Rebecca Gillman's Blog (30)

... and we are gathered under a big tree, shading ourselves from the sun, sipping on Buko juice. Continue

I couldn't help but remember Coleridge's words when 80% of Metro Manila was submerged due to flooding caused by Typhoon Ondoy on 26th September, 2009.

There was, indeed, water, water everywhere but due to bust riverbanks, burst pipelines, washed out communities, thick sludgy mud that covered a large part of the city, clogged-up roads, for many, there was not a single drop to drink.

The TV channels were transmitting images of middle class families who'd lost everything, cars upturned in… Continue

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Check out Ryan's story at http://www.ryanswell.ca/

Ryan learnt about the water crisis at school at the age of six. With that child-like belief that anything is possible, he set about proving that this belief is fact.

I met Ryan a year ago, at a Global Issues Network Conference in Bangkok. A seemingly regular High School… Continue

My body. This is something that I use every single day of my life. To power it, I need water, nutrition, sun and will This usually does it for me.

I use my body to get me out of bed in the morning, I use my legs to walk out of my front door, my hands to make myself a coffee my feet to climb the stairs to my classroom... I could go on, but I think you get the…

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What a great name for a great inventor. Mr. Dingel lives just south of Manila, Philippines. I was introduced to him by a friend who had heard about this wonderful man and was seeking to find ways to help him patent his idea.

We met him on the corner of his village, and then followed his car back to his house. There was a gentle drip drip drip of water coming out of his exhaust pipe.



I am no scientist but this is what I saw and this is how I understand the invention:

40 years… Continue

By 2020, basic levels of nutrition will have improved significantly across the Philippines. Organisations and private as well as commercial farms will have seeded the land with MALUNGGAY and GUYABANO trees and everyone will have access to these superfoods. Continue

Last Week I heard a former president speak to an audience of grade 8 students. The values he was extolling were sound and his messages were relevant to the students listening; love and care for each other, promote unity, look after your environment, don't waste your food. Everything was supported with an appropriate anecdote and I nodded in approval along with the other teachers in the audience. But I stopped halfway through my nod when he said, "think of those starving children in Africa".… Continue

...I will be working in my community school on my favourite farm in Bukidnon, Mindanao. I will have spent years in Tanzania, not only teaching, but shadowing my friends' projects in Kenya and Malawi and will have enough knowledge and experience to create my own holistic learning centre in a place i love, in a community I love, back in the Philippines. Continue

In recent months, everything has been coming together. The more I reflect on interconnectedness, the more connections are being formed. A week before I was sent the link to evoke, I was introduced to Ashoka fellows by a friend. Her sister has been one for 7 years creating a global network of volunteers. Continue

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