World Women Work
Every so often Vie Safari likes to highlight organizations that we find facinating. Here's one we ran across recently: World Women Work, an organization that works to support women and the conservation of engangered species around the world.
For the last ten years, World Women Work has found artist in Africa and Asia who make beautiful, one-of-a-kind precious items, such as Zambian tableclothes and bedspreads, Pashmina shawls, handmade silver bracelets from Nepal, and beaded leather bags from Kenya, and they sell them, using the proceeds from the sales to support projects that are eduating girls and building economic independence for women.
“I was trekking on Kanchenjunga in Nepal, the world’s third largest mountain, and the idea just came to me: buy beautiful things made by women and sell them, donating all the profits to conservation and education for women.”
-Singer Rankin, founder, WorldWomenWork
There are many benefits to buying these products, other than their beauty and rarity. The artists become more economically self-sufficient when the WorldWomenWork founder Rankin buys their products. Their way of funding is unique and shows their commitment to the mission.
With the upcoming holiday season, consider purchasing gifts that give-back to communities world wide.
To learn more about WorldWomenWork or to donate, please visit WorldWomenWork.org.
For the last ten years, World Women Work has found artist in Africa and Asia who make beautiful, one-of-a-kind precious items, such as Zambian tableclothes and bedspreads, Pashmina shawls, handmade silver bracelets from Nepal, and beaded leather bags from Kenya, and they sell them, using the proceeds from the sales to support projects that are eduating girls and building economic independence for women.
“I was trekking on Kanchenjunga in Nepal, the world’s third largest mountain, and the idea just came to me: buy beautiful things made by women and sell them, donating all the profits to conservation and education for women.”
-Singer Rankin, founder, WorldWomenWork
There are many benefits to buying these products, other than their beauty and rarity. The artists become more economically self-sufficient when the WorldWomenWork founder Rankin buys their products. Their way of funding is unique and shows their commitment to the mission.
With the upcoming holiday season, consider purchasing gifts that give-back to communities world wide.
To learn more about WorldWomenWork or to donate, please visit WorldWomenWork.org.
Charlie's Angels actress turned Philanthropist
Drew Barrymore is doing some great things in Kenya right now with the World Food Programme.
(WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran Shiner, Brew Barrymore, Condoleezza Rice and Kenyan Olympic athlete Paul Tergat. U.S.State Department photo.)
Barrymore is an Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme (WFP). She co-founded the Drew Barrymore Education Project and made a $1 million donation to the WFP to be used developing schools, providing food and access to water for people in Kenya.
In her most recent visit, she went to Kiltimany village, a village about four hours from Nairobi, and revealed the floor plans for the school she intends to build there: The Aklii Barrymore Primary School.
“People can feel unconfident about sending money into the void of charity…But when you find something like this that speaks to your hears, it gives you the courage to look beyond your own problems and take the first small steps to try as an individual to make an impact,” she said.
Take Action: Find out how you can change the life of a hungry child by visiting the World Food Programme. To learn more about Drew Barrymore's work with the WFP visit www.drewbarrymore.com
(WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran Shiner, Brew Barrymore, Condoleezza Rice and Kenyan Olympic athlete Paul Tergat. U.S.State Department photo.)
Barrymore is an Ambassador Against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme (WFP). She co-founded the Drew Barrymore Education Project and made a $1 million donation to the WFP to be used developing schools, providing food and access to water for people in Kenya.
In her most recent visit, she went to Kiltimany village, a village about four hours from Nairobi, and revealed the floor plans for the school she intends to build there: The Aklii Barrymore Primary School.
“People can feel unconfident about sending money into the void of charity…But when you find something like this that speaks to your hears, it gives you the courage to look beyond your own problems and take the first small steps to try as an individual to make an impact,” she said.
Take Action: Find out how you can change the life of a hungry child by visiting the World Food Programme. To learn more about Drew Barrymore's work with the WFP visit www.drewbarrymore.com
Wangari Maathai
It is with great sadness that the family of Professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September, 2011, at the Nairobi Hospital, after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer. Her loved ones were with her at the time." ---the Green Belt Movement
Wangari Maathai was a scholar, an enviromentalist, and the creator of the Green Belt Movement, which she established in 1977. The Green Belt Movement organizes women in Kenya to plant trees, combat deforestation, restore their main source of fuel for cooking, generate income, and stop soil erosion. The movement combinined Maathai's interests in eco-tourism and the enviroment with her desire to empower women.
Wangari Muta Maathai was recognized for her efforts in the form of a Nobel Prize, becoming the first African woman in history to recieve the prodigious prize.
She planted over 20 million trees in her lifetime.
To contribute to her legacy, visit www.GreenBeltMovement.org.
Wangari Maathai was a scholar, an enviromentalist, and the creator of the Green Belt Movement, which she established in 1977. The Green Belt Movement organizes women in Kenya to plant trees, combat deforestation, restore their main source of fuel for cooking, generate income, and stop soil erosion. The movement combinined Maathai's interests in eco-tourism and the enviroment with her desire to empower women.
Wangari Muta Maathai was recognized for her efforts in the form of a Nobel Prize, becoming the first African woman in history to recieve the prodigious prize.
She planted over 20 million trees in her lifetime.
To contribute to her legacy, visit www.GreenBeltMovement.org.
It's as Easy as 3,2,One
Vie Safari is very excited to announce that we will be leading a specilized safari trip in March 2012 withJustOnePerson.org, and we still have a couple spaces open!
