Worldview Global Activism

Global Activism: Kulsoom Foundation to build a girls school in Pakistan in honor of the late Sonia Shah

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:54:00 -0600

Winnetka resident, Sonia Shah, was an enterprising, multilingual young person who traveled and studied around the world. Sonia started a foundation to build a girls school in Pakistan, but she died in an auto accident last year at the age of 18. Sonia's mother, Iram Shah, and Sherezaad Anwar, a classmate and friend of Sonia's tell us about her life, her impact and their dream to continue Sonia's cause.

Global Activism: Sharing meals and cultures, too

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:27:00 -0600

Chicagoan Jason Savsani believes that sharing a home cooked meal with someone is one of the most intimate things you can do. While traveling in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Jason was hosted by a Cambodian family for a meal in their home. Jason will tell us how eating and sharing tales from their respective homelands inspired him to create “Meal Sharing,” to help people eat healthier, waste less and break down cultural barriers.

Global Activism: His Wheels International sends bicycle parts to the disabled overseas

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:19:00 -0600

For Global Activism, we talk with Alice Teisan, an avid cyclist diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in 1992. Despite her major health setback, she channeled her passion for bicycling into helping others suffering from disabilities globally. She created His Wheels International, out of her own home, recycling old bicycles and their parts to send overseas.

Global Activism: Bookfriends International delivers books to kids in Africa

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:28:00 -0600

We’ll talk with Wauconda couple, Steve and Paulie Kutschat. They have a deep love for books. After a trip to Africa, the Kutschat’s founded Bookfriends International, a nonprofit providing educational resources to secondary school-age children in Africa. Bookfriends gives the children text books, library books and reference materials that are in desperately short supply in their local villages.

Global Activism: Operation ASHA wants to stop Tuberculosis from making a comeback

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:22:00 -0600

Global Activism: CircEsteem uses circus arts to build child self-esteem

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:45:00 -0600

It's Thursday! That means it's time for our Global Activism segment. Each Thursday, we talk with a person who decided to make the world a better place.Today, we catch up with one of our Global Activists, Maribeth Joy, executive director of CircEsteem.

Global Activism: Elizabeth Powley delivers secondary education to kids in Burundi and Rwanda

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:55:00 -0600

It’s time for our Global Activism series. Each Thursday, we hear about a person who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.And former high school teacher, Elizabeth Powley, believes that “every child has the right to learn.”

Global Activism: Photojournalist Paola Gianturco reveals "Grandmother Power"

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:42:00 -0600

On today's Global Activism segment, photojournalist Paola Gianturco discusses the new, international activist grandmother movement she documents in her photographic book, Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon.

Global Activism: HIV prevention program for high-risk men in sub-Saharan Africa

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:02:00 -0600

It's time for our Global Activism! We talk with Bartholomew Boniface Ochonya ("OBB"), a human rights and AIDS activist from Nigeria, runs the largest HIV prevention program for high-risk men in sub-Saharan Africa.

Global Activism: South Bend, Indiana's Malawi connection

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:58:00 -0600

For Global Activsm, We get an update from Phyllis Wezeman, executive director for the South Bend-based Malawi Matters. The group’s mission is to develop culturally-inspired HIV and AIDS education in Malawi.

Providing wheelchairs around the world

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Worldview talks with Don Schoendorfer, the founder and president of Free Wheelchair Mission, an organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for the disabled in developing nations.

Global Activism: Providing a 'New Sanctuary' for Chicago's immigrants

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:25:00 -0500

It's time for Global Activism. The New Sanctuary Coalition works together to help immigrants and their families in Chicago. They also work with legislators to help reform immigration laws and policies. We talk with the New Sanctuary Coalition’s Rev. Sara Wohlleb and Marcela Hernandez.

Unmesh Jadhav on Asha for Education's run for a cause

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 12:02:00 -0500

It's time for our Global Activism segment. Unmesh Jadhav from Asha for Education tells us how the group trains runners in seven US cities, and this year has 100 participants running in the Chicago Marathon.

