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Contextualizing the Pakistan Floods, Closer to Home

  • September 7th, 2010
  • Posted in Asia Pacific . World
  • By evacwu

Several reports have come out recently about why the victims of the Pakistan floods have not received as much attention or aid as other natural disasters of a similar or even lesser scale. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that “Australians have charity blind spot on Pakistan“, and NPR also published a similar story about why [ READ MORE ]

Obscura Day 2010 – William Ricketts Sanctuary

  • March 25th, 2010
  • Posted in Asia Pacific . Travel
  • By evacwu

This past Saturday my boyfriend and I joined Wayne and two of his friends at William Ricketts Sanctuary for the Melbourne Obscura Day tour. Getting to the Sanctuary took about 1.5 hours by train and car from the center of Melbourne, and it actually would’ve taken even longer if Wayne hadn’t generously responded to my [ READ MORE ]

Kiva Fellow, Pre-Trip Thoughts

  • September 2nd, 2009
  • Posted in World
  • By evacwu

As most close friends and family know by now, I’m excited to be traveling to Cagayan de Oro, Philippines as a Kiva Fellow! If you haven’t heard of Kiva.org, I would highly encourage you to check out their website, as the concept behind their organization is really cool. Kiva is basically a microfinance organization that [ READ MORE ]

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