By: Simone Paget There’s the popular saying that one cannot serve two masters at the same time. Materialism goes beyond buying clothes and shoes or the things we desire to have. It’s an attachment to material possessions, placing more value on the natural things (or man-made) than moral or spiritual values. Marriage, on the other hand, is a great entanglement. It is a bond that joins you and another person together and forever. Marriage takes your time and everything. In marriage you are committed to sharing your life with the other party. Both marriage and materialism are jealous lovers, and it has been said that where your treasure is there your heart will be. As a person cut in between materialism and marriage you will have to choose between the two concepts. It has been observed that the more materialistic a couple is, the less likely they are to have…
Turning Children’s Dreams to Reality- Buds of Christ
With the theme “empowering children enabling wellbeing”, the Buds of Christ; an Indian organization catering for orphan children and striving to make these children educated people who will contribute to the growth of their community has made significant impact in India. Orphan children are often perceived as a burden to society but with the activities of this charity organization, there is a ray of hope that orphan children in India will turn out to be more of a blessing than a curse to society. Buds of Christ charitable trust is an organization that believes in educating and protecting rural orphan girls until they become of age (21 years), such that the girl child will not be neglected and exploited physically or abused sexually. This action on the long run helps the girls to enjoy education like their peers, and make right choices while setting future goals.
Kick Out That Fashion No! No!
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I used to be a huge fan of the popular American television series Fashion Police. I was an ardent follower, and I mean the “wouldn’t miss an episode” kind until the shows 5-month hiatus following the death of the shows debut host, Joan Rivers.
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Access to a classroom for disadvantaged pupils
Shannon May is an anthropologist, she Co-Founded Bridge International Academies, an innovative company launching a franchise of low-cost schools to serve impoverished families and informal settlements, across developing nations. While conducting research in rural China, Shannon saw close-up how primary education was failing already impoverished families. The experience prompted her to research how children could be taught the skills they need to thrive, harnessing data and technology to make a replicable and affordable model of education. The result was Bridge International Academies, the world’s largest private provider of nursery and primary education for families living on $2 a day or less. Bridge International, which charges $6 a month on average, launched its first school in Nairobi in 2009. It has now expanded across Africa, educating over 100,000 pupils, and plans to reach 10 million children across a dozen countries by 2025. If the status quo in education is kept, 2070…
THE SOCCKET: POWER IN A SOCCER BALL
Jessica O. Mathews is the Founder and CEO of Uncharted Play, founded in May of 2011 as a new kind of social enterprise grounded in play and the happiness of life that would show the world how play could be a tangible tool for inspiring social invention. Mathews invented the SOCCKET, a soccer ball that harnesses and stores UP energy from play for later use as portable power source in resource-poor areas. It is the flagship product of Uncharted Play, Incorporated. Matthews, a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States, conceived the Idea of the SOCCKET for first came to when visiting Nigeria for a family wedding; the power went out during the party, her relatives switched on the noisy, noxious diesel generators that have become a way of life for nearly 60 million Nigerians. Recall that according statistics in 2015, only about 25 percent of Nigerians have access…
The Great Benefits of Determination – Shantanbai Shrapati Yadav
Shantabai is a traditional woman who knew little or nothing about gender stereotype. But she defied the assumption about that fact when she was faced with the problem of a hunger and starvation. Shantanbai Shrapati Yadav is the first female barber in India, her late father was a barber and so was her late husband. She got married at the age of 12 to late Mr. Shripati Yadav. Barbing was a part time job for Mr. Shripati who was a farmer. He worked as a barber to add to his income but when there was a rift between him and his brothers, they split the farm land between themselves and Shripati had less than an acre of land to farm on. He decided to concentrate on his barbing business in order to feed is family. Mr. Shripati and his family moved to Hasursasgiri village to start a new life. Fortunately,…