It was my privilege to meet Fikadu today. He’s a 9 year old Ethiopian boy who loves to play soccer, hide-and-seek, and learn English in school. He was shy at first, but warmed up to me after I showed him how to use my camera (which I had to pry out of his hands before departing)….
70% of the world’s out-of-school youth are girls. In Tanzania, the story is no different – 3.1 million girls here are unable to attend school. Meet Rose, a woman who does not want her two young daughters to be a part of that statistic. Watch this 3:39 minutes slideshow to see how PSI is helping women…
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I was in a retail shop a couple weeks ago discussing the movement of PSI products with the owner. He asked why we stopped selling mosquito net treatment solution. He said it was an excellent product that people really liked because it was great as a pesticide in the farm. I told him that perhaps the…
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The donor’s might not dig it but i think that seeing condoms in public space even if just as decoration could have an effect on how condoms are seen in talked about in public space.
It’s like in this country in the late 80′s and early 90′s HipHop groups we making songs about using condoms and putting them in the music videos..i think it was making a difference. Unfortunately, the music industry shifted their focus from those types of awareness raising songs and videos to a more nihilistic, marteialistic and hypersexual content and financially rewarding artist who produced that content.
Anyway, i guess my overall point is, even if the products are not being used as intended does not necessarily mean it is not affecting behavior change or making an impact in the desired population.
This is all so cool and so interesting – not aure we are accessing properly or if you get our response. . . hope so …miss you …. love you….GD and Ferris
One of my closest friends is a pilot for the Navy. Whenever we used to go out and she was asked what do you do?, she never told people she was a pilot. She would say she worked at a temp agency (but really wanted to be a flight attendant). I thought of her today when…
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Love it Frassy! I can’t wait to hear this one used out on the town 
I attended a lecture tonight at Howard University. The speaker was Dr. Daniel Carucci, the VP of Global Health at United Nations Foundation. The key takeaway for me was the need for foreign governments to take more ownership of the health epidemics in their countries. Global Fund and other funding agents give billions of dollars…
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Good job! There is nothing better than putting a smile on another person’s face.