We wish you and your family a healthy and prosperous new year! Thank you for your support in 2009. We look forward to your continued friendship in 2010 and all that the new decade will bring.
A few posts that we thought you might be interested in on our sister site, Asian Philanthropy Forum:
* BRAC founder and chairperson will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. BRAC is the largest NGO in the world, employing over 120,000 people. Fazle Hasan Abed will be knighted for his services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and in other parts of the world.
* Land mines (ERW) risk reduction in Cambodia. Wesley Hedden joins Asian Philanthropy Forum as a contributing writer. He shares his experience at a brainstorming session on land mine safety with children in the Lumtong Chas village in Cambodia.
* A floating Bangladesh. Nadia Shafiullah shares her thoughts about climate change and how it is affecting Bangladesh. She tells of how one man is building floating schools for children who are isolated in villages inundated by flood waters for most of the year.
* Aditya Jha, Indo-Canadian philanthropists. Mr. Jha supports social enterprises in Canada, Nepal and India. The subject was previously featured by the South Asian Philanthropy Project.
Photo courtesy of Pomito; New Year in Vietnam
