tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:08:15 +0000grantshelp usvolunteerenclosurefrom the fieldMusicdonateMaliprojectsadobeclintonrotaryEWBBamakoelectricitylightssustainabilityZoueraFarachwallTimbuktuwatersanitationschoolsbancosolarmilletupdatecampusThis is the www.NomadHope.org BLOG, to keep you updated on our project activities while we work in Africa. Our current project is in Mali, working with 6 rural schools to provide solar lighting, water, and sanitation.http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)Blogger65125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifNomadhopeProjectUpdateshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-3911626059134375912Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:08:00 +00002011-12-21T00:08:15.680-08:00Make a school girl's Holiday wish come true! Spend a small percentage of your gift budget this season to help girls attend school and upgrade schools with water, solar and sanitation. Donate here:  http://wishes.causes.com/wishes/423335?bws=fb_stream_wish http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/cmn5oxiAF_0/holiday-wish-for-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=cmn5oxiAF_0:NqUbiv2WbLQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=cmn5oxiAF_0:NqUbiv2WbLQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=cmn5oxiAF_0:NqUbiv2WbLQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/cmn5oxiAF_0" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/12/holiday-wish-for-education.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-3362082081097142982Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:52:00 +00002011-12-05T19:52:00.449-08:00This is a 'must not miss' music event, Bambino (aka Oumara) is playing tomorrow night in West LA at The Mint. http://www.themintla.com/show/detail/50266 http://www.facebook.com/bombino.official I've know Oumara for 5-6 years now and he has come a very long way with his music. Getting the visibility he needs now, he grows as a young new voice for the Tuareg people. He really 'rocks'! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/u8IgGeYalP8/december-6th-mint-in-wla-bambino.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=u8IgGeYalP8:fI4Yu30TQdM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=u8IgGeYalP8:fI4Yu30TQdM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=u8IgGeYalP8:fI4Yu30TQdM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/u8IgGeYalP8" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-6th-mint-in-wla-bambino.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8685290462505955605Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-10-07T12:08:55.044-07:00Gender, Art, and Social Movements in the Middle East and Global South Friday, October 28, 20119:00 AM - 6:00 PM California Room, Faculty Center , UCLA details, RSVP, and location information here: http://international.ucla.edu/cnes/events/showevent.asp?eventid=9005 9:00am  - Registration and Film: The Dislocation of Amber Susan Slyomovics, Director, Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/C-lxpWRBkeg/october-28th-ucla-conference-gender-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=C-lxpWRBkeg:LNHK_-2d8B0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=C-lxpWRBkeg:LNHK_-2d8B0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=C-lxpWRBkeg:LNHK_-2d8B0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/C-lxpWRBkeg" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-28th-ucla-conference-gender-art.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5022039549138163108Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-10-07T12:08:43.487-07:00Posing Beauty in African American Culture Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. Throughout the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/js0_h3nVEh0/thru-dec-3rd-usc-fisher-museum-of-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=js0_h3nVEh0:YPuAGbzU0D4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=js0_h3nVEh0:YPuAGbzU0D4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=js0_h3nVEh0:YPuAGbzU0D4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/js0_h3nVEh0" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/thru-dec-3rd-usc-fisher-museum-of-art.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-4078954993949462960Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-10-07T12:08:01.795-07:00Exhibition Curatorial Walkthrough (Art Tour) The California African American Museum presents a bilingual tour of “The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven By Color, Shaped By Cultures.” The exhibit will be ongoing at CAAM through February 26, 2012. Covarrubias was known for his caricatures depicting African Americans in the Harlem Renaissance era. His work also depicted http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/t7A7MmWD7eg/october-9th-african-american-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=t7A7MmWD7eg:g5gX89PUFV4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=t7A7MmWD7eg:g5gX89PUFV4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=t7A7MmWD7eg:g5gX89PUFV4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/t7A7MmWD7eg" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-9th-african-american-museum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-6199901146658766307Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:04:00 +00002011-10-07T12:04:12.371-07:00Check this out: A brave group will set out from sunny San Diego on a 11 day trek to Los Angeles to do what no other group has done before them: carry massive 40-60 pound bundles of wood on their backs and take a grueling journey in honor of, and to bring awareness to, the hundreds of millions of women in this world that cook every meal over an open fire. http://www.theparadigmproject.org/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/v7WzY-gblrI/11-day-trek-to-los-angeles-carrying-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=v7WzY-gblrI:m9WZ8XXiMQk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=v7WzY-gblrI:m9WZ8XXiMQk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=v7WzY-gblrI:m9WZ8XXiMQk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/v7WzY-gblrI" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/11-day-trek-to-los-angeles-carrying-50.