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Germany

Kay Hiramine
96 Posts
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Posted 6 days, 17 hours ago
Anyone on the Starfish community live and work in Germany? Kay

Resources for Good Practice

Travis Anderson
16 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 60 Views
Posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Here are a couple resources that could be good for humanitarian workers and their contacts. Resource One: Faith-Based Tools All Stressed Up and Everywhere to Go! Solutions to De-Stressing Your Life and Recovering Your Sanity (2010) by Gaylyn Williams and Ken Williams. This daughter-father, internationally-experienced team gets at the heart ...

Poultry Production in Haiti (Continues to Change Lives)

Henry Couser
2 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 87 Views
Posted 5 months ago
Since August of 2010, Operation Mobilization (OM) Haiti has been working with various organizations and individuals interested in poultry production (broilers and layers). These initiatives have proven quite successful and thus far we have helped get 48 "farms" into operation. These farmers are on track to produce almost

Horn of Africa - Famine - Networking

Kay Hiramine
96 Posts
0 Votes 2 Replies 219 Views
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago, updated 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Margarita has a group of NGOs looking to work in the Horn of Africa...please contact her at the following address: Margarita Ibanez - margaiban@yahoo.com.ar

Re-Selling Goods Created in Developing Countries

Tim Young
3 Posts
2 Votes 12 Replies 2306 Views
Posted 2 years, 3 months ago, updated 1 year, 3 months ago
My church is considering setting up a small "store" where we sell goods that are created in developing countries. I have seen a number of small displays of goods from a small village here or there. I am looking to see what types of options are available for

Urgent: American Missionary in Jacmel Haiti Prison

Tim Wall
0 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 463 Views
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago, updated 1 year, 4 months ago
URGENT: If you have any contacts or think you MIGHT even be able to help please contact me immediately. It is Day 85--he was released on Christmas Eve and re-arrested before he could get to his car with his wife--she is 7 months pregnant. They need to

Families in Global Transition (FIGT)

Matt Wallace
76 Posts
0 Votes 1 Reply 393 Views
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago, updated 1 year, 6 months ago
I've been aware of and following FIGT for some time. They seem to be a good group with solid goals and materials. They are announcing their 2011 plans, which included this... 13th Annual Families In Global Transition Conference -- March 17-19 in Washington, DC will provide you with practical solutions ...

orphanage best practices study

Clay Gillispie
2 Posts
0 Votes 4 Replies 515 Views
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago, updated 1 year, 7 months ago
I am beginning a study to develop an education model of best practices used in orphanages in Southern Sudan to complete my Master's program. I would love to hear from orphanages or organizations who would like to be a part of this study sharing best practices in education used

North Korea Trip Invite!! May 2011

Kay Hiramine
96 Posts
1 Vote 0 Replies 289 Views
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago
Hello everyone! I just returned from a great trip to North Korea with Tom Jennings! We went with a great NGO doing amazing aid work there, like feeding 10,000 kids a day! They also have a number of businesses there that are creating jobs for the people.

2010 Starfish Community Expo

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Kyle Adams
76 Posts
1 Vote 10 Replies 1658 Views
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago, updated 1 year, 8 months ago
Please put the 2010 Starfish Community Expo on your calendar! The event will be: September 16-18, 2010 Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA Many of you were at the first Expo in October 2009, and I think it was a really productive time of sharing good ideas and making key connections ...