SEED is partnering with the Haiti School Building Project for this amazing fundraiser that will be held at Downward Dog yoga studio 735 Queen West! 
KARMA GROOVE JUNE 30th – DJ-dance party, wine and cheese fundraiser at Downward Dog
June 9th, 2012
Finding a Voice
September 14th, 2010So far, one of my favourite tasks we’ve done here is our photography project called PhotoVoice. Taking pictures is one of my biggest hobbies, so I’ve definitely identified with the assignment. I love taking pictures; I love both the artistic quality of a good picture and the act of capturing a moment of my life in film so I can extend its memory beyond that moment.
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What we’ve done in Kenya
July 19th, 2010Here’s a brief snapshot of what Jenny, Alison and I have done in Kenya since my arrival on April 27th: Read more…
Mzungus for MPs
July 19th, 2010On our last day at Humwend, a SEED-sponsored student pleasantly surprised us with a thought-provoking poem he wrote. While weak on the rhyming front, his words strongly speak to the inadequacies of the Kenyan government, and shed light on a main cause of the nation’s underdevelopment. It goes like this:
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Media Coverage: is it really all bad?
July 16th, 2010Media coverage of Africa is often skewed toward negative stories: famine, HIV/AIDS, wars, child soldiers, orphans, poverty. And reading back on our blog entries, our coverage is similarly skewed. It’s not a conspiracy to “keep Africa down” or a deliberate effort to focus on the negatives though; it’s just that the ordinary in Africa is like the ordinary everywhere, and hence not so much worth mentioning or writing about. Read more…
