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Natural Balance Magazine (584)
http://www.naturalbalancemagazine.com
United States - Michigan / $500
Flow Funder: Penny Kelly
Year Funded: 2010
A gift was shared with this publication, which presents positive alternatives, thoughts and approaches available to better the lives, health and spiritual well-being within the people and environment of Southwestern Michigan. By using of the writings of local professionals, experts and lay people who work in various fields, "Natural Balance" covers various issues that pertain to promoting a sustainable future in our environment - for ourselves, and our children's children. By having a means to share our local resources, products, services, knowledge and wisdom, they strive to build peace, unity and sustainability for all, including the Earth herself.
Link TV: Television without Borders (582)
United States / $2,000
Flow Funder: Penny Kelly
Year Funded: 2010
A gift was shared with this first nationwide television channel and website dedicated to providing global perspectives on news, events and culture. Its programs provide a unique perspective on international news, current events, and diverse cultures, presenting issues not often covered in the U.S. media, connecting viewers with people at the heart of breaking events, organizations in the forefront of social change, and the cultures of an increasingly global community.
Christopher Bedford, Filmmaker (580)
http://www.chrisbedfordfilms.com
United States - Michigan / $5,000
Flow Funder: Penny Kelly
Year Funded: 2010
A gift was shared with this grass-roots activist and filmmaker to create a film entitled "Growing Health," examining the connection between health and eating a traditional, place-based diet.
Nipun Mehta, Founder of Charity Focus (537)
http://www.charityfocus.org/new/
United States / $1,000
Flow Funder: Ocean Robbins
Year Funded: 2009
This award was shared with Nipun Mehta, founder of Charity Focus, in honor of his generous heart and bold service to all people. Nipun’s promotion of “paying it forward” and bringing joy and service everywhere he goes is beautiful and contagious. He helps to create a world of abundant generosity.
Joseph McCormick & The Transpartisan Alliance (533)
http://network.transpartisan.net/profile/JosephMcC
United States / $1,000
Flow Funder: Ocean Robbins
Year Funded: 2009
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This leadership award was shared to support Joseph McCormick, founder of the Transpartisan Alliance and Reuniting America, to take time to work on a book capturing the stories and learning from his work bridging the partisan divide in America. Joseph has convened leaders from groups like Moveon.org, The Christian Coalition, Freedom Works, and the Green Party, as well as movement icons like Grover Norquist and Al Gore, to engage in the revolutionary act of speaking their truth and listening. His work is helping end the “civil war” in American politics, bringing all of America to a vibrant win-win democracy.
Youth Community Radio Project (518)
Thailand / $1,250
Contributions were shared for the creation of Youth Community Radio Center in Prae Province, where violence and discontent is growing among youth population. This center is run with a very small budget by a local activist named Prasart Pratetrat, whose vision is to create a learning opportunity for youth where they can enjoy spending free time learning among themselves and about social and environmental issues in the local area.
Non-Violence Education (486)
Lebanon / $2,014
Four women received Flow Fund Gifts to organize activities for non-violence education. With these funds, they purchased an LCD projector and 18 films to share with film clubs in the 4 regions of Lebanon.
Celtic Environmental & Cultural Outreach Project (454)
Ireland, United States / $18,000
A gift was shared to restore native woods in Ireland. This gift helped to facilitate research on best forestry practices as well as available government grants. In addition to the forestry project, educational programs were developed for a basic recycling program. A web presence in both Gaelic and English was also completed.
Mysteries Program's Council Training for Teachers (449)
United States - California / $10,000
The Mysteries Program is a groundbreaking curriculum which acknowledges and supports spiritual development in the adolescent. It provides an opportunity to explore meaning and purpose in life, to encounter the mysterious in human experience, and to make a deep connection to wholeness in oneself and in others. Participants gain tools to combat the root causes of self-destructive behavior, low self-esteem, stress, isolation, marginalization, and poor decision-making skills. Students learn ways to recognize and nurture their spiritual needs, recover and preserve their creativity and take responsibility for themselves, others and the planet. The council process is derived from Native American tradition and contemporary psychological approaches. Storytelling, dreamwork, witnessing, conflict-resolution, ceremony, ritual, and myth are interwoven in the curriculum to develop in each adolescent a respect for their own uniqueness and for the uniqueness of every other human being. The Mysteries Program has been successfully taught at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California USA for several years and has made a documented and significant impact on the lives of the participating children. A videotape project was funded, as a tool for sharing this program with the world. Our gift leveraged another $20,000 in matching funds to complete the film and create a training module for teachers who wish to implement the program within their own school systems.