JustOnePerson.Org, based in Chico, California, began operating in 2008 with a simple mission: empower 25 girls in rural Kenya by providing a three-year life skills program that equips girls with the knowledge they need to make important decisions upon graduating from secondary schools.
Since then, based on this core mission, they've created an exemplary model of development that not only empowers girls, but schools, parents and communities as well.
"We passionately believe in the long term impact our programs will have on the future of women and girls in Africa," said founder Annette Lilly Russ. "We're committed to building a sustainable organization that will ensure that Just One Person is working for the empowerment of girls and women for generations to come."
To become a part of the organization, you can run for team JustOnePerson in a 3K and raise funds, or send an idea you have to JustOnePerson, and they may send YOU $20 to jumpstart your fundraising effort, or click here if you would like to donate.
If you are interested in joining the JustOnePerson team on safari, please contact us and we can send you more details!
-Vie Safari
JustOnePerson.Org, based in Chico, California, began operating in 2008 with a simple mission: empower 25 girls in rural Kenya by providing a three-year life skills program that equips girls with the knowledge they need to make important decisions upon graduating from secondary schools.
Since then, based on this core mission, they've created an exemplary model of development that not only empowers girls, but schools, parents and communities as well.
"We passionately believe in the long term impact our programs will have on the future of women and girls in Africa," said founder Annette Lilly Russ. "We're committed to building a sustainable organization that will ensure that Just One Person is working for the empowerment of girls and women for generations to come."
To become a part of the organization, you can run for team JustOnePerson in a 3K and raise funds, or send an idea you have to JustOnePerson, and they may send YOU $20 to jumpstart your fundraising effort, or click here if you would like to donate.
If you are interested in joining the JustOnePerson team on safari, please contact us and we can send you more details!
-Vie Safari
Moral of the Story? Don't mess with Buffalo.
I’m sure you’ve seen it. Maybe on YouTube, or maybe attached in an email from your great aunt Sue, but just in case you haven’t, click here to be taken directly to the YouTube video.
The Battle at Kruger, an epic battle between lions, buffalo, and even crocodiles! The video was taken by tourists on safari in Kruger National Park in South Africa, and quickly became viral. Soon the YouTube counter reached 60 million!
The video shows a group of 3 buffalo walking along the river, and near them laid a few lions, perched and ready to attack. They rush the buffalo, closing in on the youngest of them and dragging him into the river. Long story, short, a crocodile attempts and fails at stealing the young buffalo from the lions, and while they were bickering, a herd of more than a hundred buffalo have arranged themselves around their baby buffalo, surrounding the wounded calf and, ultimately, getting him back, but not before they toss a few lions in the air.
The video was famous for its dramatic depiction of African wildlife interaction, which is understandable because it’s pretty amazing! So check it out, if you haven’t already seen it. This video is proof that you never know what you’re going to see on safari!
~Vie Safari
The Battle at Kruger, an epic battle between lions, buffalo, and even crocodiles! The video was taken by tourists on safari in Kruger National Park in South Africa, and quickly became viral. Soon the YouTube counter reached 60 million!
The video shows a group of 3 buffalo walking along the river, and near them laid a few lions, perched and ready to attack. They rush the buffalo, closing in on the youngest of them and dragging him into the river. Long story, short, a crocodile attempts and fails at stealing the young buffalo from the lions, and while they were bickering, a herd of more than a hundred buffalo have arranged themselves around their baby buffalo, surrounding the wounded calf and, ultimately, getting him back, but not before they toss a few lions in the air.
The video was famous for its dramatic depiction of African wildlife interaction, which is understandable because it’s pretty amazing! So check it out, if you haven’t already seen it. This video is proof that you never know what you’re going to see on safari!
~Vie Safari
Animal Adventures
In the interests of everything safari, Vie Safari couldn’t help but highlight this strange case of animal love sure to melt your heart. Though it doesn’t occur in Kenya (it happened in a zoo in Thailand) we just couldn’t help ourselves, and when you see the pictures, you’ll see why!
Emails circulated a few years ago depicting a tiger nursing baby piglets in tiny little tiger sweaters, and The email claimed they were from a zoo in California, but in reality, the zoo is in Bangkok, and it’s called the Sriracha Tiger Zoo.
The zoo is famous for putting animals together that would typically have a predator/prey relationship, and making them friends. This particular situation is only widely popular due to the fact that the tiger, normally the predator, is taking the role of the mother to the piglets, which would normally be prey!
The mother tiger was raised on pig milk, something that might explain its amiability to the baby pigs. According to a spokesperson for the zoo, the tiger has never acted aggressively to the piglets, and even plays with them as if they were baby cubs! (Minus, of course, the rough-housing!)
That’s all for now!
~Vie Safari
Emails circulated a few years ago depicting a tiger nursing baby piglets in tiny little tiger sweaters, and The email claimed they were from a zoo in California, but in reality, the zoo is in Bangkok, and it’s called the Sriracha Tiger Zoo.
The zoo is famous for putting animals together that would typically have a predator/prey relationship, and making them friends. This particular situation is only widely popular due to the fact that the tiger, normally the predator, is taking the role of the mother to the piglets, which would normally be prey!
The mother tiger was raised on pig milk, something that might explain its amiability to the baby pigs. According to a spokesperson for the zoo, the tiger has never acted aggressively to the piglets, and even plays with them as if they were baby cubs! (Minus, of course, the rough-housing!)
That’s all for now!
~Vie Safari