2011 VOF Week 3

Diabetes is no longer a disease of the rich and overconsumed. Every 8 seconds, a person dies due to this disease all over the world and tens of millions live with diabetes yet not knowing it. … Read More»

“Rome wasn’t built in a day.” … Read More»

Change is harder than we let on, here in America. We speak like we are the movers and shakers, as if our nation is the end all, be all, of them all. … Read More»

What are your challenges and barriers to creating change in your community? … Read More»

There are plenty of harsh problems that haunt my community. Among them the most ignoring one of my concern is the education of girls. … Read More»

In China, it seems that women are equal to men, as people said “women can hold half heaven”，women are encouraged to do what men can do. In fact, many Chinese women do not feel happily. … Read More»

Within the global pandemic of violence against women, I thought the physical and emotion abuse I was experiencing was insignificant, that it was controllable, escapable, excusable, and therefore incre … Read More»

My powerlessness gnawed at me. … Read More»

One of the most disheartening things I have noticed in my community is that many women, whether well educated or illiterate, do not believe in themselves. … Read More»

I am relatively new to living here and am still finding my feet. … Read More»