, bu it seems a good idea in general.
The site is www.kiva.org
Feliz ano novo!

What an interesting idea!

Just recently I have learned about DonorsChoose.org This clip from Colbert Report tells more about it.

Abstinência

Many years ago, one of my students, who was also a Medical school student, told me about her project investigating how Brazil was dealing with the issue of Aids and youth. She was surprised how open the campaign was in comparison to the approach in the US. I don't know the numbers right now, but I'm proud that in this sense Brazil is not hypocritical. Read this article about the situation here.
Abstinence as an educational device is not only out of reality; it is also ineffective...

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Olha que legal esta iniciativa
Oficina Teia 2007