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-7032888696968173089Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:49:00 +00002011-10-07T11:49:31.319-07:00Tales from the Sahel: An Evening with Baaba Maal Saturday, Oct 8th, 8:00p at University of Southern California - University Park Campus: Bovard Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA One of the many stars to rise from the African continent, Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal has been making music for the world to enjoy for nearly two decades. Before the musical performance, Baaba will be sitting http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/AuY5UEt6eTM/october-8th-usc-tales-from-sahel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=AuY5UEt6eTM:EOXR_kHrCz4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=AuY5UEt6eTM:EOXR_kHrCz4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=AuY5UEt6eTM:EOXR_kHrCz4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/AuY5UEt6eTM" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-8th-usc-tales-from-sahel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8765773827423777511Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:20:00 +00002011-09-11T20:20:51.096-07:00June 16th - Youssou N'Dour @ The Greek Theater fabulous Senegalese music. http://www.greektheatrela.com/events/event_details.asp?id=1999 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/0BH_6ZYwaLc/june-16th-youssou-ndour-greek-theater.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=0BH_6ZYwaLc:qDLKhWCtzVw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=0BH_6ZYwaLc:qDLKhWCtzVw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=0BH_6ZYwaLc:qDLKhWCtzVw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/0BH_6ZYwaLc" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-16th-youssou-ndour-greek-theater.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-7370560999530987697Wed, 25 May 2011 04:37:00 +00002011-05-24T21:37:17.797-07:00OMG, Oumara is playing at the Bowl! You can bet I'll be there.......... http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4546 See our 2007 NomadHope fund raising even, when Bambino played for us!http://www.nomadhope.org/pages/donate.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/joqzs8bXVHo/july-24th-hollywood-bowl-bambino.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=joqzs8bXVHo:a7t9LZBehsg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=joqzs8bXVHo:a7t9LZBehsg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=joqzs8bXVHo:a7t9LZBehsg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/joqzs8bXVHo" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/05/july-24th-hollywood-bowl-bambino.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5166876746500003275Wed, 25 May 2011 04:25:00 +00002011-05-24T21:33:07.860-07:00 Evening of Moroccan musicMomo Loudiyi and Loud Oasis at UCLAJoin Momo Loudiyi and his ensemble of talented musicians in a night of Moroccan pop at UCLA!Saturday, June 04, 20117:30 PMLenart AuditoriumThe Fowler Museum at UCLAUCLA CampusLos Angeles, CA 90095 MOMO LOUDIYI on vocals, guitars and Moroccan Sintir, Grammy winner KC PORTER on keys and vocals, Algerian singer and dumbek player FELA http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/2Eqwb9clZb0/june-4-evening-of-moroccan-music-ucla.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=2Eqwb9clZb0:tggmX0rIit8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=2Eqwb9clZb0:tggmX0rIit8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=2Eqwb9clZb0:tggmX0rIit8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/2Eqwb9clZb0" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-4-evening-of-moroccan-music-ucla.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-248693761786934127Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:00:00 +00002011-04-09T12:00:08.098-07:00If you are a believer that education is the path to independence and peace, then take less than a minute and you can be part of the solution! If 1000 people spend less than 1 minute watching an add, FaceBook Causes donates $100 to NomadHope! Can you spare less than a minute? and then invite your FB friends to do the same? PLEASE CLICK here to go to our FB Cause Page and then Click on the Green "http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/21kjCYj69XA/can-you-spare-less-than-minute-to-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=21kjCYj69XA:2kziyUJfyCc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=21kjCYj69XA:2kziyUJfyCc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=21kjCYj69XA:2kziyUJfyCc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/21kjCYj69XA" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/04/can-you-spare-less-than-minute-to-help.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-7429532278307988231Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:44:00 +00002011-04-09T11:44:46.123-07:00I just ran across this new album by a young Tuareg I know, Bambino, or Oumara Omar Moctar as I know him. I first heard him play when he and some other musician friends of mine from Niger camped out at my home a few years ago. I thought then that he was very talented, and am now sure of it. I took him and the others out dancing to a local Hermosa Beach Blues Club and he stood in front of the stagehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/K1SHw5GyVxY/bambinos-album.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=K1SHw5GyVxY:H8yYulun_-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=K1SHw5GyVxY:H8yYulun_-0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=K1SHw5GyVxY:H8yYulun_-0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/K1SHw5GyVxY" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/04/bambinos-album.