iStory is a pilot project that empowers people with disabilities in Vietnam to tell their own story using social media. Equipped with only an iPod, participants tell their story through updates, pictures, and videos. See more stories at: go.onevietnam.org/istory/ “But the most significant derivation from the meaning of as ‘water’ is the concept of people who have gathered … [Read more...] about iStory: The New Rules of Swimming
Philanthropy
iStory: He Who Helps A Lost Generation Be Found
iStory is a pilot project that empowers people with disabilities in Vietnam to tell their own story using social media. Equipped with only an iPod, participants tell their story through updates, pictures, and videos. See more stories at: go.onevietnam.org/istory/ His name is Thay Chau. As you enter his home in Trang Bom, Dong Nai, there are the furniture essentials, … [Read more...] about iStory: He Who Helps A Lost Generation Be Found
Inside Human Trafficking: The Stories of a Girl
This post first appeared on the Pacific Link Foundation's ADAPT: Stop Human Trafficking blog on July 11. The original post and a Vietnamese translation can be found here. For the past three weeks, I’ve been living and working at Pacific Links’ reintegration shelter for trafficking survivors in northern Vietnam. There are twelve girls, ages thirteen to twenty-two, from five … [Read more...] about Inside Human Trafficking: The Stories of a Girl
Change Makers: Thu Anh Do, Berkeley Engineer turns Nonprofit Founder
Thu Anh Do is the executive director of VNHELP, a 20 years old nonprofit that provides scholarships, loans, heath education, and more to the disadvantaged in Vietnam. How does a Berkeley Engineer and 22 year veteran of Silicon Valley come to run a nonprofit? I left Vietnam in 1978, leaving behind my parents and younger siblings. Those were very hard years; most people lived … [Read more...] about Change Makers: Thu Anh Do, Berkeley Engineer turns Nonprofit Founder
Three Ways Nonprofits Can Help You Land a Job in a Tough Economy
The economy is getting harder, especially for the unemployed. Companies have the power to choose among candidates, so much that many will not even consider unemployed workers, who are believed to be out of practice and less desirable. (NPR: The Hard Truth -Companies Don't Hire Unemployed) Until things change, younger workers or those that have been unemployed extensively need … [Read more...] about Three Ways Nonprofits Can Help You Land a Job in a Tough Economy