Spirit in Education (SEM) Films (447)
Thailand, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar / $140
Flow Funder: Anonymous
Spirit in Education (SEM) is an alternative college founded in 1995. It offers a spiritually-based, ecologically-sound, holistic alternative to mainstream education. Its philosophy is rooted in Buddhist wisdom with deep concern for ecological sustainability and social justice. SEM teaches courses that promote the interaction between the alternative thinkers of the West and the best-minded of Asia. A Flow Fund Gift was shared to purchase copies of videos and slides of their work to distribute in Laos and Burma.
Women for a Plutonium-Free World (406)
United States - California / $500
Radio producer, Penny Rosenwasser and writer/activist Margaret Pavel produced a series of four, one-hour radio programs on Berkeley, California's KPFA 94.1 FM radio station called "Women for a Plutonium-Free World," in which they interviewed: activist, Priscilla Settee; Navaho leader, Esther Yazzie; Dr. Mildred McClain; ecology activist, Claire Greensfelder; and journalist, Fusako de Angelis. Copies of the interview were distributed to the communities of the interviewees and with other public radio stations.
Rokkasho Video Project (405)
http://www.inochi.us/pff/index.html
Japan / $2,000
Year Funded: 1995
Kei Shimada is a Japanese documentary photographer who lives in Rokkasho, Japan and volunteers with Plutonium Free Future, which works to shut down Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities (NFCFs). Kei wants to produce and distribute a slide-tape package entitled, "Rokkasho," to inform the public about Japan's plutonium program. The slides feature the local community's struggle to stop the operation of Monju, a fast breeder reactor, with a special focus on farmers, fisherpeople and a women's peace camp.
Kiyoshi Miyata's "Hopi Prophecy" Video Distribution (402)
United States, Canada / $200
A gift was shared to make copies of the award-winning video "Hopi Prophecy" for distribution among indigenous communities. Video copies were made and send to: Henrietta Mann of Haskell Indian Nations University; Priscilla Settee, a Kuli uranium mining activist in Winnipeg, Canada; and many others.
Pacific Campaign for Disarmament & Security (PCDS) (401)
Japan / $250
This group, formed by Hiro Umebayashi, organized nuclear-free zones in Japan. A Flow Fund gift was shared to support the publication of a newsletter for this group. It has since changed its name to the Pacific Peace Working Group (PPWG), which is a small, international working group of individuals with a commitment to peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. Its purpose is to continue to address the historical issues of concern of the Pacific Campaign for Disarmament & Security (PCDS) in an occasional, informal and decentralized manner.
A Computer for Fusako DeAngelis (384)
United States, Japan / $2,000
Fusako DeAngelis is a Japanese writer and anti-nuclear activist who has been writing articles for Japanese newspapers and magazines and translating important materials into Japanese. Her old word processor had been giving her problems, so a gift was shared to get a new one. She translated "Who Owns the Sun?" by Daniel M. Berman & John T. O'Connor in to Japanese, and created a Japanese web presence for the Rainforest Action Network.
No Nukes Scholarshop for Pakistanis (380)
Pakistan, Japan, Thailand / $2,000
Flow Funder: Mayumi Oda
Year Funded: 2002
The No Nukes Asia Forum International Conference was held in Chengmai, Thailand and focused on the nuclear testing and security issues of Asia, including the exportation of nuclear warheads from Japan and the United States to other Asian countries. A Flow Fund Gift was shared to bring several Pakistani delegates to the conference, as well as creating a website for the conference.
