Triple amputee Kamala Srestha from Nepal is about to launch her first music CD. MEND has been one of her sponsors and supporters for 5 years! Isn't she beautiful?? Click here for a sample of her music.
MEND's secretary, Peter Baker, was recently interviewed by the Bay of Plenty Times. They got the website address wrong, but other than that, it is a great article! Click here to download it so you can zoom it up to read it.
Although Hope Center Kashmir, which MEND supports, did not win the BBC World Challenge in 2008, just being one of the finalists has brought additional visibility to the Center:Better World India recently published a story on the two BBC finalists from India.
The BBC World Challenge has selected one of MENDs partners, SheHope in Kasmir as a finalist in the 2008 World Challenge competition - out of over 700 entries!! Click here for the details on SheHope's entry http://www.webbytalents.com/play.php?vid=568
And here is the main World Challenge 09 site: http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/
Now in its fourth year, World Challenge 08 is a global competition aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. World Challenge 08 is brought to you by BBC World News and Newsweek, in association with Shell, and is about championing and rewarding projects and business which really make a difference.
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