PERSIST
"We are made to persist. That’s how we find out who we are."
(Tobias Wolff)
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In the summer of 2002, I first journeyed to Ethiopia. It was a defining moment that propelled me to look at the world and my purpose in a deeper manner. I discovered a life of service in Ethiopia and I want to share that—to inspire others as I was inspired by the children of Ethiopia. Their strength of spirit is palpable and life affirming. Thus, my aim is to chronicle my endeavor to affect change in the lives of vulnerable children in Ethiopia and the inner growth that has brought to my life.
THE CHILDREN ALIF SERVES:
SPONSOR A CHILD:
About me
- Nasir Al-Amin
- "...there are some things in our social system to which I am proud to be maladjusted and to which I suggest that you too ought to be maladjusted." -MLK
Spiritual Chivalry
- "A friend of God must have affection like the Sun. When the sun rises, it is beneficial to all irrespective of whether they are Muslim, Christian, or Hindu.
- A friend of God must be generous like a river. We all get water from the river to quench our thirst. It does not discriminate whether we are good or bad or whether we are a relation or a stranger.
- A friend of God must display the hospitality like the earth. We are raised and cradled in its lap, and yet it is always under our feet." - Khwaja Mu'inuddin Chishti
Less than a $1 a day can change a child's life!
- Send a Child to School: Hiwot (Life) Campaign
- ALIF
- RESEARCH, MEDIA & OTHER REFERENCE SOURCES:
- HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
- WORLD HEALTH ORG (WHO)
- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
- Health Link
- UN Dispatch
- Free Rice
- CapAids
- HAPCSO
- Poverty
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- ILO
- IPEC
- WomenWatch
- UNMillenniumProject
- UNAIDS
- CRIN
- Eldis
- BBC
- IRIN PlusNews
- IRINnews
- allAFRICA
- Nazret.com
- EarthTrends
- The Advocacy Project
- Center for Social Development
- AVERT
- ReliefWeb
- CHILDINFO
- Statistics Division: Country Profiles
- MAKE POVERTY HISTORY
- AMNESTY
- ISLAMIC RELIEF
- AlertNet
- CHILD SOLDIERS
- MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES
- Hear Us
- FamilyHealthInternational
- SAVE THE CHILDREN
- INVISIBLE CHILDREN
- Nest
- DFID
- Ethiopian Business Development Services Network (EBDSN)
- DATA
- Save Darfur
- ECPAT
- Mothers Without Borders
- SOS Childrensvillages
- ThreadAndThrum
- Campaign For Education
- Stop Child Labor
- FreeTheChildren
- Education International
- ICFTU
- Global March Against Child Labor
- Children International
- GlobalExchange
- OVERVIEW OF CHILD LABOR
- Antislavery International
- FreeTheSlaves
- ProPoor
- Charity Focus
- Education for All-Fast-track Initiative (FTI)
- The United Nations Girl's Education Initiative (UNGEI)
- Columbia Univ Ethiopia Database
- UNICEF Ethiopia Website
- AIDS in Ethiopia Online Database
- AIDS Resource Center (Ethiopia)
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND SECURITY NETWORK (ISN)
- YAGforLIFE
- ORPHANDOCTOR
- EthoIndex
- US Doctors for Africa
- Lalibel Project
- Ethiopian Student Association Internation
- ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN ETHIOPIA:
- Index of Ethiopian NGOs
- GondarLink
- CRADA ETHIOPIA
- Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association
- Mary Joy Aid Through Develpment
- Welfare for Street Mothers and Children
- Fregenet Foundation
- SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SITES:
- The New Heroes
- Schwab--Social Entrepreneurship
- Ashoka
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- Fundraisers
- Schwab--Skoll Foundation
- Social Entrepreneurship "Toolkit"
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- Background to ‘The Journey’
- What life is left after slavery?
- How to tackle human trafficking
- What life is left after slavery?
- 'They raped me again and again'
- Sex slave regrets 'ruined' life
- Britain's hidden children
- Sex slavery widespread in England
- In an Atmosphere of Despair and Scarcity: "Let the...
- Reflection of the Day: Material Possession & Inner...
- Inner Agitation: An Alarm is the Precursor to Awak...
- What type of Legacy will you leave?
- "Children gang-raped, beaten and burned with cigar...
- In pictures: Photos by the abandoned of Nepal
- Enslaved, burned and beaten: police free 450 from ...
- Reflection of the Day: Uncertainty & Opportunity
- SWEPT UNDER THE RUG: Abuses Against Domestic Worke...
- Ethiopian capital's home wreckers
- AFGHANISTAN: War, poverty and ignorance fuel sexua...
- Vision & Commitment: Textsbooks for Black Lion Hos...
- Reflection of the Day: Persist
- Nothing wrong with it, says mayor, of kids scoring...
- Reflection of the Day: What you must do!
- If poor do the right thing, they will prosper, sez...
- It's a cash course
- Reflection of the Day: How to Lead Our Lives
- IRAQ: Poverty drives children to work for armed gr...
- TANZANIA: Concern over school drop-out rate
- Reflection of the Day: Success
- Young girl rummaging through piles of rubbish
- “I have to scrounge around rubbish bins to feed my...
- Shame of War: a new book on sexual violence agains...
- "Our mother sold us for $60"
- Broken bodies — broken dreams: violence against wo...
- TANZANIA: Gem Slaves: Tanzanite's child labour
- "We are using sewage water"
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