Satomi Ohba & The Safe Energy Hand Book (379)
Japan / $2,000
Flow Funder: Mayumi Oda
Satomi Ohba is an activist from Hiroshima Japan, working against civilian use of plutonium. A gift was shared with her to publish 1,000 copies of the Japanese version of the Safe Energy Hand Book for a climate conference held in Kyoto Japan.
Global Summit on Peace Through Tourism (377)
Jordan / $1,000
Flow Funder: Justine & Michael Toms
Year Funded: 2000
A gift was shared for the travel expenses of Pat Lawrence, independent radio producer of "Travel Radio Productions" to attend the Global Summit on Peace Through Tourism in Amman, Jordan, in November, 2000, and to conduct interviews with presenters and produce programming for public radio.
Universal Foundation for Better Living/Panorama of Truth Youth Program (376)
United States - Florida / $100
A gift was shared to support the Panorama of Truth Youth Program in creating educational materials to be presented a conference in Miami Beach, Florida USA, based on the principles of Maria Nemeth and her "Energy of Money" workshops.
Radio for Peace International (373)
Costa Rica, United States / $1,500
Since 1988, Radio For Peace International, located in Costa Rica, has provided shortwave radio broadcasts of informational programming on a wide range of topics vitally important to peace and justice. A gift was shared to support their "Stop Hate on Radio" campaign, to bring greater awareness and help to stop dangerous, hateful rhetoric on the radio waves. The gift also provided support for radio producer James Nathan to attend the U.N. Conference Against Racism in September, 2001.
Refugee from Sierra Leone (369)
United States, Sierra Leone / $100
A gift was shared to help buy a computer for a refugee from Sierra Leone to continue his work after he and his wife had to flee for their lives.
Looking Grand, Feeling Great (366)
http://www.darcaleenicholson.com
United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared with Darca Lee Nicholson, a healer and bodywork practitioner, to complete her natural health book, "Looking Grand, Feeling Great: Simple Practices for Beauty and Health."
Reprinting of Safe Energy Handbook in Russian and Ukrainian (365)
Russian Federation, Ukraine / $1,000
There is great demand for these local language publications (500 copies each)
Translation of Rokassho Video for Ukrainian television (358)
Ukraine, Japan / $117
This is a Japanese produced video in English of grassroots activists protesting plutonium that was shipped around the world to their plutonium reprocessing plant. I showed it to a group of activists in Kiev who were so enthusiastic about seeing non-violent forms of protest that they wanted to put it on their weekly environmental TV program.
Unlimited Possibilities Award to Ludmilla Zhirina (353)
Russian Federation / $645
There are some people who you know are working every day to make a difference and will use whatever money you give them thoughtfully with the idea of making an impact. Ludmilla is one of those people. She comes from a small city near the Ukrainian border that was the most heavily radiated as a result of the Chernobyl accident. She was inspired by our alternative energy seminars and the information she heard at the 10th Anniversary of Chernobyl conference. When I offered her the grant of $500 with no strings attached, she immediately produced a simple booklet on energy production in her area to present at a series of seminars which she did for teachers who are working in schools and environmental centers throughout her region. She reports that her booklet is very popular and that there is a demand for expanding the energy seminars. Booklets will be used by the teachers with their students throughout her area and she wants further help in expanding the energy seminars. Previously, I provided her with a $145 grant for supplies and translation for an experiential ecology seminar
Advocacy, Ecology/Sustainability, Education, Media, Nuclear, Women
Baltic Sea Information Center, Sosnovybourg, St.Petersburg (349)
Russian Federation / $850
This closed area where the government is continuing to build nuclear power plants is supported by other Baltic Sea neighbors like Finland that buy their power from this plant. Oleg Bodrov, whose life has been threatened for his dedicated work continues to publish articles in a monthly bulletin to educate the Baltic Sea activists. He needed a duplicating machine since he can no longer gain access to the machine at the plant.
