Worldview Global Activism

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 epedemic 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. Recently back from Zimbabwe, she gives an update on what's happening in her native country and about her organization's new initiative called "Theory of Change."

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: 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 Skoroshod, 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.

Global Activism: WGN's Randi Belisomo travels to Haiti in memory of her late husband

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:36:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism, we hear from a Chicagoan who works to make the world a better place. Today, we focus on two individuals steeped in the world’s water crisis.Water plays a central role in global poverty. Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease.

Global Activism: Battling HIV/AIDS on Mfangano Island in Lake Victoria, Kenya

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:01:00 -0500

Chas and Marco Salmen are the founders of Organic Health Response, or OHR. Started in 2008, OHR represents the vision of Kenyan organic farmers, teachers and health workers on Mfangano Island in Kenya’s Lake Victoria.

Global Activism: LemonAid Fund does development work in Sierra Leone

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:41:00 -0500

In 1996, Dr. Nancy Peddle was working on her dissertation in war-torn Sierra Leone when she found herself in the middle of a bloody coup. As the violence mounted, Dr.

Global Activism: Local student starts organic farming in China

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:51:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who's trying to make the world a better place.In China, food safety is a serious issue. Minxu Zhang is a Chinese student from Lake Forest College, who was in her home country this summer to establish a direct line of purch

Global Activism: A high school in Kenya for AIDS orphans

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:23:00 -0500

More than one million people live in Nairobi's squatter community of Kibera, including 30,000 orphans of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. On today's Global Activism segment, we talk with Father Terry Charlton, co-founder of St.

Global Activism: Preschool teacher shows her students how to help children in Swaziland

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:49:00 -0500

Today on our Global Activism segment, we talk to Ziomara Perez, a Chicago preschool teacher. “Ms.

Global Activism: Woman leaves Tinley Park roots behind to educate mothers and children in Peru

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:48:00 -0500

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

Global Activism: Stories from the Peace Corps

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:10:00 -0500

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries.That speech laid the foundation for what became the Peace Corps.

Global Activism: EdPowerment enabling education in disadvantaged communities in Tanzania

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:15:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who's trying to make the world a better place.Today we talk with Jillian Swinford, who volunteered as a teacher for a month in Tanzania. She left feeling she could do more for the community of Moshi, Tanzania.

Global Activism: 'Malawi Matters' uses creativity to educate on HIV and AIDS

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:31:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who's trying to make the world a better place.Today we talk to Phyllis Wezeman, an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame and executive director of Malawi Matters, whose mission is to develop culturally-inspired HIV an

Global Activism: ‘Hands with Hope’ brings dental care to the children of Honduras

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:21:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who's decided to work to make the world a better place.People’s teeth often go overlooked in development work. Annie Nardone, a dental hygienist, wanted more out of life.

Global Activism: Chicago group provides training for autism services in countries where the disorder often goes undiagnosed

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:05:00 -0500

Recent studies estimate that globally, about 1 in 100 people have autism. But in developing countries, many know nothing of the developmental disorder and services are minimal.

Global Activism: Chicago doctor plans to build a hospital in his hometown in Nigeria

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:57:00 -0500

Every Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who's decided to work to make the world a better place.Nigeria-born Dr. Godwin Onyema came to the U.S. in 1974.

Global Activism: Pictures help transform communities and connect kids around the globe

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

Each Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Ryan Ansin is the founder of Every Person Has a Story (EPHAS).

Global Activism: Women reporters change their communities

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:18:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Cristi Hegranes is the founder of the Global Press Institute, known as GPI. It’s a non-profit media organization that trains women to be journalists.

Global Activism: Chicago area architects offer their skills on projects around the globe

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:02:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Katherine Darnstadt is the co-founder of the Chicago chapter of Architecture for Humanity.

Global Activism: Operation Asha expands its TB treatment program to Cambodia

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 26 May 2011 18:31:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Sandeep Ahuja is the co-founder of Operation Asha. The organization works to eradicate tuberculosis. They began in India.

Global Activism: A community centre in Zambia helps keep a village employed

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:57:00 -0500

Elke Kroeger-Radcliffe is the founder of the Tikondane Community Centre.

Global Activism: Bringing up communities to eliminate poverty in Ghana

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 12 May 2011 16:59:00 -0500

Dr. Naana Agyemang-Mensah is the country director of The Hunger Project-Ghana. The organization works to end hunger and poverty around the world. Naana has been running their Ghana program for the past decade.

Global Activism: Helping kids get an education in Guatemala

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:16:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Julie Coyne is the founder and director of Education and Hope.

Global Activism: Competition offers new model for bringing flood relief to Pakistan

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:57:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism we hear about individuals who’ve decided to work to make the world a better place.The U.S.

Global Activism: Repaired bikes provide economical means of transporation in developing countries

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:02:00 -0500

On this week's Global Activism, we decided to catch up with one of the 90 some groups that will be at the Global Activism Expo on April 30.If you show up at the Expo with an old bike to donate, it's certain to put a smile on the faces of the Working Bikes folks.

Global Activism: Local librarian helps rebuild libraries in Haiti

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:14:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Deborah Lazar is a librarian at New Trier High School. She's been involved with New Trier’s Haiti Project, which has been supporting the St.

Global Activism: Organization provides integrative healthcare to patients in Nepal

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:26:00 -0500

Each Thursday on our Global Activism series, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.Grainne McKeown is the founder of Mindful Medicine Worldwide.

Global Activism: Providing healthcare services in Haiti

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:55:00 -0500

Each Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place.

Global Activism: getting young kids involved in service

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:35:00 -0600

Each Thursday on Global Activism we hear about individuals who’ve decided to work to make the world a better place. Mary Roth and Lisa Axelrod are the founders of The Kindness Connection.

Global Activism: Helping to build the new South Sudan

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:32:00 -0600

Each Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place. Kenneth Elispana left Sudan in 1992, fleeing from the civil war and the ongoing persecution of Sudanese Christians.

Global Activism: Providing occupational therapy for people with disabilities in Taiwan and Ukraine

podcasts@chicagopublicradio.org (Chicago Public Media) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:04:00 -0600

Each Thursday on Global Activism, we hear about an individual who’s decided to work to make the world a better place. Susan Meyers is an occupational therapist and founder of the Resource Foundation.