The Good Times is not in the habit of re-posting other people’s texts, but this message of hopefulness warrants all the attention it can get. It’s a blog post written by John Yemma, Editor of The Christian Science Monitor. Click here for the entire text. This is the last paragraph: “Here are some reasons for hope: […]
At the end of this year, let’s celebrate some of mankind’s accomplishments. We chose to attack some salient global health issues, and we can now legitimately say that we can look forward to the end of HIV/AIDS, and that we can end mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS within a few years. We’ve reduced death by […]
How can luxury benefit the environment? Here’s one example. &Beyond is recognized as a world leader in luxury adventure travel and safaris. Yet &Beyond’s company vision reads: “Our roots are in Africa where we run over 40 magical safari lodges and camps in the most breathtaking parts of the continent and, through this, sustain hundreds […]
Conscious of the fact that having legal rights to land is a foundation for prosperity and opportunity, Landesa Rural Development Institute forms partnerships with governments and local organizations to ensure that the world’s poorest families have secure rights over the land they till. Founded as the Rural Development Institute in 1967, Landesa has helped more […]
Dr. Heli Bathija has started a simple yet remarkable program called Hope for the Babies to save newborn babies in Afghanistan. In a nutshell, women in several countries are knitting a specific design of baby sweater for newborns. One is given to each baby born in a hospital. This serves two important purposes: 1) The mother comes to the […]