Advocacy, Ecology/Sustainability, Health, Media, Nuclear, Water
Krasnoyarsk Ecological Movement (340)
Russian Federation / $2,000
Krasnoyarsk Ecological Movement Conference in the spring 1996 on threats posed by RT-2, a nuclear fuel reprocessing site under construction. If completed it would be the largest in the world. The operation would pose an enormous threat to the city of Krasnoyarsk(population one million) and to the environment. Start-up funds to enable Victor Mikheev, a hard hitting journalist who devotes time and energy to public dangers posed by RT-2, to organize this conference for next Spring.
Advocacy, Ecology/Sustainability, Health, Media, Nuclear, Water
Ecological Initiative Tomsk, Russia (336)
Russian Federation / $150
Ecological Initiative Tomsk, Russia Tomsk in Siberia is the area of the former gulags. It is also the area of a secret nuclear weapons manufacturing city. Independent scientists have found radioactive pollution in the river, Chernoble syndrome in the children who live across the river from the nuclear plant, and discovered lies on the part of the government concerning dangers of explosions from the plant and leakage from the storage of plutonium. (last May there was an explosion releasing radioactive material into the atmosphere) I have funded a professional dictaphone for a Tomsk journalist who has a weekly radio show on the environment. I got a matching grant from Sacred Earth Network. Tomsk Ecological Initiative wanted informational materials produced from the point of view of activists concerning nuclear waste, versus the government viewpoint.
Advocacy, Ecology/Sustainability, Health, Media, Nuclear, Water
Seneca Wisdom Book Project (327)
United States - New York / $1,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
A gift was shared with Twylah Nitsch, an elder of the Seneca nation, to create a book project recording Seneca lore and tradition.
Peace Dream Animated Film (326)
http://www.marthagorzycki.com/
United States / $1,000
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
This animated film for peace was created by Martha Gorzycki. The images shown in the film convey the interconnectedness, cycles, and movements of life forms in nature. The film is a dream-like journey which completes a cycle of its own with all images hand-drawn and painted. The film is inspired by creation stories from native cultures and the artist's own dreams.
Andean Music Group (312)
Ecuador, Peru, Colombia / $1,370
Flow Funder: Vijali Hamilton
A gift was shared to bring more Andean music to the world.
Juan Jose Granadus Mora's Un Mundo de Paz (309)
Costa Rica / $1,000
Flow Funder: Kazuaki Tanahashi
A gift was shared with Juan Jose Granadus Mora to supplement his continuous unpaid work of broadcasting "Un Mundo de Paz" which started broadcasting from his family-run TV station Telepaz and now is transmitted on a larger-scale through Channel 17 in Costa Rica.
Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE) (308)
http://www.fire.or.cr/indexeng.htm
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras / $1,000
Flow Funder: Kazuaki Tanahashi
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Based in Colon, Costa Rica, Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE) has done path-breaking work on organizing women for peace and environmental work. This gift helped them with their work with women in Central American countries, focusing on dialogue and action for disarmament and demilitarization.
Peace Film Projects in Costa Rica (307)
United States - California, Costa Rica / $2,000
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Catherine Margerin, a French filmmaker living in California, received the Best Short Animation Film Award at the San Francisco Film Festival in 2005 for her film "Hope." This gift was shared to help her bring her film to to various locations in Costa Rica.
Costa Rica Peace Film Research Project (301)
Costa Rica / $1,000
Awarded to Vania Alvarado Rivero and Gabriela Hernandez This grant to the Costa Rican producer and director of the award-winning film "Swin" is for completing their work to list existing Costa Rican peace films and videos and evaluate them, for those who intend to study demilitarization.
Verona Fonte of the Iris Arts & Education Group (298)
http://www.irisarts.org/index.html
Costa Rica, United States - California, Guatemala / $2,000
Flow Funder: Kazuaki Tanahashi
A gift was shared with the filmmaker Verona Fonte of the Iris Arts & Education Group, in California for preparatory work, including grant applications to create a training program for students and teachers in Central America the learn the skills to create films for peace and environmental work.
