Doctors Without Borders was founded in 1971 in France. Primarily known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)it’s know world wide as a humanitarian organization staffed by doctors / burses / journalists / and many other support personal. MSF is currently working on projects in 60 countries and they speak out on conditions so the world might get a better look and...
Learn MoreI stumbled onto an organization website that I was unfamiliar with and it was a nice surprise. Healthy Child Healthy World. Here is a charity that focuses on protecting people and particularly children from harmful chemicals. They refer officially to the chemicals as “harmful environmental exposures”. With that in mind they give advice on how to shop healthy...
Learn MoreIn the early 1990′s I exchanged some emails with a lady named Le Ly Hayslip. She along with countless others was a friend of Joe Bangert, the guy who first toured me around Hanoi Vietnam in 1993. Joe has been a friend of mine for almost 20 years now. Le Ly Hayslip you might remember was the subject of the Oliver Stone Film “Heaven and Earth“. The movie...
Learn MoreThis is a totally non-political non-profit organization registered both in the UK and the US. They specialize in removing land mines and other horrible remnants of war such as unexploded ordinance and assault rifles. There are more than 8,000 workers employed by the HALO Trust in numerous regions all over the world where wars left these dangers behind. In my own...
Learn MoreOn October 15, there was a tremendous concert to celebrate the Clinton Foundation’s “Decade of Difference”. Bono and Lady Gaga were among the performers and numerous celebrities from Hollywood were in attendance like Barbara...
Learn MoreI know I featured the Clinton – Bush Haiti Fund previously but I saw this video on Clinton’s Foundation website and I had to write a post on it. There’s a brief endorsement from Mr. Mandela at the end of the video clip. We don’t see a lot of public appearances from Nelson Mandela now that he’s in retirement so I thought I would help get a...
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