Residents here in Chicago have decided to start calling our city “Chiberia” because of how cold the weather has been recently (around -30 with wind-chill). When the university I attend decided to cancel classes because of the cold, it reminded …
Power of Weather
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Written on February 19th, 2014
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Agriculture, Haiti
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Agriculture, Haiti
Burma Mobile Health Clinics- Partners Relief and Development
Over the past 60 years in Burma (now called Myanmar), every ethnic state has had a resistance movement to respond to the oppression from the central government. Today, there is a ceasefire and a call to ratify the ceasefire with …
Child Trauma Recovery Training Program: Ituri Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Written on February 12th, 2014
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, Congo
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Children, Congo
In the DR Congo, a country that has been ravaged by civil war, there are many people who haven’t had the comfort of feeling safe, and many of them children. My home has always felt safe. I have never felt …
The Value of a Chicken
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Written on February 10th, 2014
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Agriculture, Cameroon
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Agriculture, Cameroon
My family used to have chickens, well really only roosters who’s total function was to crow at ridiculous hours of the morning. There were no hens and there were no eggs, so eventually we just gave them away to our …
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) Thank You from the Philippines
An update regarding relief and recovery after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) from one of our partners working in the Philippines, Medical Teams International (MTI). MTI has worked together with local medical staff in the Tacloban area. This thank you is extended …