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-2857699448292283752Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:58:00 +00002011-09-11T19:52:09.362-07:00IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, RENEW YOUR RALPHS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION CHOICE. We have been blessed with some great donations from Ralphs Rewards every year, but we need you to sign-up again,... and if you did not participate last year, please do so now, it's a great benefit for the schools we serve! Please Sign-up for a Ralphs' Rewards Account, attach it to your keychain and every time you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/S_XWyu3gQb8/ralphs-shoppers-please-sign-up-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=S_XWyu3gQb8:OH-p7tW2rrc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=S_XWyu3gQb8:OH-p7tW2rrc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=S_XWyu3gQb8:OH-p7tW2rrc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/S_XWyu3gQb8" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/03/ralphs-shoppers-please-sign-up-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5199298150272380344Sun, 20 Mar 2011 22:56:00 +00002011-03-20T15:56:06.742-07:00if you want to practice your french........COLCOA will take place April 11 to April 18 at the Directors Guild of America 7920, Sunset blvd. Full program announced March 23rd Tickets will go on sale the same day on www.colcoa.org http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/tYj99vy_KqU/april-11-18th-french-films-in-hollywood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=tYj99vy_KqU:RULLpkL8LTc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=tYj99vy_KqU:RULLpkL8LTc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=tYj99vy_KqU:RULLpkL8LTc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/tYj99vy_KqU" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/03/april-11-18th-french-films-in-hollywood.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8173645487249696762Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:58:00 +00002011-03-17T10:58:18.734-07:00We now have a millet grinding center at each of the 6 schools we have partnered with in Essakane. Each is in operation and collecting/saving funds for school solar lighting and water/sanitation maintenance and repairs. each has a local operator selected by the community, and is owned by the community school. And now there are 3 additional schools in operations since 2008, so I am sure we will behttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/qdecy2PueMU/6-millet-centers-complete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=qdecy2PueMU:OmxBBRK6jXM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=qdecy2PueMU:OmxBBRK6jXM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=qdecy2PueMU:OmxBBRK6jXM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/qdecy2PueMU" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/03/6-millet-centers-complete.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-576819302749798134Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:43:00 +00002011-03-17T10:43:56.412-07:00Our hand made banco / adobe brick walls are almost done for 2 schools! this has been an extremely labor intensive project, but will be well worth it when each school is free from animals and their dung and the sane dunes can be kept out. Here is a short explanation of the work involved and some photos to see how it's done by traditional Malian masons. the mason lays spikes and wire clips into http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/Hbp2QwPXMjc/brick-walls-almost-complete-no-simple.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=Hbp2QwPXMjc:neGIk8ps4A4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=Hbp2QwPXMjc:neGIk8ps4A4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=Hbp2QwPXMjc:neGIk8ps4A4:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/Hbp2QwPXMjc" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/03/brick-walls-almost-complete-no-simple.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-941909957822951232Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:31:00 +00002011-02-17T10:31:10.553-08:00The 19th Annual Pan African Film Festival http://www.paff.org/panafricanfilmfestival/ Locations: Opening Night, Screenings, Panels, SpokenWordFest Culver Plaza Theatres (across from Sony Studios) 9919 Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles 90232 Established in 1992, The Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of cultural and racial tolerance and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/fhXAlRTinQI/feb-16th-23rd-pan-african-film-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=fhXAlRTinQI:dD04Lbw4B4I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=fhXAlRTinQI:dD04Lbw4B4I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=fhXAlRTinQI:dD04Lbw4B4I:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/fhXAlRTinQI" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/02/feb-16th-23rd-pan-african-film-festival.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5934394577661167484Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:15:00 +00002011-02-17T10:15:46.929-08:00FORGOTTEN WORLD, by Deborah Asiimwe Presented as part of the UCLA Department of Theater 2010/2011 Season UCLA'S Little Theater, Macgowan Hall February 16 - 19, 2011, at 8 pm February 19 at 2 pm From her lens, a photographer captures the lives and deaths of six children; all victims of war. This new work tells the story of child soldiers of Uganda and their fates. The children constantly haunt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/EVduIA6Ee4Y/feb-16th-19th-at-ucla-forgotten-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=EVduIA6Ee4Y:QrWsxBHzuFg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=EVduIA6Ee4Y:QrWsxBHzuFg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=EVduIA6Ee4Y:QrWsxBHzuFg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/EVduIA6Ee4Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/02/feb-16th-19th-at-ucla-forgotten-world.