Orphans International Worldwide

At Cipriani: 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage

Jim Luce | Posted 05.14.2012

This year, a luncheon hosted by the Women's Refugee Commission focused on the need to protect and empower displaced adolescent girls -- one of the most vulnerable groups within a refugee setting.

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Back in Haiti

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Haiti Orphans, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans International Worldwide, Children Poverty, Haiti Poverty, Haiti Aid, World News

I am back in Haiti and very happy to be here. People are friendly and open although they are constantly by challenged poverty and lack of opportunity. There is hope here, and I'm not sure why.

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Afghan Fund Launched As Orphans Visit New York

Jim Luce | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Vital Voices Global Partnership, Islam, Bear Bar & Restaurant of Long Island City, Zolaykha Sherzad, Children, Delicious Leaves of Nature Tea, Hassina Sherjan, Rio Market/Food of Astoria, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Orphans, Jim Luce, Taliban, Boumi, Afghan Fund, Quran Burning, Philanthropy, Goldman Sachs, Cynthia Artin, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, 10000 Women, John Lee, Ian Pounds, Csr, Vanessa Cabezas, New York Stock Exchange, Awc, Afghanistan, Social Enterprise Organizations, Zarif Design, Washington D.C., Chi, Paul Stevers, Afceco, Global Motherhood, Afghan Child Education & Care Organization, Artin Arts, Diana Rowan Rockefeller, Brian Williams, New York City, Non-Profit and Philanthropic Center, Oiww, Diana Rockefeller, Afghan Women Connect, Andeisha Farid, Milk Burger, Corporate America, Orphans International Worldwide, Lauri Grossman, Edwin Gould Foundation, Daniel Santana, CharityHelp International, Dina Habib Powell, Point Brazil Restaurant-Cafe-Grill & Buffet, Impact News

With the American presence in Afghanistan shaken in the horrific wake of Quran burnings, the death of innocent civilians and indications that the Amer...

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Partnership (Or, We Can't Do It All by Ourselves)

Hayden Bixby | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Partnership, Relationship Building, Kenya, Non-Profit, Orphans International Worldwide, Impact News

Lately, I'm increasingly aware that I participate in another kind of stewardship. Not just of the relationship between individuals and Cura, but also between other organizations and ours. The work we do has both built and relied upon partnership.

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Help Me to Support Education and Orphan Care in Bihar, India

Jim Luce | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Ranjan Kumar, Orphan Care, Gyanjyoti Rural Elementary School, Luce Leader, Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust, Bataspur Village, Pilgrimage, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Education, Bodh Gaya, India, Orphans International Worldwide, Bihar, Hinduism, Rural Development, Impact News

One of the highlights of my pilgrimage to India has been meeting Ranjan Kumar, founder and president of the Gyanjyoti Rural Development Welfare Trust.

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Touching the Untouchables in a Rural Indian Village

Jim Luce | Posted 03.17.2012

I have been privileged to visit two "Untouchable" villages while here on pilgrimage in India -- the first about four miles outside Bodh Gaya in Bihar province, and the other about four hours south of here, in the village of Dumri in Jharkhand province.

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At the UN: Co-hosting Conference on World Peace, Health and Culture

Jim Luce | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Raising Global Citizens, Orphans International Worldwide, World Peace, Minzu University, Beijing, United Nations, N.Y.U. School of Medicine, Thailand, China, International Committee Against Mental Illness, Oiww, Dr. Robert Cancro, Wang Yanfeng, Dr. Noel Brown, Peace, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Wang Linxu, Friends of the United Nations, International Development, UCT International Culture Development, Public Health, The Arts, Chinese Medical Development Foundation, Li Baodong, China Health and Medical Development Foundation, Philanthropy, Health, Chinese Ambassador, U.N. Charter, New York City, Yiling Li, Li Guodong, Culture, Johns Hopkins, Culture Conference, Icami, Impact News

Recently I agreed to co-host the World Peace, Health and Culture Conference at the United Nations on behalf of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW),...

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My Mother: "God Damn It James, I Raised You Better Than That!"

