I will be writing a blog sometime soon about ways that we all can contribute to stories to help, support and uplift and transform. We need to start with the three C’s-communicate, connect and collaborate. These are keys that help move us from the sideline to action.

Stay tuned for my

Thanks for giving

post coming soon– I am hoping it will energize people to serve as a way to show gratitude.

Please tell us more. And suggest ways in which we can help.

The TED talk you reference is one of my all time favorites. We can never just tell one story and no story we tell is the whole truth. Stories are layered and rich. Thanks for your kind words and wonderful insight. Look for future blogs that speak to the issues of volunteers as donors, they are crucial sides to the same coin.

I hope you continue to build community with me my friend!

I believe people like you are a bridge. Take a step back from yourself and look at who you are and what you do. You have a foot in two worlds and it is your calling to bridge them. You understand data and the technical side of things. Yet your heart is in places like that classroom in Ghana with no electricity.

It is people like you that get to tell the stories of those computer-training-with-no-electricity-classrooms to the Western world that needs a broader understanding. You understand that throwing money at a problem is an insufficient treatment of the problem. It is a great beginning point but it is not the whole story.

There is a great young Nigerian author who spoke at Ted Talks about the mistake of one story. Check her out here: http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html

The data you speak of is part of the story.

I know you can relate. I want to hear your stories!

Hugs to you!

Thanks for your well wishes!

Thanks for reading!