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Less is more – In Favour of the Smaller Picture

Brian Munene, 13 years, is mentally handicapped and epileptic; the first born of two. His mother is single, unemployed and unable to cater for the needs of her children. His brother is blind.

Enough has been said about thinking big and aiming for great things, reaching for the sky, achieving great dreams. But sometimes… Continue

Posted by Ethel Makila on September 24, 2009 at 3:11am

Hello Everyone from Valeri/ Trip to Africa

Hello Everyone,

I just got back from Africa and went to 4 countries, Nairobi, Kenya; Lagos, Nigeria; Freetown. Sierre Leone; and Acura, Ghana.

It was a great trip and very fruitful. I spoke at our second PWI event in Nairobi where women from Ughana attended. They want to start a PWI Connection in their country.

I toured the school we adopted there to assess the needs to farther the project for the school which is headed by our eduactional program director Parth Savla. Most of the children liv… Continue

Posted by Val Bocage on September 11, 2009 at 12:56am

The Esclator

This thing that flows
Like the quiet country - rivers
Without waives, but orderly moves
They pointed for me to step on to it
Then of course I did just that
I managed to go down a bit
But the stair seem to fight me
I’d rather be standing on my knee
That would be weird I thought
While I was worried and lost
People seem to be impatient
I turned around and sat
But it threw me back out
Why am I lost and fearful
Standing here like a fool
Every one else seem to know
They are not falling down below
My f… Continue

Posted by Silish Yigebru on September 5, 2009 at 5:15pm — 1 Comment

It's all about making choices

©Copyrigh The Suyian Trust, Nairobi Kenya

As I struggled to choose what to wear to the office one morning, it suddenly struck me that life is all about making choices. My alarm clock had gone off at 5 o’clock and rather than get up immed… Continue

Posted by Ethel Makila on September 1, 2009 at 1:53pm

What is happening to our Baby Girls?

Did you know that 5th grade is the new average for a girl to loose her virginity? If this is a concern to you please visit www.babygirlinc.ning.com and join a group of women that are helping girls love themselves. Or visit www.babygirlinc .org.

Posted by Tameka White on August 27, 2009 at 1:28pm

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"Pray the Devil Back to Hell" - A great film about women using peace to overcome violence

Has anyone seen this film yet? It's a moving documentary about an empowered group of women in Liberia who use peace and non-violent tactics to overcome the civil war in their country. If you haven'...

Started by Shahira Motani Nov 10.

If you don’t have passion and purpose, greater productivity won't help you! 1 Reply

I stumbled on a blog post about living passionately by Alister Cameron of Australia and thought it was worth sharing. Alister says – Until you discover your “fire within” you will remain condemned ...

Tagged: productivity, life, purpose, passion

Started by Ethel Makila. Last reply by Glena Stephenson Sep 4.

PWI Bay Area June networking Event "Creating the WOW! in YOU....

The Westin San Francisco Airport Near the San Francisco Airport One Old Bayshore Highway Millbrae, CA 94030 Join Us! as we continue "Empowering Women to Empower the World!" at our next Bay Area-Co...

Started by valeri bocage Jun 6.