tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59048569427387565792011-04-21T14:28:11.882-07:00A new approach to philanthropy, Hope Equity is building an online community for sustained giving to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Through an online social networking community, like-minded individuals, organizations and businesses can come together to give directly to specific countries and causes. www.hopeequity.orgEnd Hunger And Povertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330612771827082772noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904856942738756579.post-67177357402638812072008-06-11T12:48:00.000-07:002008-06-11T13:07:31.638-07:00

THIS BLOG HAS MOVED. It can now be found at the improved, user friendly version of Hope Equity . We think you will appreciate the changes to the Web site, and we hope to be updating the blog more frequently with stories from the field, previews and reviews of events Hope Equity takes part in around the country, and information on we can help you support your Micro-Endowment.This new version of

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Hope Equity returns to the greatest city in the world as a sponsor of GOOD Magazine's Choose GOOD Greenmarket @ Solar One in Manhattan on June 7. Any Hope Equity supporters or those interested in sustainable, green initiatives should come out for what GOOD describes as "Food. Drinks. Music. Community." All proceeds go to the Council on the Environment of New York City, which promotes

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Video of Hope Equity at GOOD Magazine's SXSW Event.Choose GOOD Austin was a daylong event – in the middle of SXSW Festival & Conference – featuring green businesses and non-profit organizations, as well as a distinct line-up of musical talent. Among the many performers were the Noisettes, Mason Jennings, Langhorne Slim and Kimya Dawson, whose music has recently gained mainstream notice thanks to

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Hope Equity will be exhibiting at GOOD Magazine's Celebration Party to be held Wednesday, March 12 in Austin, TX at the SxSW Festival. For more information on the event, click here to visit http://www.goodmagazine.com/events/austin08.Come talk to us and get a free Hope Equity bamboo t-shirt!

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The women of Achoubong Group in Bafou, Cameroon sing a song thanks and safe journey to the Heifer Cameroon staff and I.Days 6-8January 6We traveled an hour and a half to the hilltop village of Bafou. It is a much more pleasant climate in the Western Highland province than in the more southern provinces of Cameroon.We arrived first at Martha Nandog’s home where I sat on a bench outside and spoke

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A short film on Cyprian Lukong, a dynamic leader in Vekovi, Cameroon.Day 5February 5Excerpt from an e-mail I sent to my family, friends and co-workers late that night:"Where to start? This has been a really unforgettable experience so far. Overwhelming some days. I have seen SO much of Cameroon in only four whole days. I travel anywhere from 3 to 6 hours every day. All of the projects/villages we

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A young boy eats bread outside the AJEN Group's meeting house.Day 4February 4In the village of Namba, near the town of Manjo, is where we visit the Association des Jeunes de Namba, or AJEN Group. Namba is in a French-speaking province, so an interpreter, Rochelle, has come along with Humphrey, Hilda and I. This stop is a little less than half way to Bamenda, where Heifer Cameroon’s headquarters

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Here is what I look like in front of the Heifer Cameroon offices in Douala.Day 3February 3I have now been here a little more than 50 hours and I am almost at a loss for words when trying to describe my experience so far. Today was a wonderful day spent exploring the botanical gardens near the ocean, swimming in the ocean, and relaxing on a rust-colored beach. Humphrey grew up in Limbe and said he

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A shantytown at the edge of the tea plantations in Tole'.Cameroon: Days 1-2January 31 or February 1Currently, I am just off the eastern seaboard, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, unsure of the exact date and time after a brief nap. I’m guessing the date is the still the former, as the eight-hour flight departed just a few hours ago.So this is it: A trip into the unknown. This is the very thing

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Children gathered outside Dzewka Multi Purpose Farmer's Society meeting room in Vekovi, Cameroon.Today was supposed to be the start of my daily journal from Cameroon (not in real time as we initially planned, as the amount of time I spent in the field made that impossible). Over this past weekend, I received an e-mail message that stated: “There was a serious strike in Cameroon, which grounded

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This documentary trailer, “Legacies,” is about Umaru Sule, who’s village in Cameroon was a Heifer project recipient after a natural disaster struck in 1986 killing everyone in his village and his entire family. Sule speaks of how he rose from these tragic events to gain an education and eventually work at Heifer International to affect a positive change in his Philadelphia community and

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Jeremy Glover, writer for Heifer Foundation and Hope Equity, will be visiting Cameroon in Africa during Feb. 2008. While he's there, he'll be sending in his journals and pictures from the field to this blog. Subscribe to this blog now so you can get all the updates!

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