The Bigger Village

Contributors to a blog wanted...Change Africa

2012-02-08T11:07:00.000-08:00

Afkiki is a start-up non-profit based in the US and is looking for contributors or bloggers from East Africa who are interested in being contributors. To improve the information flow from the NGO Sector in AFRICA,– I’m looking for contributors willing to write blog posts for AFKIKI—Africa Kisima Kizuri. Afkiki aims is to provide a market place for the public, donors and the African NGOs,

He is not concerned are you?

2012-02-06T16:25:00.000-08:00

The Presidential campaigns continue are becoming hotter by the day. As the would be presidential nominees continue to fight it out in the public town hall meeting and in the campaign Adds, the masses are watching. As Machiavelli would say, people judge by what they see as may have eyes. However, some words should not be said by persons who are running for public office. In my previous blog, I

Christmas is very expensive. . . whichever way you look at it.

2011-10-27T13:18:00.000-07:00

Christmas this year may never be the same again for some families, especially for the soldiers who will be coming home from the Iraq war. While there are various schools of thought, on what the causes of the war were, whether it was justified or, whether there was enough intelligence gathered to provide evidence of weapons of mass destruction or not, the war will finally end. This will also be

Wangari Maathai-a hero

2011-10-01T10:20:00.000-07:00

Not many of you may know about her, but if you did then you would certainly know how influential Wangari Maathai was. To me she was my hero, so much so that when I wrote my application essay for grad school, she was one of the persons I talked about. She fought against corruption, greed and supported the environment. Her actions were so powerful that for a woman of her status in the African

Will Africa Attain the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)?

2011-04-26T09:55:00.000-07:00

Yesterday 25 April 2011, was devoted to the fight against malaria, which afflicts as many as half a billion people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and kills a child every 45 seconds. "Some countries have made enormous strides towards malaria control, with an aim towards zero malaria deaths by 2015. But others are still struggling. A United Nations report says "For every person who starts

World Poverty

2011-03-25T11:44:00.001-07:00

It is a fact that over a thousand human beings-a fifth of the world's population-live in absolute poverty: hunger, disease, poor living conditions, malnutrition, high infant mortality and even insecurity. Most of this people live south of the Tropic of Cancer. On the other hand, there are many rich individuals living in the rich countries which coincidentally, happen to be north of the Tropic of

Have you seen Paypal's new Terms on holding funds?

2010-06-10T10:15:00.000-07:00

I did not know how important a customer I was until I received an email from PayPal, explaining how important my business was to them. I am also not sure whether this was sent to me as in individual or as a business owner with an LLC; Kijiji Republic. QUOTE: Your business is important to us. That's why we're committed to providing a fast and secure payment service to you and your customers

Unending Help

2010-01-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

A few days ago when the snow had fallen rather heavily, I was out shoveling my parking space. Across the lot was an old man in his 70s who was trying to clear off the snow on his car. What caught my attention was that he was leaning on his cane with one hand while he brushed of the snow with the other. I could not just watch him do this, and so I went to him and asked whether I would clear

What's at the Village?

2010-01-15T15:26:00.000-08:00

We wondered if you would ask, but we also wanted to tell you before you did…………..about the products we have Kijiji Republic.Our desire is to be able to have a one stop shop for African hand made products. As we strive to carry items that are handmade we have also added items that represent the African people and the countries. Currently we have items from Uganda and Kenya. The Ugandan place mats

What is Ethics

2010-01-15T15:10:00.001-08:00

The article Issues in Ethics IIE V1 N1 (Fall 1987) as the question what is ethics and defined is as follows.What, then, is ethics? Ethics is two things. First, ethics refers to well based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues. Ethics, for example, refers to those standards

Tricks to Great Stewardship

2009-10-29T19:46:00.000-07:00

In my last blog, I mentioned the need for more honest reporting by non-profits rather than more ethical reporting. This is an area of concern. While an investor in a corporation has an expectation for a dividend in every dollar invested, this may differ as there may be no tangible return for a donor in some cases. Whilst non-profits are formed for “a certain good” and/or to fill in a gap in