Rodrigo Carazo Odio Book Project (296)
United States, Costa Rica / $9,000
Rodrigo Carazo Odio was President of Costa Rica from 1978 to 1982. He is founder of the United Nations University for Peace in Costa Rica and is one of the most prominent speakers on the vision and practice of peace in Costa Rica, a nation that has not had an army for over 60 years. A gift was shared to support the writing of Rodrigo Carazo's first full-book publication written in English.
Independent Newspaper in Tajikistan (272)
Tajikistan / $1,000
A gift was shared with Karen Stepanyan to support the formation of an independent newspaper in Tajikistan.
Tilos Radio (270)
Hungary / $2,000
Flow Funder: David Hoffman
Year Funded: 1993
Tilos (which means "forbidden" in Hungarian) Radio was the first community radio station in Hungary, first broadcasting as a "pirate" station in 1991. Founder Laszlo Nerosi and the other programmers are all volunteers and there is no commercial support. It has a strong social and freedom-of-expression commitment, and plays a key role in the cultural and lifestyle scene of Budapest Hungary. A gift was shared with this station to help keep in on the air and broadcasting.
Kenya Jordana James (260)
United States - New York / $500
Flow Funder: Sobonfu Some
A gift was shared with Kenya Jordana James, who has been an innovator almost from the time of her birth in 1989. Growing up in New York City with her community-building mother and great grandfather, Kenya's entire life has been defined and enhanced by the village that has raised her. Tired of reading magazines that didn't speak directly to her peers, Kenya decided to create her own. Using the savings from both her jewelry business and her baking business, KenyaJordana Cakes, Kenya launched Blackgirl Magazine. She also hosts Sessions, a lively discussion between artists and the teen community, providing the opportunity for artists and community to come together to exchange ideas and information.
The Whispering Seed (251)
http://www.whisperingseed.org/
Thailand / $800
The Whispering Seed is a village-based community living & learning center and home for orphaned and abused children focusing on cross-cultural exchanges and sustainable living practices. They provide support, care and learning opportunities for refugee children, displaced people and other ethnic minorities groups living in the Thai/Burmese border region, including those who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. Through their work, they share new models for sustainable living and learning while also supporting traditional wisdom and local knowledge systems. Children's voices are honored and respected and diversity is celebrated. They respect, value and honor the inherent natural learning processes within every human being and strive to create a healthy, supportive, natural environment where that uniqueness can unfold in its own natural rhythm. The Community Living & Learning Center provides trainings, workshops, seminars and resources for villagers in the local area and to the larger international community in: holistic child-rearing, democratic models of learning, cross-cultural youth empowerment trainings, natural healing techniques, preserving traditional crafts (dance, music, spinning and weaving), documentary film making and sustainable models of living, including Permaculture, natural house building and organic farming.
Sustainable Ireland (216)
Ireland / $5,260
Flow Funder: Richard Douthwaite
This web presence promotes a new "cultural wisdom," which recognizes that social, economic and environmental health and justice are inextricably linked. A gift was shared to continue production of the Sustainable Ireland site, which shares information and news on events, publications, courses and job announcements for organizations all over Ireland.
Nadia Johanisova, Czech Author (215)
United Kingdom, Czech Republic / $3,156
Flow Funder: Richard Douthwaite
Year Funded: 2005
A gift was shared with Nadia Johanisova, a Czech writer, so she could publish "Living in the Cracks: A Look at Social Enterprises in Britain and the Czech Republic." According to the author her book is "about bottom-up initiatives such as box schemes, community-supported agriculture, land and community trusts, credit unions, local transport schemes, ethical banks, community businesses, co-operative shops, etc. in Britain and the Czech Republic. I tried to find out things about how to keep the local shop viable, how to get affordable housing for the locals, how to keep the public transport going and how to keep farms paying their way. Interviewing the people in my book was a voyage of discovery for me and hopefully will be for the reader as well."
Daughters of Copper Woman & Green Economics (214)
Czech Republic, United States / $4,000
Flow Funder: Richard Douthwaite
Year Funded: 2003
A gift was shared with The Stehlik Family Publishing House to publish and promote "Daughters of Copper Woman" and "Green Economics: An Introduction to Theory, Policy & Practice." "Daughters of Copper Woman," has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. The Stehlik Family published a new edition that is more complete, with Anne Cameron's timeless retelling of Northwest Coast Native myths that create a sublime image of the social and spiritual power of woman. "Green Economics" by Molly Scott Cato explains the axioms of green economics including views on taxation, welfare, money, economic development and work.
