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BARKA Foundation Founders visit Charter School, Marblehead Reporter
1 comments Mar 29, 2010Marblehead — On Thursday, March 18, Ina and Esu Anahata, co-founders of the Barka Foundation, visited the Marblehead Community Charter Public School and spoke to students and faculty about their work in Africa and, in particular, about the Clean Water Initiative.
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Reversing the Flow, E magazine
Comments Off Mar 28, 2010Reversing the Flow Connecting the U.S. to Global Water Causes By Brita Belli Earth Day Network’s lesser-known side project is called the Global Water Network. Unlike the much more visible Earth Day—celebrating its April 22 40th anniversary this year with projects that include “A Billion Acts of Green,” 40 school green building upgrades and a [...]
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World Water Day
Comments Off Mar 22, 2010It’s raining. Blessing. Ina said today, let’s start a movement to switch the holidays, so instead of celebrating Columbus Day we celebrate the International Day of Peace. Let’s all take the day off on World Water Day and think about the billion people in the world who drink filthy water to stay alive, whose children [...]
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Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk 2010 Press Release
0 comments Mar 22, 2010The BARKA Foundation announces its 2010 Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk campaign, an international initiative involving schools K-College to organize “Peace, Water & Wisdom Walks”.
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Doing no harm
0 comments Mar 17, 2010It’s imperative when doing international development work not to impose our paradigm on theirs. Last week I listened to a Millennium Promise webinar on sustainable energy sources for rural villages in Africa- very impressed by their quantitative and qualitative research and knowledge- Vijay was among the world’s foremost experts on the subject, and extremely knowledgeable [...]
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Business with heart
0 comments Mar 15, 2010We need to speak to business schools- top ones in the country. DO THIS IMMEDIATELY. Business must have a heart, must have social consciousness, can’t just be about self-interest and making money… that model of greed is endangering life on this planet. The founder of Basecamp was right- MBA grads need to first unlearn their [...]
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Mooserock
0 comments Mar 12, 2010Mooserock, our home in the bush of Maine, is just a few feet off a crystal clear spring-fed lake. We’re 17 miles from the nearest telephone pole. It’s pristine here. This place is an extraordinary vortex. No matter how challenging life gets, neither Ina nor I ever forget to be grateful to live in this [...]
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Thank you Mida and Old Turtle
0 comments Mar 10, 2010Creating this blog to give people an inside look at the building of an organization, the integrity which runs through the blood of BARKA, the passion that drives us all forward. I want to thank two people in particular for helping me with a recent minor adjustment, a slight shift in attitude which has enabled [...]
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We are so blessed
0 comments Mar 7, 2010We’re on fumes, still no funds to return to Burkina, yet I sit down after working for 4 uninterrupted hours to a lunch of fish and fresh salad. Six hours later i’m enjoying a glass of wine (thanks to Mida) and steamers (we are in Maine after all), smoked salmon and avocados. We are so [...]
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Pass This On to Students & Teachers: 2010 Peace, Water & Wisdom Walk
0 comments Mar 5, 2010March 5, 2010 Dear Friend, In this newsletter: World Water Day (3/22) to Earth Day (4/22): 30 Schools in 30 Days Seeking a Matching Donor or Grant for students’ fundraising efforts for water/sanitation/hygiene projects in Burkina Faso, West Africa Help needed to call and email school principals If you are a student, teacher or admin, [...]
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