Miscellaneous
More than good intentions
Peter Daglish set out not to just help to Nepal's street kids, but to hand them opportunities. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Peter Dalglish WHAT? Street Kids International, helping street kids start a new life to realise their potential WHERE? Kathmandu, Nepal WHEN? 1988 WHY? No Read More...
Poor people's hidden wealth
Poor people often stay poor because laws are stacked against them. For 20 years, Hernando de Soto has been hard at work to change this Bram Posthumus | June 2004 issue WHO? Hernando de Soto WHAT? Instituto Libertad y Democracia (ILD), an international think tank that registers the property of Read More...
The disabled are people too
Erzs Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Erzsébet Szekeres WHAT? Alliance Industrial Union, providing care, training and housing for the disabled WHERE? Hungary WHEN? 1982 WHY? Disabled people deserve economic opportunity and maximum of independence When Erzsébet Szekeres went in search Read More...
Type in: problem Find: solution
Theresa Williamson collects solutions to the day-to-day problems of poor peolpe all over the world. How does she do it? By looking at what works in other poor communities. Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue WHO? Theresa Williamson WHAT? Catalytic Communities, a virtual network to share solutions to Read More...
In the dark
What we don't know about clinical drug trials can hurt us Ian Chalmers | June 2004 issue At a time when consumers still can’t trust their food labels, it is no surprise that patients remain poorly informed in our modern-day healthcare system. New Scientist, an established source for scientists Read More...
In the dark
What we don't know about clinical drug trials can hurt us Ian Chalmers | June 2004 issue At a time when consumers still can’t trust their food labels, it is no surprise that patients remain poorly informed in our modern-day healthcare system. New Scientist, an established source for scientists Read More...
A love long
How unconditional can love be? Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue It happened again. I fell in love. And as I felt the butterflies fluttering about in my stomach I asked myself: “Is this true love?” I have to say there was some doubt in my mind because, as wise men always tell us, true love is Read More...
Bow and arrow
archery offers lessons for daily life Paulo Coelho | June 2004 issue Over the past 15 years I remember experiencing overwhelming passion on only a few occasions. It happened when I abandoned my typewriter, bought a computer and discovered a new freedom. (I am writing this in another city on another Read More...
Painting is practice
How I get to know myself -- and the world -- thanks to art Adam Wolpert | June 2004 issue We feel the changing relationships among people and between people and nature are at the core of our modern problems. How that relationship can be restored is an ongoing theme in Ode. In Resurgence, a valuable Read More...
Are you obsessed really obsessed by an idea
Bill Drayton was aware at a young age that some people are capable of changing the world. He founded Ashoka, an international organisation that empowers and financially supports social entrepreneurs. Marco Visscher and Tijn Touber | June 2004 issue As is often the case, it started with his parents. Read More...