Hanna Brady's Blog – May 2010 Archive (8)

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I think this was an awesome assignment, it really got me thinking about the resources available in my community.

There are many things for which I am grateful to modern science. One is the lowered rate of death among new mothers. But in the places modern science has not taken root many women die hemorrhaging after they have given birth. The thought of giving birth is scary enough without that.



Bleeding to death is a real danger for women in rural and under-developed areas. So I donated to Venture Strategies, an organization getting medical supplies and knowledge to women in Ethiopia, specifically… Continue

On Water Day 2020, as the sun rises, EVOKE agents all over the developed world are setting up wells. The wells are huge stands in the centers of towns where volunteers wait with different sized weights. Hundreds of thousands of people who have running water in their houses are going to use the wells today.



As the sun rises a few adventurous souls arrive first. They come with their buckets and the volunteers help to load them with weights. For each person in their family the participant… Continue

On Water Day 2020, as the sun rises, EVOKE agents all over the developed world are setting up wells. The wells are huge stands in the centers of towns where volunteers wait with different sized weights. Hundreds of thousands of people who have running water in their houses are going to use the wells today.



As the sun rises a few adventurous souls arrive first. They come with their buckets and the volunteers help to load them with weights. For each person in their family the participant… Continue

I picked "How do people react in a pandemic?" as my secret of choice. Almost all the crisis management is based on this first question, since any response takes place after the panic - and if we can learn to moderate that response before it is panic then so much the better.



I really like the comment that the knee-jerk over reaction is often useful. If, before the actual disaster arrives in full-force, people have done some research and are taking precautions then we will be in better… Continue

I wrote this with several possible missions and quests in mind. One is a look at dealing with conflict, areas where there is war on some level. Possible missions would be Learn: what conflicts are going on today, but maybe underrepresented in the news; Act: Spread the word of those conflicts. Support an organization that encourages peace.



Something else that I think is important to talk about with social innovation is funding. We cannot fund our work the way that Alchemy did, we need… Continue

In season two I hope that more on climate change and pollution is included. I think that this season had a good handle on people related crises, but less on environmental subjects - or rather subjects were approached with the view of bettering human's lives, which can feel limited since we share the planet. It would be nice to see a continuation on all of the issues discussed here.



I think a specific place to build a community would be neat. Africa was a broad region to encompass in… Continue

The purpose of the EVOKE network is to be a mobile and independent team of international crisis-solvers. We are the opposite of terrorists; through using small task forces we spread hope, imagination, and a sense of security, self-empowerment and well-being. By keeping our forces small and our objectives specific, we are able to achieve what large and unwieldy institutions are unable to.



Some of the crises taken on by the EVOKE network are disasters which strike quickly, while others… Continue