MARCH 2008

 

MEDA through a

Collective Lens

MEDA is proud to be on a new social media site. Collective Lens promotes social change through photography. Click here for photos and a story by MEDA Trust intern Catherine Tegelberg in Nicaragua.

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As we sow, so shall we reap... dividends of hope

 

Pakistani ChildrenNew project to help 16,000 women in Pakistan

MEDA is excited to have just completed its inception mission for a new four-year CIDA-sponsored project in Pakistan. Read more here

UkraineMEDA files proposal for new Ukraine project

CIDA is currently considering a MEDA proposal for a C$10,000,000 agricultural value chains* development project in the Ukraine. Learn more here

 

President Bush recognizes MEDA's work in TanzaniaPresident Bush recognizes MEDA's work in Tanzania

President George W. Bush presents a mosquito net to a patient during a tour on February 18, 2008, of the Meru District Hospital outpatient clinic in Arusha, Tanzania. Source: White House photo by Eric Draper. Click here for more

Mel StjernholmWhy I like MEDA – Mel Stjernholm

MEDA board of directors chair Mel Stjernholm kicks off a new MEDAzine series, Why I like MEDA, by MEDA sage Wally Kroeker. Click here for more

 

MEDA's World: Link 'n Listen

Young people's horizons are expanded exponentially when they travel with MEDA. This month on MEDA's World, we hear the views of two young women: Alexandra Epp (pictured, center) reports her visit to Afghanistan was "an experience like no other," while Stephanie Shuh says her trip to Tanzania prompted her to write about "the Africa that I thought I knew." Click here to listen (~17MB - If there are problems, please right-click and select "save-as")

Flying the Kite

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