We Are All Interconnected

The Sweater Story

It's spring cleaning time, and you know what that means.

How many of us at this time of year go through our closets and clear out gently used items like clothing, housewares, etc and donate them to your local Goodwill, St. Vincent de Paul Society or church's Bundle Sunday? We usually forget about them, never expecting to see them again.

Acumen Fund founder Jacqueline Novogratz tells a 'sweater story' which will make you smile and prove how amazing our interconnectedness is... even if we don't think about it too much.

The 'sweater story' is interesting because it shows us the big picture, it demonstrates how what we do at home impacts the other side of the world.

Solutions for Africa

Most Africans will probably tell you that they don't want your charity... they want to do it for themselves. And they are! Amazing success stories brought about through micro credit finance, bed nets, drip irrigation and other sustainable and scaleable models.

Watch the vid clip... it's food for thought on traditional aid vs. fresh solutions.