Providing humanitarian aid, without discrimination

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:40:00 -0500

Providing an education in leadership and language to Haitian students

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:30:00 -0500

Sandy Haggart's dream of providing a healthier future for Guatemala's children

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:45:00 -0500

Sandy Haggart, the founder of Feed the Dream, tell us about the work her organization is doing to provide better nutrition for women and children in Guatemala

Making Fair Trade Fashionable

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:12:00 -0500

When Maureen Dunn started her Mata Traders, a vintage-inspired, artisan-made Indian imports business, she was excited and thrilled about bringing beautiful eastern textiles and jewelry to Chicago.

A summer camp works to move refugee girls forward

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Healthcare access makes in-roads on the back of a motorcycle

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:00:00 -0500

Riders for Health's CEO Andrea Coleman joins Jerome to discuss the challenges of providing aid to rural Africans, and the organization's mobile healthcare solution.

Building literacy in rural Palestine, one library at a time

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:15:00 -0500

Estafan Salame, Special Advisor to the Palestinian Minister of Planning, tells us about The Seraj Library Project and its work building libraries in rural villages in the West Bank.

Fighting for contraceptive rights, abroad and at home

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:55:00 -0500

At the London Summit on Family Planning held on July 11th, global leaders pledged their commitment to provide voluntary family planning service to an additional 120 million women and girls by 2020.

In Kenya, sex-ed programs work to stop spread of AIDS

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Group fights poverty with alternatives to gifts

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:55:00 -0500

Group, East African artisans fight for living wage

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:56:00 -0500

Music for a cure: Concerts benefit AIDS orphans in China

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:06:00 -0500

Chicago activist gives globally, despite personal loss

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:00:00 -0500

Mona Purdy, founder and executive director of Share Your Soles, lost everything in a home fire four months ago. But the tragedy hasn't stopped her charitable work.

Rainforest Rescue Coalition aims to protect global forests

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:59:00 -0500

Each Thursday, we turn to our Global Activism segment to hear about someone working to make the world a better place.

Documentary initiative advocates for victims of sexual violence

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:48:00 -0500

The Voices and Faces project documents the stories of survivors of sexual violence. One recent effort took them to Mexico, where they interviewed women who were the victims of rape and torture at the hands of Mexican police.

Global Activism: Fighting a kidney disease epidemic in Nicaragua

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:32:00 -0500

It’s Thursday, and time for our Global Activism segment.

Bringing music, art and English to an Indonesian orphanage

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:11:00 -0500

How does a white girl from Chicago get interested in teaching music to orphans in Indonesia? Music for Lombok co-founder Kat Vallera explains.

Global Activism: Vanavevhu works for economic stability in Zimbabwe

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:17:00 -0500

On today's Global Activism segment, Chicagoan Elizabeth Mhangami, the founder of Vanavevhu: Children of the Soil returns.

Tikodane Community Centre brings eco-tourism to Zambia

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:13:00 -0500

Worldview catches up with Elke Kroeger-Radcliffe, founder of the Tikondane Community Centre. The center is located in Katete, a small town in the eastern province of Zambia. Tikondane sponsors a community school, adult education and eco-tourism programs.

Global Activism: Chicago bird conservationists restore winter habitats

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:06:00 -0500

Community Cloud Forest Conservation works to alleviate poverty and protect Guatemala’s tropical cloud forests. The organization supports a range of projects that include education, reforestation, community development and bird monitoring.

Chicago organization offers opportunity to volunteer in Zambia via Groupon

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:15:00 -0500

Spark Ventures is a Chicago-based non-profit that partners with grassroots organizations to serve children in poverty. The group is working on providing nutrition, education and health care to those in need in rural Zambia—and have partnered with Groupon to do it.

Global Activism: Raising awareness through global art and design

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:12:00 -0500

On this week's Global Activism segment, Worldview talks with Leslie Thomas, founding executive and creative director of Art Works Projects. The organization uses design and the arts to raise awareness and educate the public about significant human rights and environmental issues.

