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Betty Kagoro (IF'09, Uganda) on March 22nd, 2011Her dream is to become a medical doctor, she says. “I want to become a doctor so that I can treat children suffering like me…” Twelve – year old Alice was born with HIV. Her father died when she was young and the mother is also HIV positive. Fortunately, Alice’s two little brothers were born [...]
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Miho Sato (SIIS '11) on March 20th, 2011Hello, all:) I’m Miho, I’ve came back to Japan. It was long flight yesterday! As many people know, Japan have hardship now and many people in northern part of Japan struggle to get out of the worst situation as well as the people live in different area from them struggle to help those people who [...]
Madeline Mendoza (IF'10, Nicaragua) on March 15th, 2011These days as I’ve been watching and reading the news on the terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan I’ve also been thinking about how my experience with iLEAP last year influenced the way or perspective I’m receiving/seeing and following the news regarding this horrible disaster. iLEAP gave me the opportunity to meet people from [...]
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Dr. Britt Yamamoto on March 12th, 2011Dear Friends, I’m sure that you’ve been watching with a very heavy heart all of the footage coming from Japan. It is surreal imagery that belongs more in a Miyazaki animation film, and we grieve for the loss of life, those injured, and permanently displaced. The devastation is deep and wide, and we are very [...]
Yifang Li (SIIS '11) on March 8th, 2011We visited Nikkei Concerns last week. Nikkei Concern is a non profit organization. More than 31 years ago, Japanese American community created Nikkei Concerns to provide servicest to their elder family and community members. When I get there, I felt I came back to Japan. The garden is Japanese style garden and they also have Japanese [...]
Emmanuel G.V. Dolo (IF'09, Liberia) on March 4th, 2011As I return home to embark upon my peace initiative in Liberia, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to my iLEAP family for their continued support and collaboration. I am thanking them because three years ago, I found myself in a serious situation where I needed a group to help me overcome a [...]
Yusuke Kitagawa (SIIS '11) on March 1st, 2011I was very lucky to go to ShoreBank Pacific, because I could be sure of my thought. Their mission is to profitably assist businesses, and through them their communities, to be sustainable in economic, social, and environmental practices. Now, companies strongly concentrating on making a profit are not good condition. Maybe they know the importance [...]
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