Jim Luce | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Women?S Issues, Dudley Gates, Civil Rights, Sri Lanka, Boston, Gloria Steinem, Uni Haiti, Luce Family, Tiger Mom, Orphan Care, Paris, Elie Wiesel, Gandhi, Harvard, Oiww, Khalil Gibran, Indonesia, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Portland Maine, Social Responsibility, International University Center Haiti, Stanford L. Luce, Church of England, Warfield Simpson, Frances Dudley Alleman-Luce, Mother Jones, WASP Mom, Episcopal Church, Mathew Luce, Slave Owners, Haiti, Mothers, New York City, SOS Children?S Village, Thomas Dudley, Martin Luther King, Gay & Lesbian Issues, Orphans International Worldwide, Anti-Bullying, Women?S Liberation, Martha's Vineyard, Desiderata, Impact News

My mother's words still ring out in my head, year after year. It was Thanksgiving 1998, Boston. I was continuing to complain about how traumatized I...

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International Community Gathers for "Uni Haiti" at Upper East Gala

Jim Luce | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Uni Haiti, International University Center Haiti, International Development, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti Development, Haiti Relief, Haiti Recovery, Impact News

Although 200 guests were expected, 250 arrived to the United Nations's social club Aux Antilles's 21st annual dinner, this year to benefit the Interna...

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Haiti: Almost Two Years Later

Jim Luce | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Uni Haiti, Haiti, Orphans International, Orphans International Worldwide Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Impact News

We are in the game to stay -- and to win. Many NGOs raised millions of dollars for Haiti and have already packed it in. Our Uni Haiti is just beginning.

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Long After Tsunami, Rotary's Youth Centre Continues in Aceh, Indonesia

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William B. Boyd, Australia, Aceh, Rotary International, Bill Boyd, Sri Lanka, Manado, Banda Aceh, Haiti, Rotary Youth Centre Aceh, Jakarta, Oiww, Tsunami, Dedek Arahman, Indonesia, Sumatra, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Orphanage, Arkansas, Bush and Clinton Foundation, John Hewko, International Development, Orphans International Worldwide, Fulbright Tsunami Relief Program, Bali, Fulbright Scholars, Turramurra, World News

I arrived in Aceh a few weeks after the catastrophic Tsunami of December 2004. As founder of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), I wanted to use ...

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Rotary International Names Dynamic New General Secretary

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rotary International, Conflict, Sri Lanka, Leogane, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sustainable Development, Marshall Scholar, Oiww, Tsunami, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jim Luce, John Hewko, Rotary Foundation, Harvard Law School, Oxford University, India, Baker & McKenzie, Polio, World Health Organization, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Orphans International Worldwide, Usaid, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Impact News

There are 1.2 million Rotarians in 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas, and they couldn't have a more capable general secretary than John Hewko.

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Japanese Holistic Healer in NYC to Build School for Tibetan Orphans in India

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Benihana, Tawang, Japan Tibet House, Hank Luce, Dharamsala, Socialite, Jim Luce, Bhutan, Rocky Aoki, Himalayas, Kazuko Tatsumura, Tibetan Orphans, Leila Luce, John Lee, Richard Gere, Tibet House, Dalai Lama, Office of the Dalai Lama Japan, Tibetan Buddhism, Dr. Robert Thurman, Tibetans, Sutra, Keiko Aoki, New York City, Oiww, Manjushree Orphanage, Colombia University, GaiaHolistic.Com, Kazuko Hillyer, Guwahati, Orphans International Worldwide, Japan, Lama Thupten Phuntsok, Impact News

Manjushree Orphanage, she explained to us, is in the village of Tawang, located at the foot of the Himalayas where there has long been a border dispute between China and India.

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NYC Adaptive Design Group for Special Needs Kids Set to Expand Globally

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Special Needs Children, Alex Truesdell, Disabled Children, Adaptive Design, Adaptive Design Association, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Impact News

A friend told me about an organization that helps children with special physical needs "adapt" to ordinary home and classroom situations using "green" technology and, in the process, employing women leaving prison.

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Private Initiative Marshall Plan Launches for the New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earthquake, Long Distance Learning Institute, Mdgs, Luce Group Investments, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Commerce, Jérémie, Iraq, NYU Polytechnic, Cayes-Jacmel, Léogâne, International University of Haiti, Oiww, Belo Water, Liberal Arts, Indonesia, Stewardship Report, Jim Luce, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Social Programs, Social Responsibility, Port-Au-Prince, Global Leadership Institute, Gonaives, Institute for Haitian Stability., Oloffson Hotel, International Film Institute, Integrated Development, Education, Cholera Epidemic, Social Entrepreneurism, Universities of the West Indies, Microfinance, Art Restoration Institute, New York City, Haiti, Vocational Studies, Tsunami, Private Initiative, Marshall Plan, New Haiti, Millennium Development Goals, Haitian Museum of Art, International University, YMCA Léogâne, Luce Group Integrated Development Plan for the New Haiti, Professional Development, Ganthier, Luce Publications, Orphans International Worldwide, Integrated Import-Export, Jacmel, Betaville, Cap-Haïtien, World News

I have been working in Haiti since Christmas 1999. That New Year's Eve I hired my first staff -- my first local partner -- with a handshake at the Ol...

