December 26, 2020
Episode 13 -- Native American Rights Fund
Lacey Horn and Joel Williams, of the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), are this episode’s guests. As the chairperson and long-time attorney for NARF, Lacey and Joel, respectively, discuss the plight of Native American and Alaskan tribes, and how NARF has impacted tens of thousands of Indian people across more than 250 tribes. NARF’s mission — to preserve tribal existence, protect tribal natural resources, promote Native American human rights, and hold governments accountable to Native Americans — is one that all of us should want to support. (0:22).
Website: www.narf.org
November 29, 2020
Episode 12 -- Dalai Lama Foundation
Tseten Samdup Chhoekyapa, Vice President of the Gaden Phodrang Foundation of the Dalai Lama, joins Charity Talks. The Dalai Lama created his foundation to promote his Tibetan Buddhism-based views on human values, mutual understanding among religions, peace, and the protection of the environment, as well as helping to preserve the unique Tibetan culture. As you will hear, Tseten, as the former personal representative of His Holiness, and the first in his family to be born in exile from Tibet, has a great perspective on the Foundation's work, as well as more generally on kindness, giving and how to live a meaningful life. (0:28).
Website: https://www.dalailamafoundation.org
November 19, 2020
Episode 11 -- National Association of People Against Bullying/Cool 2 Be Kind
Victoria Mendez, the Global Director of Cool 2 Be Kind, is this episode’s guest and she discusses what C2BK and its parent foundation, the National Association of People Against Bullying, are doing to stop bullying. Following her brother Daniel taking his own life as a result of the bullying he suffered in middle and high school, C2BK was started at a single high school in California, and now has chapters around the world, where participating students are working to reduce bullying where it is happening, and with NAPAB providing important interventions to help affected kids. (0:23).
Website: www.cool2bekind.org
October 24, 2020
Episode 10 — Sanku Project Healthy Children
Fahreen Bandali from Sanku’s Project Healthy Children joins Charity Talks to discuss malnutrition in Africa. Based in Tanzania, Project Healthy Children has taken the Sanku Dosifier, which adds a precise amount of critical micronutrients to flour, and installed it across Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. Because of Sanku’s work, millions of children are avoiding the horrors of malnutrition. (0:31).
Website: http://projecthealthychildren.com
October 11, 2020
Episode 9 — Against Malaria Foundation
Rob Mather, the CEO of the Against Malaria Foundation, is this episode’s guest. Rob begins by telling the inspirational story that led to his founding AMF, and then discusses how malaria harms hundreds of thousands of individuals, and how the distribution of inexpensive malaria nets is saving lives and preventing debilitating illness across Sub-Saharan Africa. (0:21).
Website: https://www.againstmalaria.com/
October 4, 2020
Episode 8 — Seva
Charity Talks welcomes Kate Moynihan to the podcast. Kate is the Executive Director of Seva, a leading international charity fighting blindness and vision impairment. During the podcast, Kate discusses how vision impairment affects millions of people worldwide, particularly in underdeveloped countries, and how Seva, through simple and cost-effective surgeries, community support and research has restored vision across the globe. (0:19).
Website: www.seva.org
October 4, 2020
Episode 7 — Food Fortification Initiative
Laura Rowe, the Deputy Director of the Food Fortification Initiative, is this episode’s guest, and she discusses the tremendous problem of lack of nutrients in the food supply of people living in African countries. Each year, malnutrition causes millions of deaths, birth defects and other health issues. FFI is tackling this problem around the world, and Laura discusses how FFI is changing the lives of so many people. (0:23).
Website: http://www.ffinetwork.org/