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Interview With Vincenzo Bollettino, Executive Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

India: What led you to become the director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative? For example, were there any specific events in your life that changed your perspective or inspired you?Vincenzo: I…Continue

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Finding a New Perspective

Sher Bano is a Pashtun girl from Pakistan who participated in theYouth Exchange and Study program and spent the last year in EvanstonIllinios. She is 17 years old and has been writing a guest blog…Continue

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My name is India W and I'm one of the 5 for Fairness inters. I am a high school student in Los Angeles CA. I was told about the 5 for Fairness organization by several friends of mine who felt I would…Continue

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Interview With Vincenzo Bollettino, Executive Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

India: What led you to become the director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative? For example, were there any specific events in your life that changed your perspective or inspired you?Vincenzo: I have worked in the Harvard community over the past decade. My interest in the humanitarian field brought me to Harvard as a postdoc in 2001. I had followed the work being done at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative ever since it was established by Jennifer Leaning and Michael VanRooyen in 2005. I…See More
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The Akilah Institute

The Akilah Institute for Women is a college in Rwanda that empowers young women to transform their lives by equipping them with the skills, knowledge and confidence to find meaningful employment and launch ventures in the fastest growing sectors of the economy.  Founded in 2010, Akilah offers a two-year business diploma with a focus in either hospitality management or entrepreneurship while emphasizing leadership, ethics and community service.  We currently enroll 100 students and will…See More
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Africa Yoga Project

Africa Yoga Project vision/mission is to use “the transformative power of yoga to empower communities and change lives. By inspiring the global yoga community into active service, we deliver effective and innovative programs that foster peace, improve physical, emotional, and mental well-being, facilitate self-sufficiency, and create opportunities to learn and contribute across the communities of East Africa”.SImply put, AYP currently employs and supports over 40 full-time yoga teachers in the…See More
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"Hi India! Thank you so much for being a part of the Maasai Girls Education Fund team. Do you have any questions for us? We'd love to hear from you! In the meantime, come check out our discussion wall where you'll find Q&As, photos, and…"
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Women LEAD

We empower young women to take leadership positions alongside men in Nepal by providing them with the skills to pursue their vision for change.Women in Nepal face overwhelming challenges: 1/3 of girls aged 15 to 19 are married and 60% of women are illiterate. Young women have the passion and vision to solve these problems, but simply lack the necessary resources. We build the capacity of future female leaders to tackle root causes of poverty and discrimination. We have equipped 200 promising…See More
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Maasai Girls Education Fund

The Maasai Girls Education Fund (MGEF) strives to improve the literacy, health, and economic wellbeing of Maasai women in Kenya and their families through education of girls and their communities. We believe that a woman needs two things to rise out of poverty: self-esteem and self-reliance.  Education gives her both.See More
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"What a wonderful story! I love how Veera shared the workbook with her mother and then with other girls. It's amazing what a clear ripple effect she has in her community after VOICE. Thanks for sharing this!"
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"Hi India, I’m the co-founder of Women LEAD, one of the teams competing for the grant this month. I’d love your support to empower more than 200 young women in Nepal to become leaders in their schools and communities! Your vote would help…"
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"What a fantastic and inspirational video! The team page looks fantastic. :) -India W."
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Camp VOICE

Girls in low-income communities are filled with incredible determination, charisma, and passion, but their futures are limited. Camp VOICE aims to improve the livelihood opportunities for girls from low-income communities by addressing common challenges girls face with regards to education and employment through a 4-week summer camp for girls run in affordable private schools (APS) throughout Hyderabad, India. Camp VOICE blends learning with doing through an interactive program focused on…See More
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"Hi India  - THRILLED to be working with you.  Equality Now is an AWESOME organization, and with your help, we will get them a badly-needed grant."
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"Hi India, I'm Eliza, a 5fer intern and I am here to ask you to help us get to our next $5000 grant.  We are only $1,857 away but in order to get there, we need every member to donate another $5 dollars. If we each chip in just a little, we…"
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Friday Fairness: WISER: Empowering Girls Through Education

WISER is a school in Kenya devoted to providing girls in need with full

financial aid so that finances do not prevent them from receiving

the educations they deserve. The WISER school works in conjunction with

Duke University to present girls with the opportunity to learn computer

studies, entrepreneurship, and foreign languages such as Chinese, that

will allow them to have independent and successful futures. The school

also employs female teachers that are… Continue

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At 7:03pm on February 9, 2012, Erin Rhoda said…

Hi India, thank you for supporting Breaking Ground!

At 12:06pm on February 9, 2012, Amanda Miller said…

Hi India!

Thank you so much for being a part of the Maasai Girls Education Fund team. Do you have any questions for us? We'd love to hear from you! In the meantime, come check out our discussion wall where you'll find Q&As, photos, and stories: http://5forfairness.org/group/maasai-girls-education-fund

At 11:52am on February 9, 2012, Claire Charamnac said…

Hi India,

Thank you for joining Women LEAD's team page! We're so excited that you want to support young women's leadership and empowerment. Please feel free to check out our video and discussion pages to find out more and ask us questions!

At 6:20am on January 31, 2012, Claire Charamnac said…

Hi India,

I’m the co-founder of Women LEAD, one of the teams competing for the grant this month. I’d love your support to empower more than 200 young women in Nepal to become leaders in their schools and communities! Your vote would help us build the capacity of future female leaders to tackle the root causes of poverty and discrimination. Our organization strongly believes that building young women's confidence and skills is key to empowerment. Please check out our page and website to see the work that we do and let us know if you have any questions. Thank you!

At 10:57am on October 26, 2011, Judy Rothman Rofé said…
Hi India  - THRILLED to be working with you.  Equality Now is an AWESOME organization, and with your help, we will get them a badly-needed grant.
At 4:51pm on July 7, 2011, Eliza B. said…

Hi India,

I'm Eliza, a 5fer intern and I am here to ask you to help us get to our next $5000 grant.  We are only $1,857 away but in order to get there, we need every member to donate another $5 dollars. If we each chip in just a little, we will get there easily. To donate via Paypal, click here. Thank you for your support!

At 3:09pm on July 1, 2011, Anna McDonnell said…

Here's the link to the Playbook...

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At 4:16am on June 24, 2011, Ruthie Taylor said…

THANK YOU India!! We really appreciate all your fantastic work and advocating on behalf of Orchid Project this past month.. $5k will go such a long way to helping our cause, and you played an integral part.

xx

At 10:24am on June 17, 2011, Nancy Wolf said…

India,

Sorry to have taken so long to respond to your invitation to join your team we were away for a while with blissfuly no internet and time has just gotten away from me. I have just voted for Man Up and left a post explaining why.

That said I think that we all agree cutting must be stopped. What sways me is that it has received a lot of attention, I can't help but feel a tug to support the small group that is out to put an end to ALL types of discrimination aginst women.

I look forward to the next go round and have no doubt that we will find ourselves on the same team many times. Good luck!

At 5:33pm on June 16, 2011, Lori Barra said…

Thanks for letting me know about the important work of the Orchid project.

_Lori

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