Update 12/21: Some of the comments from donors below this post are worth reading. Also, I’ve added UNICEF to the list of organizations at a reader’s recommendation. Happy holidays, and thank you for giving to Syrians in need. Recently, a friend from Latin America expressed her difficulty in following along with what’s happening in Syria, and […]
Month: July 2012
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On Finality, Loss, Regret
On the way home from Nairobi, on the last leg of my flight–from Newark to San Francisco–I was seated next to a young, excited, but mature young woman who had just returned from a month of traveling in Europe with her father, who was seated on the other side of her but slept the whole […]
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Reflections on the GV Summit 2012
I started writing from Kampala, Uganda, where Rebekah Heacock and I took a much-needed post-Summit respite. For both of us–and for many others–this was our third Global Voices summit, our third time getting together with this amazing group of human beings that has organically formed over the years from a small community of bloggers to […]