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The Dichotomy of Haiti: Hell Meets, well, Heaven

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Jeremie, Gateway to Haiti?S South, Togo, Cayes-Jacmel, Jacmel, Coffee Merchants, Sri Lanka, Mario Benjamin, Leogane, French Quarter, Citadelle, Ewe, West Africa, Artibonite, Kenscoff, Dante?S Inferno, Franketienne, Poverty, Caribbean, Neuschwannstein, Ghana, Earthquake, Benin, Oiww, Rene Preval, Southern Province, Tourism, Nobel Prize, Cap Haitien, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Petionville, Gonaives, Petit-Goave, Saint-Marc, Port-Au-Prince, Central Plateau, Impact News

There is a fundamental dichotomy in Haiti between Heaven and Hell. I chose to embrace its heaven while trying to eradicate its hell.

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Join Us in Integrated Approach to Build The New Haiti

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: We Can?T Have That Foundation, Usaid, University of West Indies, Microcredit, Nyu, Housing, Social Responsibility, World Bank, Liberal Arts, Internet Connectivity, Federation Des Caisses, International Developent Fund, Family Care, Harvard, Desjardins Developpement International, Yale, Leogane, Ganthier, Orphan Care, Kiwanis, International University of Haiti, Princeton, Lions International, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Nyu-Polytec, Cheddi Jagan, Skype, Health Care, Agricultural Cooperatives, Rotary, Creating Global Leadership, International Development, Haitian Diaspora, Earthquake, European Union, Croix-Des-Bouquets, Chf, Oiww, New York City, Tourism, Thomas Dudley, Education, Commerce, College of Wooster, New Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Petit-Goave, Professional Development, Hospital St. Croix, Creole Language, Ecole De La Redemption, January 12, World News

Léogâne, Haiti. I am perhaps the most excited I have been in my entire life as I prepare to move to Haiti next month. Ten months after the earthqu...

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Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ceuca, Rotary International, Loyola University Maryland, Great Lakes College Association, Catholic Relief Services, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Peace, Sargent Shriver, Martin Buber, Global Citizens, Hubert Humphrey, Afs, Paul Tillich, U.S. Olympic Committee, Africa, Turfism, Harris Wofford, Peter Paul and Mary, Peacemaking, I Have a Dream Speech, Rwanda, Poverty, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington D.C., Paul Stevers, Albert Camus, Apprentice House, Experiment in International Living, George Mcgovern, Sister Cities, Operation Respect, Fulbright Scholars, Martin Luther King, Hutus, Colombia, Glca, Jimmy Carter, Carol Bellamy, Peace Through Moderation, Tutsis, Mercy Corps, Thought Leaders, Extremism, Ethiopia, Sam Farr, Social Responsibility, Affluence, Jim Luce, Charles ?Chic? Dambach, Peace Corps, Fidel Castro, U.N., Kai Dambach, Exhaust the Limits:, Justice, Conflict Resolution, Peter Yarrow, Bill Clinton, Care, Les Miserables, Nea, U.S. Foreign Aid, New York City, Oiww, Appalachia, Fundamentalist Mindset, Bogotá, Three Cups of Tea, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Techendama, Eritrea, World News

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

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Skype Interview with Josh Silverman on Haiti and Bettering Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bettering Humanity, Faith, Priit Kasesalu, Kazaa, Thought Leaders, Luxembourg, Estonia, California, London, San Jose (CA), Oiww, Prague, Tartu, Service to Humanity, Josh Silverman, Niklas Zennström, Italy, Janus Friis, Skype C.E.O., Hierarchy of Needs, Frica, United States, Skype, Connectivity, Global Conversation, Skype Limited, Social Responsibility, Haiti, Jaan Tallinn, Global Citizenship, Stockholm, Follow Your Heart, Ahti Heinla, Ngos, Connecting Goodness, Orphans International Worldwide, Tallinn, Technology News

As you probably know, the multilingual, cross-platform Voice over Internet Protocol, instant messaging, and videoconferencing sensation known as Skype...

