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Uganda Partner Featured in Recent Press!

Lee Koelzer of The Real Uganda, World Action’s partner in support of House of Hope, was recently featured in an article highlighting her dedication and hard work in support of women and children in Uganda. Lee’s native Montana community wrote an article on her story and also mentions her work with World Action. Congrats Lee! [...]

Pictures! and House of Hope….

Hey thanks for continuing to tune in to the World Action blog! – It’s Nicole writing, back in Geneva after a very incredible trip to Africa. First, thanks so much to every one who came out to enjoy the Afrofunk music festival – from everything I heard it was a week of fantastic [...]

World Action on the Radio & Afrofunkin’ it Up for House of Hope

As most of you have heard by now, we’re in the final hours before the big Afrofunk Music Festival produced by Maisha Productions. It starts tomorrow night, Thursday, July 24 @ 9:00pm, at the Independent in San Francisco. The festival is three days of amazing African, Caribbean, Latin (and more!) music and proceeds support our [...]

Greetings from Tanzania

Hello, it’s nicole writing from Dar! pedro and I are having an incredible journey so far – can’t believe its been just 2 weeks since arriving in africa, it seems like 2 months. that is the great thing about travel, without the routine of every day life, an afternoon can spans days.

The absolute highlight of [...]

Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by the World Action blog. It’s Nicole writing and over the next two months I’ll be chronicling a trip that Pedro and I have been planning since last December. We’ll be traveling to Tanzania and Uganda to visit our partners at the Boona-Baana Center (in Dar es Salaam) and House of [...]

Whose With Us?

We’re throwing a party and you’re invited. Please join us for a night full of WAH and our two pet projects, House of Hope and the Green Door Home.

Heather Marx Gallery77 Geary Street, 2nd FloorSan Francisco

Time: 6:00 – 8:30 p.m.$20 Donation Requested

We’ll have wine, light snacks and good company.

Hope to see you there!

SFARI Fundraiser Fantastic!

Went to the Engineers Without Borders fundraiser on Thursday, October 18th. It was fantastic! DJ Jeremiah was brilliant with his drummers and trumpeteer. The event he’s throwing at the Independent in February 2008, on behalf of WAH is going to be “off the hook!” Can’t wait!

At any rate, the food was amazing. The work the [...]

A Book

Yesterday, I happened to be in a bookstore waiting to meet with a friend when I came across this book. A compendium drawing together stories and essays of bravery and leadership, although I haven’t read it, it looks fabulous… Check it out.

Check out the website, too… http://www.28stories.com/home/default.asp

In the Bay Area? Check out this Event!

Abstaining From Reality: U.S. Restrictions on HIV Prevention

Planned Parenthood Golden GatePopulation Action InternationalSan Francisco AIDS FoundationWORLD: Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases

Invite you to a reception and screening of Population Action International’s documentary Abstaining from Reality: U.S. Restrictions on HIV Prevention, a short film that puts a human face on the consequences of an [...]

World Action for Humanity has joined the BLOG-osphere!!!

Welcome to World Action for Humanity’s (a.k.a. WAH) blog. Designed to provide updates and information, we hope for this to be a resource that goes above and beyond the news we provide in our tri-annual e-newsletter (if you’d like to get on our e-newsletter mailing list, click here to sign up).

This is a [...]