Gilda Lorena Arias's Blog – April 2010 Archive (7)

This is the link of the case study I chose: http://srdis.ciesin.org/cases/peru-007.html (in Spanish).



The project deals fundamentally with the recovery and the managing (protection, distribution, administration) of the natural resources, between them, the water, and soil associated with the forest plantations, which form the vegetable(plant) coverage of the soil.



The local government and the community work together… Continue

I am afraid that my country could be a serious victim of the dengue plague, we already have more 5000 suspicious cases and 1800 confirmed for this year.

What is the dengue fever?

Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases which occur in the tropics, can be life-threatening, and are caused by four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae.[1] It is also known as breakbone… Continue

Today I meet Kunar, she is one of the 15 women we help learn to read in 2010. Who could ever think that the money of our lunch there my co workers and I decided to donate one day in April of 2010 could be so helpful.



After 10 years of effort Kunar is now a part of the Afghanistan Government.



When she told the story of how she was part of the program and how she learned to read thanks this program, I was in shock, I could not believe that the money we spend in my… Continue

75% of Latin American Opinion Leaders Believe Gender Parity in Politics Strengthens Democracy…

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I was highly motivated for the things I discovered in my Learn 5 process, so I tell same friend about the Time Bank and we decided made one.



This is the link to our bank web site



http://www.mi-negocio.es/bancodeltiempopy



We just stared but already have 15 members and keep growing every day.



Yesterday I receive a facial thanks to the hour I spend teaching how to do a personal budget, It really was… Continue

I think this is the best idea I ever heard, The Time Banking focus in the important of people and what they can offer to the community.



This is a little introduction to the subject:



A time-based currency is an alternative currency where the unit of exchange is the man-hour.

Some time-based currencies value everyone’s contributions equally.

One hour equals one service credit. In these systems, one person

volunteers to work for an hour for another person; thus,… Continue

Objective: "Make an alliance with a water visionary. Do something to further

their water security efforts — and tell the network how you helped

in a blog post, video, or photo essay".



Action:

Like I mentioned before, I am a part of Rotary Club International, and my local club manage a lot of different project but this year we didn't… Continue