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Overcoming Barriers with Electronic Connectivity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Cell Phones, Nuclear Weaponry, Social Networking, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Email, Facebook, Raise Global Citizens, Global Citizens, Fundamentalists Anonymous, E-Applications, Kenya, Germany, Barcelona, Following Your Heart, Africa, Ceos, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, M-Applications, Brussels, Skype, Israel, Asia, Maternal Mortality, Josh Silverman, Digital Divide, Linkedin, Economic Opportunity, Goodness, Terrorism, Mobile Phones, Microsoft, Washington DC, Bettering Humanity, Ignacio Mas, Mdgs, DataDyne.Org, Education, Cellular Technology., Colombia, Rio De Janeiro, Health, Japan, Connecting Goodness, Thought Leaders, Favela, Extremism, Maasai, Cultural Understanding, Skype for Educators, Center for International Virtual Schooling, Mhealth, Americas, Jim Luce, Information Technology, Philippines, Internet, Clinton Global Initiative, Middle East, Finance, Bridging Cultural Divides, Communications, Disruptive Companies, Huffington Post, Webcam, money.com, Child Mortality, Bill Clinton, Developing World, Twitter, Meducation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Stockholm, Oiww, Daily Kos, Mfinance, Mservices, Connectivity, Mobile Technology, Fundamentalist Mindset, Palestinian, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, Software, Mobile Games, Jlsr, Long Distance Learning, GSM Association?S World Congress, Impact News

Where we no longer must allocate the time and resources to go physically to all corners of the earth -- Facebook, Skype, our email takes us there.

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Connectivity Is Key To Social Change

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mhealth, Mdgs, Information Technology, money.com, Mfinance, Jim Luce Stewardship Report, Extremism, Email, Asia, Raise Global Citizens, Global Citizens, Fundamentalists Anonymous, E-Applications, Oiww, Jim Luce, Rio De Janeiro, Following Your Heart, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Mservices, M-Applications, Digital Divide, Barcelona, Maternal Mortality, Josh Silverman, Microsoft, Washington DC, Twitter, Bettering Humanity, Connectivity, Ignacio Mas, Americas, Japan, Meducation, DataDyne.Org, Education, Cellular Technology., Harlem, Internet, Health, Social Networking, Israel, Cell Phones, Huffington Post, Connecting Goodness, Webcam, Favela, Kenya, Linkedin, Skype for Educators, Brussels, Center for International Virtual Schooling, Thought Leaders, Economic Opportunity, Goodness, Clinton Global Initiative, Middle East, Ceos, Finance, Jlsr, Bridging Cultural Divides, Disruptive Companies, Nuclear Weaponry, Child Mortality, Philippines, Bill Clinton, Developing World, Cultural Understanding, Germany, Fundamentalist Mindset, Africa, Maasai, Palestinian, Skype, Colombia, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Mobile Phones, Facebook, Communications, Haiti, Daily Kos, Stockholm, Mobile Games, Software, Mobile Technology, Long Distance Learning, Terrorism, Orphans International Worldwide, GSM Association?S World Congress, Healthy Living News

In the spring I travelled to Barcelona for the GSM Association's World Congress, with 49,000 participants spread between mobile phone-related 1,300 ve...

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One Woman's Mission: Empowering World's Poorest Girls to Transform World

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women?S Leadership Development, International Year of Youth, Empowering Girls, Amartya Sen, Social Responsibility, HIV/AID, World Bank, Wangari Maathai, United Nations, Jim Luce, Taliban, Violence Against Girls, Not a Job but a Life, Child Advocate, Women?S Issues, Asia, Sofias, Population Reference Bureau, Developing Countries, International Development, Gender Inequity, Empowering Women of Nepal, Kofi Annan, New York City, Oiww, Girls, Mdgs, Jin In, Bangladesh, Millennium Development Goals, Nepal, Orphans International Worldwide, Female Infanticide, Hillary Clinton, Korean-American, Acid Attacks, International Museum of Women, World News

I first met Jin In off a snowy sidewalk near Bryant Park in New York City this past winter. She just returned from Nepal, energized. There, she was ...

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"Chosen" by Chandra Hoffman -- From Cornell To A Romanian Orphanage

Chandra Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chosen, Chandra Hoffman, Book Blog, Books, Author Blog, Orphanages, Orphans International Worldwide, Books News

Like my protagonist, Chloe Pinter, I went into the adoption business with the intention of creating happy endings, magic families, and joy from sorrow.

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