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march 3. Yes captain, no captain.
We fly to Mumbai and arrive there in the morning. The airport looks nice and transportation to downtown, down the peninsula, is easy to get: we take an autorikshaw and a slow commuter train to the place where our couchsurfing host lives. The man is a captain and the place where he lives is an ...
March 2. The Largest Shopping Mall.
We are off to the mall again. Now you may ask WHY? Isn't this guy supposed to do charity? Well, actually it's hard to find the Philippine consulate, and we have some writing to do, and seeing Dubai is interesting. We have some nice food at a street stand, obviously for the local working class ...
Hong Kong CAN
Hong Kong, China. April 9th, 2010
Clean Air Network (CAN) is a network bringing together and amplifying the voices of individuals, groups and organizations and together we urge the Government to act immediately to clean our air.

We visit CAN during our stopover in Hong Kong and support the initiative with some publicity.
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February 13. Lush, placid.
We just write. There's a lot of things to write aboout believe me. It's kind of amazing being here in Harare. We see another movie. Amazing to be here in Harare. Already said that. Our hosts have decided to spend the Valentine weekend outdoors and leave us guarding - and enjoying - their place. It's ...
January 30. You are untrained.
We visit a Charity Shop in the morning and have a bad experience with the owner. We introduce ourselves and Charity Travel, the rough style. Let me reconstruct the words of the prissy decadent shopkeeper.
"We're looking to do somethin' good. Maybe you could link us to some small-scale ngo around here?"
-"You guys are ...
November 23. Gaza or Giza?
Daughters of Charity, BethlehemGroups for peace, RamallahPhilippine embassy shelter, AmmanBourj El-Barajneh, BeirutAÇEV, AdanaCaritas Syria, Aleppo
October 5. Last week of preparations.
The ultimate goal could not possibly be something else than our own happiness, because it is through our sensory systems, our nervous systems, our backbones, and our brains that we experience it. If we are denying this and proclaim out loud how we could, oh, live off the mere view of a smiling child at ...