New Changes to the Accounting System

2009-10-14T05:20:00.001-07:00

I am proposing new changes to the accounting reporting system for non profits, in order to ensure honest reporting. Every year many non profits as required by the current accounting guidelines as well as the IRS to breakdown their figures between "function" expense categories i.e. program, fund raising, management and operating costs. What if this was eliminated? Would the reporting be more

Mergers or no mergers for non profits

2009-10-07T05:26:00.000-07:00

Every year a certain number of non profits are registered in the US. As the visions of individual who have a desire to see the livelihood of a people be improved or changed grows so does the number of non profits. Since 1996 the number of groups classified under sec 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code has increased by 81% from more than 654,000 to 1.2 million. This may be an indicator that the gap

How to Change a life

2009-07-16T12:11:00.001-07:00

In my opinion the best things in this world are free. Yes, free and free in deed. We do not have to charge anything for the best things in this world. I was sharing my life story during a bible study session with some of the children, 11 years plus, of a local Primary school in the Mt Druitt area in Australia. Some of the children were Samoan's (from the Samoa and Tonga Islands) and Kooris (

Time for A micro-enterprises in Australia

2009-07-10T18:47:00.000-07:00

<?xml:namespace prefix = w /> I have not seen a chain of any aboriginal owned business or even an opportunity that offer, micro credit for that matter. The aboriginal community does not have avenues to be able to save at the micro level because the system is such that they live from hand to mouth. Is this an avenue that investors can look into and invest in the micro credit systems in the

Day one from MA-to LA

2009-06-16T22:46:00.001-07:00

Today officially marks the first day of the mission trip experience. After travelling for over 7 hours from Massachusetts to Los Angeles we finally got to meet as an entire team.From across the US, Los Angeles was our point of connection for orientation and relaxation before we leave on Wednesday 11pm .It was a great start, we had a chance to bond with one another. More fascinating of all was to

The Final Countdown

2009-06-14T23:03:00.000-07:00

Today would not be a better time of the year than it is. The last Sunday before my mission trip to Australia. Ever wondered what the great commission is? In the Book of Mark Chapter 16 Vs 15 Jesus commanded his disciples to go to all the world and preach the good news. The good news that we have been reconciled with Christ and everyone who walks on this planet has a chance to be reconciled with

BroadBand Nation: WiFi Monitoring Tools For Free

2009-04-29T18:22:00.000-07:00

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Australia Mission Trip

2009-04-18T18:12:00.001-07:00

What are your plans this summer? Have you decided what you will be doing as yet? I had never had to look forward to summer like I had in the last 3 years. I had live in Africa, more precisely on the equator, all of my life, until my relocating to the USA, where I was excited to see, touch and taste snow for my first time. I had never had to wear long Johns let alone know that they excited, or

Economic Fear

2009-04-09T17:48:00.001-07:00

There is fear and anxiety in the air and there seems to be no end to the downward spiral of the falling economy. This is what we have been made to believe; at least that is what the experts say. The role of the banks was to lend money to any borrower who has the potential to pay back. The lenders are not longer giving out loans for fear that the borrowers will not be able to payback. On the other

My First Surprise

2009-04-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

Did i see it coming, not at all, the day that was supposed to be my last one in the office.........Was I worried? But of course, but not for long, for i realized that i was not the first one, nor the last one to be part of those being laid off.It was my first time to be sent home, in my entire working career and being told that i can no longer be able to work, all because the finances were not

You and I are doing something profoundly important

2009-04-08T10:13:00.001-07:00

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The Business School

2009-01-28T15:27:00.000-08:00

I recall my days in Business school and the joy and struggles that we went through. Not to mention that, that as students we had our own view of life, more so from an academic perspective. That being said, I did enjoy the fact that being in business also opened my mind to be see the various aspects of business opportunities. My goal then, or our goal in the class of 2005 was to be able to be