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Communication Protocols PFA

Dustin Barrington
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Posted 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
Dear Friends -- HISG has generously offered to let us use their 'Starfish Community' collaboration platform for our communications. Until we actually get all of our primary folks onto such a platform, and get everyone up to speed, we will need to use email as a redundant communication system. Just to ...

Contact list for Pakistan Group

Dustin Barrington
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Posted 6 hours, 13 minutes ago
Hello Friends -- Thank you so much for your patience. In the next days I will be sending out more correspondence I have been reviewing all of the email correspondence that we have generated recently to make sure that we have everyone connected before we move forward. Please take a moment ...

English Teachers needed in Saudi Arabia!

Kay Hiramine
62 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 8 Views
Posted 1 day, 20 hours ago
There is a request from a friend in Saudi Arabia for 20 male and female teachers. Following are the criteria: Native speakers; BA in English and relevant field; TESOL Certificate or MA in Applied Linguistics, TESOL etc; 3 years of teaching experience; 3 references - professional and

YWAM Pakistan Initiative

David Bopp
33 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 29 Views
Posted 4 days, 10 hours ago, updated 2 days, 11 hours ago
Welcome all YWAM friends! Hope you all are well. I just wanted to provide a break down of the response initiative we briefly discussed today! $15,000 for a container of medicine (Antibiotics, anti-diahreal, anti-fungal, etc.) worth $2,000,000.00 The cost covers the partial purchase of the products ...

$28,000 Matching Grant! Pakistan Flood Alliance

Kay Hiramine
62 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 16 Views
Posted 3 days, 6 hours ago, updated 2 days, 19 hours ago
Great news! I have been able to raise $28,000 for the almost $4million shipment to Pakistan! Please get the word out to your donors, friends and foundations to raise the other $28,000! Please contact Steve Lencke at slencke@hisg.org to coordinate funds transfer! Thanks!! Kay

Pakistan Flood Alliance - 29 AUG 2010 Meeting Notes

Kay Hiramine
62 Posts
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Posted 4 days, 3 hours ago, updated 3 days, 6 hours ago
Summary of meeting 29 AUG, 2010: Dustin Barrington will be the Chairman and lead the different working groups. Tom Webb is going to London/UK and will be connected to NGOs and key Pakistani leaders in London. Dual purposes is to raise money and also raise awareness/recruit NGOs for ...

Question about "Catalysts"

Don Baker
2 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 17 Views
Posted 3 days, 12 hours ago, updated 3 days, 10 hours ago
I just read the Concept Expanded document, and found me described perfectly in the definition of a Catalyst. This is pretty amazing discovery for me, as I've always wondered why I seem to be so interested in other people's lives and stories, and so often try to introduce ...

Disaster Relief Training in Triangle, Virginia July 26-30, 2010

Justin Boland
4 Posts
0 Votes 2 Replies 68 Views
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago, updated 3 days, 13 hours ago
Crisis Response International (CRI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that resources, trains and mobilizes volunteers, churches and other organizations to respond to disasters and other compassion initiatives in the United States and world-wide. Disaster Relief Training | Triangle, VA – July 26–30, 2010 The event includes equipping in

Pakistan Flood Partnership

Tom Webb
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Posted 4 days, 11 hours ago, updated 4 days, 3 hours ago
An inter-agency/interdisciplinary partnership has formed with a focus on Serving and loving the victims of the Pakistan Flood.

VIDEOS: New Look and Features for Starfish Website

Matt Wallace
67 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 11 Views
Posted 5 days, 5 hours ago
Check out these two videos on the Starfish Community YouTube channel. New Key Features OVERVIEW VIDEO and the Creating a New Account HOW-TO VIDEO Check these short videos out!