We are now halfway through Ramadan, which began this year on August 11 and ends on September 10 with the festival of Eid ul-Fitr. If you are like me and grew up as a non-Muslim American with virtually no exposure to Islam, chances are you may be unfamiliar with this important religious faith tradition.
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admin / August 26th, 2010 / posted in afghan women, events, social responsibility / no commentsFrom the ARZU STUDIO HOPE staff…
Today is Women’s Equality Day – commemorating the passing of the 19th Amendment in the United States as well as the continued efforts to bring full equality for women worldwide.
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Connie K. Duckworth / August 23rd, 2010 / posted in business social responsibility, economic sustainability, opportunity / 1 commentI recently read an interesting report by Booz & Company called ” The Importance of Frugal Engineering.” It cites the development process of the Tata Nano car as a case study to illustrate the imperative of this approach in designing products for the developing world. To me, the idea of “frugal” can and should be extended to the larger platform of international development. This is the vision of sustainable community development that is very different from the standard approach taken today.
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Connie K. Duckworth / August 9th, 2010 / posted in afghan people, events / no commentsThe murder of the ten International Assistance Mission volunteers on the final leg of their three-week medical mission to bring eye care to remote rural villages in Northeastern Afghanistan is an act so brutal and baseless as to be inexplicable. It will undoubtedly have repercussions across the international aid community, which delivers so many critical services to the most vulnerable Afghans.
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Connie K. Duckworth / August 2nd, 2010 / posted in afghan people, events, social responsibility / no commentsIt’s been a week since WikiLeaks released tens of thousands of stolen classified military documents to the world. As analysts, reporters and a myriad of government agencies and the military comb through this deluge of information, it’s somewhat miraculous that more real damage wasn’t done. But in trying to reading to follow the debates, I admit I’m more than a bit confused about the legalities surrounding all this.
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