Disaster in Haiti: Out of the rubble
One of Canada's leading advocates for micro-credit and the chair of Results Canada had this letter published in the Saturday National Post. read more
View ArticleTo Text or Not to Text?
After the earthquake disaster that struck Haiti last week there has been a surge of giving via text message. When I was first presented with the idea to donate by text message I didn't quite know what...
View ArticleIt Really Does Take a Village
We pulled up to the coffee shop just as the latest news about Haiti came on the radio. Normally, my daughter wouldn’t be listening. She’d be daydreaming, watching cars go by. But I stopped, held...
View ArticleSJM: Change happens one person (or many) at a time
I volunteer at my daughter’s school. Sometimes when I’m sharpening pencils or making sock puppets, I wonder if this is really how I’m meant to change the world. Then I picture the mayhem of 30+...
View ArticleCharity Scams Alive & Well in Canada
Charity scams are alive and well in Canada. In 2003 the Chronicle of Philanthropy released a report that in North America over $1.28B is lossed due to fraud (and that is only the fraud that is...
View ArticleMicro-Finance or Micro-Credit?
What makes good micro-finance? This is aconversation I had with the Executive Director of Results Canada, Chris Dendys the other day.read more
View ArticleCrisis Donations - How Effective Are They?
Once again we are facing an international humanitarian crisis - an earthquake in Japan that has tsunami ripple effects across the world.read more
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