Sell Hope to the Utterly Hopeless and Desperate, They’ll Buy it

Sell hope to the utterly hopeless and desperate, they’ll buy it, NOT because they are stupid. Unless you have experienced extended or prolonged despair or, worse, utter hopelessness, you cannot imagine what that is like. And in these uncertain, stressful and, for many, desperate times of the coronavirus pandemic, many, I am sure have already been and will be victimized. The situation, unfortunately, will get worse, a lot worse, before it starts getting better for many. If you have not experienced utter hopelessness, hold your judgement of those who buy hope, however.

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Help Launch Nepal’s First Collaborative School

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Help my mate Pete and my buddy Sakar launch Nepal's first collaborative school by donating to their fundraising drive. They are raising a modest $10341 (£6826) to serve some of the poorest students in Kathmandu Valley. What the team has already accomplished since taking over the school is already commendable. These funds will go a long way in accomplishing what they have set out to do: turn the school around and show that huge investments are not necessary to accomplish that.

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boy on Senga Bay
A young boy doing his laundry on the shores of Lake Malawi in Senga Bay, a beach I would visit regularly with my friends when I lived and worked in the country for three years between 2004 and 2007.

MalAria in MalAwi

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The recent discovery and development of the vaccine against malaria is a welcome development for sure. It should be great news for the children of Africa. It SHOULD! Is it or will it be?

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