A selection of updates from our grant recipients
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2008
- Dec 3rd - Jock Brandis, founder of the Full Belly Project, won a $100,000 Purpose Prize. The Wilmington Star-News reports, and Jock submitted a great video for the prize.
- Nov 11th - Brita Johnson, Executive Director of Health in Harmony, published a piece in New American Media, explaining how linking conservation of the rainforest with health care delivery helps local communities in Indonesia. Kinari Webb describes her vision as follows:
"We want to provide a model," says Dr. Webb, "to be used in other threatened ecosystems where human and natural communities are in conflict, and where basic human health needs go unmet."
- Jul 8th - Profile of Orphans of Rwanda in the NY Times.
2007
- Dec 7th - Paul Farmer, of Partners in Health, and Dai Ellis, co-founder of Orphans of Rwanda, gave a speech at Harvard Law School on how to save children's lives in Rwanda. The speech was covered by the Harvard Crimson.
We have embedded a nice introduction to ORI and their work in Rwanda below.
- Jul 25th - Actress and reality star Kirstie Alley raises awareness for clean water, as well as $28,000 for PlayPumps International, in the first ever Twitter Telethon.
- Apr 11th - Orphans of Rwanda Executive Director, Michael Brotchner, has co-written an excellent piece in the NY Times on the progress Rwanda has made in 15 years since the beginning of the genocide there.
- April - Kinari Webb is named a "New Eco Role Model" in Oprah's "O" Magazine.
2009
- Oct 28th - Kinari Webb and Health in Harmony are featured on PBS NewsHour. You can watch the video segment below, or read the transcript here.