Global Activism: Colombia Vive Chicago helps internally displaced women in Colombia

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:49:38 -0500

Nearly 60% of Colombia's millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are women. Many of these women lost not only their homes, but also their husbands, brothers and sons to ongoing violence. Colombian women have suffered through torture, rape and numerous other abuses.

Global Activism: Mailisita foundation teaching kids in Tanzania

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:11:00 -0500

It’s Thursday and time for our Global Activism segment. Each Thursday, we hear about someone who’s decided to make the world a better place.In 2010, Terry Mulligan taught in the Mailisita community in Moshi, Tanzania.

Global Activism: ‘Through Her Eyes’ empowers females in developing countries through sports

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:51:00 -0600

Through Her Eyes is a documentary photography and video project conceived to report and record the voices and faces of women playing sports in developing countries. By doing so, the project aims to show the benefits of sports as a conduit for destroying social barriers that often hold women ba

Global Activism: Fair trade women's accessories help support artisans in Indonesia and Cambodia

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:00:00 -0600

Each week on Global Activism we feature individuals who are trying to make a difference.

Global Activism: High quality coffee sold in America helps Haitian farmers

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:00 -0600

Based in the city of Baraderes, Haiti, the organization Just Haiti works with Haitian farmers who produce high quality, organic, Arabica coffee. Just Haiti then markets and sells this coffee to consumers in the United States.

Global Activism: Chicago doctor brings eye care to Haiti

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:55:00 -0600

On today's Global Activism, we hear from a Haitian American doctor who's trying to change the way eye care is delivered in Haiti.

Global Activism: Combatting HIV in Togo

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:17:00 -0600

On today's Global Activism, we talk to Beth Skorochod, who works on HIV prevention for Population Services International (PSI).The organization runs a host of health programs around the globe. These include an HIV prevention project in Togo that targets men who have sex with men.

Global Activism: Local architects work on pro-bono projects in Chicago and around the world

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:30:00 -0600

On this week's Global Activism, Worldview talks to two women who lead the Chicago chapter of Architecture for Humanity.

Global Activism: Clean water brings big changes to village in Kenya

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:04:00 -0600

On this week's Global Activism, Worldview talks to Aliya de Grazia. After graduating high school at 18, she decided to put off attending an honors program at Purdue University.

Global Activism: Chicago neonatologist returns home to India to do development work

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:02:00 -0600

Worldview talks to Dr. Anita Deshmukh, the executive director of Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research, an organization based in Mumbai.

Global Activism: couple fights sickle cell disease in Cameroon

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:11:00 -0600

A genetic condition, sickle cell disease disproportionately affects those of African descent. Here in the U.S., one out of 12 African-Americans has the sickle cell trait, and one out of 400 contracts the disease.Dr.

Global Activism: Clinic in Nicaraguan highlands provides reproductive health care for women

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:58:00 -0600

Affectionately known as "Mama Licha," Alicia Huete Diaz has a clinic in Esteli, Nicaragua that's trained 3,000 midwives to date and has raised the quality of reproductive healthcare in the entire highlands region.Mama Licha is joined by her passionate supporters, Angie Rodgers and Jean Paschen, to d

Global Activism: Helping destitute Afghan women become artisans

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:10:00 -0600

Every Thursday in our Global Activism series, we introduce you to a local individual who’s trying to change the world.In Dari, the word arzu means “hope.” It’s also the name of an organization that employs Afghan women in remote provinces to weave fair trade artisan rugs.

Global Activism: Paddling down the Ganges to fight cervical cancer

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:01:00 -0500

Thursdays on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s trying to make the world a better place.When diagnosed with a terminal illness, many people switch course. In that respect, forty-five-year-old New Mexico resident Michele Baldwin is no different.

Global Activism: Combatting HIV-AIDS and poverty in Lyantonde, Uganda

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:58:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism, we hear from a local individual who works to make the world a better place.Ahabwe Michael is executive director of the ICOD Action Network, based in the Lyantonde district of southwestern Uganda.