Animated Short Focusing on Oil Depletion (213)
United Kingdom / $4,208
Flow Funder: Richard Douthwaite
Tim Helveg-Larsen wanted to make an animated short about oil depletion. A Flow Fund Gift helped with his living expenses for the two months it will take to make it as well as enable him to buy the computer software he needed for the project.
Kerry Earth Education Project (KEEP) (212)
Ireland / $4,208
Flow Funder: Richard Douthwaite
Several gifts were shared to support several projects, including: Creating an Educational Farm Map, which includes a medicinal herb walk and native tree walk; Creating farm trail improvements and wheelchair access; Creation of display and information signs for the project; and Production of educational materials and resources to "convey to teachers what is available to them and how to incorporate them into their teaching."
Ecological Organization in Ak-Bulak (158)
Kazakhstan / $1,200
Flow Funder: Nilzia Rakhisheva
A gift was shared with this environmental organization to purchase a computer and laser printer for disseminating environmental education among students in rural areas.
Erlik Newsletter (155)
Kazakhstan / $1,400
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
A gift was shared to purchase a computer, scanner, printer, and camera that enabled disabled people to spread the word about their needs. Before this gift, there was very little information for people with spinal injuries. Now this group regularly publishes a newsletter called "Erlik."
Computer for High School Advocacy Group (154)
Kazakhstan / $1,000
Flow Funder: Natalya Koloskova
Members of this Youth Advocacy Group are students from the local school as well as young adults who are already working. The mission of the organization is to help, inform and support socially-unprotected people such as the elderly, children and disabled adults. The group already started their efforts by obtaining a list of people that need their advocacy and they have begun to visit their houses to find out what their situations and immediate needs are. In this village there is no newspaper and very few phone lines, so the organization decided to establish and print an informational bulletin, where they can write about local news, national laws and citizens' rights. To help their cause we purchased much-needed computers, a copy machine, a printer, and a modem for connecting to Internet and e-mail.
Computer Classes for Children with Disabilities (152)
Kazakhstan / $999
Flow Funder: Natalya Koloskova
A gift was shared with this organization to purchase a printer, and modem.
Rehabilitation for Children with Disabilities (148)
Kazakhstan / $700
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
This organization provides rehabilitation for children with mental disabilities. A gift was shared to purchase them a TV set and Karaoke machine, as well as re-modeling the room for art and music therapy.
Access to Television (147)
Kazakhstan / $300
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
A gift was shared to purchase an entertainment center, including a TV set, VCR, and access to cable television for children whose families do not have television at home.
Youth initiative (145)
Kazakhstan / $400
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
A gift was shared to help remodel a local movie theater. The theater shows movies about ecological issues to inspire an interest in microbiology and ecology.
Digital Camera (144)
Kazakhstan / $300
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
A Flow Fund Gift was shared to purchase a digital camera for taking good, quality pictures which can be used for information exchange on the internet.
Entertainment Center for Recreation Center (143)
Kazakhstan / $1,300
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
This recreation center provides prevention of childhood crime, drug abuse and alcoholism. A gift was shared to purchase a small entertainment center (TV and VCR), and a karaoke machine.
Camera for High School Activists (142)
Kazakhstan / $100
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
A gift was shared to help purchase a digital camera so teen activists from the local high school can publish a weekly newsletter with pictures showing their activities. A publication will also help them participate in contests for young journalists.
Preventing teenage violence (141)
Kazakhstan / $20
Flow Funder: Natalya Levkina
A gift was shared to purchase a camera for this youth club that prevents teenage violence. With this camera, the kids can show pictures of their work and make displays of pictures to attract interest in their activities.
Media Equipment for Local Residents (129)
Kazakhstan / $1,080
Flow Funder: Mira Bocharnikova
A gift was shared to purchase a computer and copy machine, so local residents can stay informed about local government, politics and the city budget.
