Tagged: Central Asia

2011 Asia Regional Expo

Kyle Adams
76 Posts
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Posted 1 year, 1 month ago, updated 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Those of you focusing your attention on Asia, this is the thread for the upcoming Asia Regional Expo, coming in October. What: Asia Starfish Expo When: October 25 - 27, 2011 Where: Hong Kong Who: Individuals and organizations desiring to network, cooperate and collaborate in order to meet needs across the ...

Updates on the Conflict in Libya

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Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
There is a great article on HISG about the conflict and relief work being done in the area. BENGHAZI, LIBYA- As opposing forces fight for territory in Libya, HISG completes a humanitarian mission to bring medical and food supplies to citizens trapped in the conflict in this tumultuous North African ...

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 ...

Project: Rescue Pakistan

Kyle Adams
76 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 403 Views
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago, updated 1 year, 9 months ago
HISG and our partners in the IDRN has prepared a comprehensive response that has the potential to reach thousands of people. If you would like to learn more about this life-saving effort, please download and read the attached Project: Rescue Pakistan file. This document is a call to

Refugee Crisis in Uzbekistan

Tom Love
7 Posts
0 Votes 0 Replies 235 Views
Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
I received an email today from one of our partners in Uzbekistan. They are responding to the needs of the many thousands of refugees who are flooding over the border from Kyrgyzstan. If anyone is interested in helping with this response, please contact me. Tom Love tlove@hisg.org

IDRN Training in Turkey

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Posted 2 years, 2 months ago
We have just completed a Level 1 training event in Antalya, Turkey. We made some great new friends that we trust will be joining the larger Starfish Community as well as help grow the International Disaster Response Network. If you are interested in IDRN training, please check out http://hisg ...

Nonprofit summer camps convicted of tax evasion

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Posted 2 years, 5 months ago, updated 2 years, 4 months ago
In Uzbekistan a court has convicted three Baptist leaders of tax evasion for nonprofit summer camps they run for hundreds of children each year. According to WORLD magazine Dec. 5, they were also charged with teaching religion to children without parents’ permission. Pavel Peychev, president of the Baptist Union of

Quake in Tajikistan

Tom Love
7 Posts
1 Vote 1 Reply 350 Views
Posted 2 years, 4 months ago, updated 2 years, 4 months ago
NEWS This Morning: TAJIKISTAN: Nearly 600 people in southern Tajikistan are facing freezing winter weather without permanent shelter after an earthquake on Saturday destroyed their homes http://members.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/126269713222.htm , the government has said. Earlier media reports had said around 20,000 people in the quake-affected ...

agricultural category needed in fruit/orchard

Tami Brown
2 Posts
1 Vote 9 Replies 475 Views
Posted 2 years, 7 months ago, updated 2 years, 5 months ago
Critical potential for agricultural interventions is in fruit and orcharding. Let's add category of organizational and professional focus to reflect this.

Great Websites for People Groups

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Posted 2 years, 5 months ago, updated 2 years, 5 months ago
I am attending a meeting today in Southern California talking about strategies to work in different countries. One topic discussed was looking at the different people groups in countries around the world. Here are some valuable sites for you to look at if you are interested in people