Category: Ideas that Inspire

The Founders of the Black Pencil Project

Philippines: Black Pencil Project

A guest post from the Philippines

Taken advantage of in Haiti

Taken advantage of in Haiti

While volunteering in Haiti after the quake, I met one man from the US tried to rip off the nonprofit hospital and its workers.

Haitian Children

Haitian Children

I’m not exactly “kid crazy”, but the children I met in Haiti, well, I miss.

Border Scare

Border Scare

I’d seen a third-world hospital, now I began to wonder how it would be in a third-world jail cell.

JoinAfrica.org – Free Internet Service for the Continent

JoinAfrica.org – Free Internet Service for the Continent

Started by the co-founder of Kayak, Paul English. In fact, it wasn’t until this Fast Company article that we learned of his “ambitious, long-term project to create free, low-bandwidth Internet access across the entire continent of Africa.”

“Pour Haiti”

“Pour Haiti”

Sometimes you find a starfish when you aren’t even on a beach.

The starfish story

The starfish story

If you ever felt like you failed at being awesome, this story is for you.

New $3 Wound Treatment Sucks. Really Well.

New $3 Wound Treatment Sucks. Really Well.

Simple suction can do wonders on open wounds, dramatically speeding their healing process. But the cost of doing it in the developing world is often prohibitive.