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-6785637282729877647Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:23:00 +00002011-02-14T09:23:23.027-08:00Buy your Valentine flowers at our Facebook Cause site and $10 goes to our Girls School projects in the Sahel. Or better yet, if you don't have a Valentine, be ours and give a gift of learning to a girl in the remote deserts of Africa today! Shop directly here: http://www.causes.com/valentines/373355?m=795e2b37&ref=cause and then join our Cause : http://www.causes.com/causes/373355 Thank youhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/HRlA-7sES8s/be-valentine-to-school-girls-in-sahel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=HRlA-7sES8s:Jx2b-dEVbQg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=HRlA-7sES8s:Jx2b-dEVbQg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=HRlA-7sES8s:Jx2b-dEVbQg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/HRlA-7sES8s" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/02/be-valentine-to-school-girls-in-sahel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-3973629700204336468Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:07:00 +00002011-01-03T11:07:33.901-08:00A New Year hello to all my FB friends, and a request for your help with one of our New Years Resolutions.....to increase our Cause page membership to TRIBE size,  we need just 83 more members to get to CREW size! Please ask your Facebook friends to become a member here: http://www.causes.com/causes/373355 We are at CLUB size now, hoping to get to a TRIBE in 2011~ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/u0uDsNCHAJA/help-us-get-to-crew-size-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=u0uDsNCHAJA:6zeJXDdip7o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=u0uDsNCHAJA:6zeJXDdip7o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=u0uDsNCHAJA:6zeJXDdip7o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/u0uDsNCHAJA" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/01/help-us-get-to-crew-size-on-facebook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5995343394733794562Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:36:00 +00002010-12-28T11:36:37.539-08:00Through the diligent progress and generosity of our Manhattan Beach Rotary Club partner and several other clubs they have engaged, we are able to purchase a millet machine for each of 6 schools in the Essakane commune outside Timbuktu. The machines have been purchased and we hear from our on-site project manager, Hamadi, that they should arrive and be installed in early January 2011! What a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/ie9kTrJgZ3A/update-on-millet-centers-for-all-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=ie9kTrJgZ3A:ZIu5DdhSEZQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=ie9kTrJgZ3A:ZIu5DdhSEZQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=ie9kTrJgZ3A:ZIu5DdhSEZQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/ie9kTrJgZ3A" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-on-millet-centers-for-all-6.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-6877250373858001614Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:17:00 +00002010-12-28T11:17:14.291-08:00We are making fabulous progress at 2 schools in Mali, completing the hand made adobe brick walls around each school. These walls take months to assemble, put many local villagers to work, and in the end create a clean and safe campus for the students. the animals and dung are kept out and the kids can be better supervised by the teachers during class breaks. Now that they both have a clean water http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/WgQ5b39aZco/update-on-campus-adobe-walls-for-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=WgQ5b39aZco:BdFsRFQB9j0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=WgQ5b39aZco:BdFsRFQB9j0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=WgQ5b39aZco:BdFsRFQB9j0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/WgQ5b39aZco" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-on-campus-adobe-walls-for-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-182017001739451374Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:21:00 +00002010-12-03T12:21:13.493-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/2f7odyWN89I/film-on-afriquepower-our-solar-partner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=2f7odyWN89I:5zwgCqzvkpc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=2f7odyWN89I:5zwgCqzvkpc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=2f7odyWN89I:5zwgCqzvkpc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/2f7odyWN89I" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2010/12/film-on-afriquepower-our-solar-partner.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8913839720184200428Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:38:00 +00002010-11-14T11:38:29.145-08:00campusFarachbancoschoolsenclosurewallsanitationadobeZoueraDon't take silence to mean we are idle! We have been working diligently to finish up the 2 School Water, Solar, and Sanitation projects in Farach and Zouera...... the final steps are implementing a millet center in Farach based on the Zouera pilot success, building two adobe brick walls around each school to complete the sanitation phase for each, and we continue to plan for the medical center, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~3/hV5Qu5nmxt4/updates-from-farach-zouera-schools.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=hV5Qu5nmxt4:JPFTA9gA4uw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=hV5Qu5nmxt4:JPFTA9gA4uw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?a=hV5Qu5nmxt4:JPFTA9gA4uw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/NomadhopeProjectUpdates?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NomadhopeProjectUpdates/~4/hV5Qu5nmxt4" height="1" width="1"/>http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2010/11/updates-from-farach-zouera-schools.html