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Timely because of our own recent updates and project work from Colombia, this story from the Miami Herald, personalizes the impact of the half-century old civil conflict and how critical it is that the country succeed in the current peace negotiations. Central to the story, are the first-hand accounts of victims of the violence and… Continue reading Victim of the violence in Colombia highlights the Peace Negotiations importance

In this Skype conversation direct from Bogotá, our global associate Lissette takes us through the recent strides made to end the 50 year conflict between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Lissette gave us her perspective of what the negotiations mean to her as someone leading community development projects and working… Continue reading Colombia | Update from the field

Because our own project work takes us frequently to the African continent, we continue to follow and stay engaged with “the complex geography of the global fight for gay rights.”  This article in Foreign Policy illustrates just some of the challenges for Westerners running up against the issue, even when working on projects seemingly unrelated… Continue reading Foreign Policy and Gay Rights in Africa

On Friday, our own Global Associate, Dr. Susana Anayatin, took part in a tree-planting effort which broke the world record for trees planted in a single hour. The full story of the TreeVolution: Greening MindaNow can be found here. Partial and unofficial tally of entries sent from around the six regions in Mindanao already recorded 2,003,251 trees… Continue reading Global Associate Plants Trees for Future Environmental Health of Mindanao

Building on Two Years of Partnership Planning: An update to the National Platform for child soldier prevention and re-integration in Uganda This past June, co-founders of the Goldin Institute, Diane Goldin and Travis Rejman spent two weeks in Africa to coordinate and take part in the official launch of the National Platform for Child Soldier… Continue reading Uganda Update

  Like the film we featured and reccomended to our network recently, this is a story much bigger than the game of baseball – and although cholera continues to be one of the most dire issues faced by the Haitian people, seeing one of the kids featured in the movie realize his dream and throw… Continue reading First Pitch

Drawing parallels between his native New Orleans and Haiti, writer Lolis Eric Elie writes a short and compelling piece on why we should care … ” Haiti is similar (to New Orleans). If you took it out of the world market picture, financial markets would not collapse. But if you took Haiti out of the… Continue reading Lessons From Isaac

  Goldin Institute Article Featured In Huffington Post Can the #Kony2012 campaign grow to #rebuilduganda2012? With over 30 million views this week, the super viral Kony 2012 video is clearly raising awareness of the horrors of the LRA in Uganda. But is the Kony 2012 campaign a good idea? The Goldin Institute is pleased to… Continue reading Huffington Post Features: Kony 2012?