Copier for Local Diabetic Organization (106)
Kazakhstan / $400
Flow Funder: Gulmira Beketova
Funds were shared for the purchase of a copy machine so a local diabetic organization can make multiple copies of the teaching materials they distribute on how to recognize symptoms of diabetes. It is proven that catching the illness in its early stages makes the treatment much more effective.
Extracurricular Activities for Children (76)
Kazakhstan / $500
Flow Funder: Aigul Dyusenova
This gift helped fund some extracurricular activities for children who could not afford them on their own.
Computer Classes for Children (74)
Kazakhstan / $1,100
Flow Funder: Aigul Dyusenova
A Flow Fund Gift was shared with the Martyk Center of Youth to create computer classes for children who had no previous opportunity to study with computers. These kids went on to publish a bulletin explaining the basics of ecology and how kids can help create a better environment.
Vento em Popa (71)
http://www.ventoempopa.org.br/
Brazil / $512
Flow Funder: Sonia Cafe
Vento em Popa, a nongovernmental organization, helps communities living in poor areas near water supply dams and rivers by strengthening their social base with educational and cultural projects. They work with young people (15 to 19 years old) teaching them to create channels of communication that integrate them with their local communities, which includes the creation of a library and a locally-printed newspaper. A gift was shared to help them buy a camera.
Multimedia & Experiential Presentation by Luisah Teish (62)
United States / $1,000
A gift was shared with Luisah Teish, a Uruba Priestess, to create a traveling multimedia experiential presentation on the importance of water in Africa.
Mything Links (45)
United States / $250
A gift was shared to support a web site of annotated and illustrated collections of worldwide links to mythologies, fairy tales, folklore, sacred arts and traditions.
Kill the Buddha (44)
United States / $600
A gift was shared to support an ecumenical web site for individuals to post personal reflections on religion and spirituality.
The Vietnam Experience (43)
United States - California / $250
A gift was shared to support a website created by Vietnam veterans for the recollections, stories, and memorials of veterans and their families.
Al-Fatiha Foundation (42)
United States - California / $500
A gift was shared to support the work of the Al-Fatiha Foundation, which fosters contact among gay Muslims through conferences, local chapters, and internet news groups.
Spiritual Stories of Personal Transformation (41)
United States - California / $250
A gift was shared to support a web site that is an ecumenical forum where individuals post personal stories of spiritual transformation.
Queer Jihad (40)
http://www.well.com/user/queerjhd/
Thailand / $250
A Flow Fund Gift was shared to support the creation of a web presence, fostering international contact among gay Muslims. The site includes articles on Islamic theology and gay issues.
Soul of the Web (39)
http://www.souloftheweb.com/about/
United States - California / $800
A gift was shared to support a web site that lists outstanding personal web pages, reviewed by the volunteer editors.
ColorQ World: Interracial Interactions Between People of Color (38)
United States - California / $250
A gift was shared to support the creation of the ColorQ website, aimed at fostering tolerance of ethnic, religious, and political minorities around the world. The site includes articles, links and personal experiences.
Association of Transpersonal Psychology (ATP) (17)
United States - California / $7,000
A gift was shared to assist ATP in the move to a new location, revision to their journal publication, and the creation of a web site.
Digital Storytelling (15)
United States - California / $2,500
A gift was shared to support the training of teachers to instruct indigenous children in the creation of digital stories inspired from traditional stories.
Native American Radio Drama Project (14)
United States - California, Mexico / $2,000
A gift was shared to support a cultural-exchange radio program between the indigenous cultures of the United States and Mexico.
Oral History Project (13)
United States - California / $500
A gift was shared to support the "Circle of Voices" project, specifically for videotaping and documenting the last natural speakers of indigenous California Native American languages.
Jade King Productions: Multi-Ethnic Resource Website (3)
United States - California / $4,000
A gift was shared to help develop a screenwriters' resource web site, focusing on authentic, multi-ethnic screen and television characters to challenge stereotypes and explore alternative options for expanding the range of ethnic characters in films.