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Ina’s First Blog to the Site
Comments Off Feb 1, 2011Saubona! Good morning to all from our sanctuary here at Abamgamok! Other than Nature’s neighbors, we have the lake to ourselves, always such a delight for the 2 of us. It dipped below zero last…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Building a Team
0 comments Mar 1, 2010Last week was a good week. Two new people within our circle of incredible friends joined BARKA as Board members. Lynnea Bylund and Daniel Da Hien, two amazing people will help our organization in many…
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Commitment
0 comments Feb 22, 2010It’s 1:15am. I began working this morning at 9am. Another 16+ hour day, and that’s not even in Burkina, where the work is toughest! The commitment we feel and witness in this endeavor is like…
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Hats off to Ned Breslin
0 comments Feb 15, 2010Hats off to Ned Breslin for speaking the truth about problems in financing and implementing water projects…. http://www.casefoundation.org/blog/rethinking-hydro-philanthropy We wrote a letter to Mr. Breslin informing him of our water project, asking for his assistance…
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