Get involved

I know I haven´t posted an entry in a few weeks and I have a few in the works that should be up in a few days, but before I tell you any more about my self-indulgant travel, I need to plug some amazing people and the work they are doing.

Check out the following websites and see for yourself:

http://runforafrica.org/index.html

• this organization, set up by my good friends BJ and Emily outside of Asheville, NC is a running team who raises money to sustain life saving water programs in villages in Africa.
• if you are a runner or interested in becoming one, here is a training program that can help you while you help others.
  

http://www.copacabana-bolivia.com/copacabana/content/blogsection/7/48/lang,es/

• this organization, literally translated is let´s live better and is set up by a local bolivian woman and her columbian husband who live on the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia
• their idea is to create recycling programs, sewage and drainage programs to stop the pollution of the lake, a national treasure and to create educational programs so that the next generation knows how to take care of the environment.
  
• they need donations of money, materials and volunteers to help in the schools and with the recycling.

http://babycatching.blogspot.com/

• this is my friend Joanne´s website who has been living in Malawi, Africa for the last two years, where she volunteers as a midwife at a local hospital
• they always need donations, medical supplies etc.
  
• you can contact her through her blog or just read her amazing story

http://www.dominicandream.org/

• this organization is the one that mentors Domincan schools and teachers to create sustainable educational programs for Domincan children
• my friend, Jen has been volunteering there this year (this is also where John and I helped out in September)
• they also always need donations, materials or volunteers

So yeah, as you can see, there are lots of amazing people doing amazing things to make the world a better place. Check the sites out and see if one appeals to you. . .

Peace,
Jen