Sunday, May 30, 2010
"The purpose of life..."
"The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make a difference that you lived at all." -Leo Rosten
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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"