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Thanks to all of our supporters, our spring fundraiser at Primitive Gallery here in Chicago was a huge success. The music of Opposition Party was incredible, and the delectable treats and cocktails did not disappoint. Guests were able to see my documentary that recounts my African humanitarian trip and were also entertained by Dan Brando and Jay Collen, amazing magicians, as well as Lisa

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It has been said that if work is what liberates women, then African women are the most liberated in the world. After all, they do produce over 70% of the continent’s food, as women usually cultivate the crops and tend to the fields. As for trade, women dominate the market economy of the village as well. Throughout West Africa , I have witnessed firsthand the tireless work ethic of African

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Much has been written about the benefits of micro-finance recently, especially since Bangaldeshi Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank, won the Pulitzer Peace Prize in 2006. To briefly summarize, micro-finance is the provision of financial services to poor people in developing countries who lack access to the commercial banking system. For those unfamiliar with this world-changing concept, please

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Malaria kills over a million people a year, yes one million! Last month, I walked out of my hotel and saw my local friend Steven lying under a palm tree, wracked in sweat and shaking violently. I didn’t have to ask him what the problem was; it was obvious he was in the midst of a malaria attack. Watching someone in the throes of an attack is a gruesome experience. Fortunately for Steven, I was

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK9dU_scooQ“It’s so hard to feed all of these hungry bellies,” I am told by Adama, a Senegalese mother of seven. We hear about the problems posed by overpopulation, but often cannot comprehend how this issue effects people on an individual level. Coming face-to-face with a malnourished family of nine is heart-wrenching. Due to the absence of reproductive health

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Here is an outtake from a Senegalese TV news program that featured the work of Adam and 100 Friends: http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=uvPAtE7tGvsWhile passing through a local market here in Senegal , I saw a group of kids standing in a single-file line, each holding wooden tablets covered with Arabic script. I had heard these students, known as talibes, were provided lessons in reading Arabic and

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8v-g4uM7Kc Life here in the desert is a daily struggle to survive. It is hard for many of us to comprehend such a tenuous grip on life, but it is true. I have spent the last few weeks in, or on the fringes of the Sahara Desert. Here in the transitional region known as the Sahel that covers over a million square miles, I can see that people here are locked into a

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhojA95e3Qc Here in Dogon country, a remote region of Mali in West Africa, after climbing a red rocky cliff and perching myself upon a 500 year-old cubical hut, I had an epiphany. As I watched the sun rise over the boundless plain below me, I felt like I could feel the sweep of history. After all, this is the terrain of the Dogon people, who over the course of the

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6YWk4Vvws How does a 14th century King of Mali relate to the modern plight of the handicapped people in this destitute West African country?Sandiata Keita’s greatness was predicted before his birth when a witch-doctor prophesized that Sogolan (a particularly ugly princess) would beget the greatest king in the world. That prediction seemed pretty implausible when

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Quest for Peace: Helping the Eager Youth of Sierra Leone Achieve a Brighter Future“War and fighting will not solve our problems. We need to band together and make a change at the bottom!”After meeting so many positive-thinking young people here in Sierra Leone, it has become obvious to me that if real change is to take place here, it must be targeted to the younger generation of this war-torn

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OPERATION SCHOOLBOOK COMPLETE! Though there are a few government-commissioned billboards commemorating Guinea ’s 50 year anniversary of independence, people here do not seem to be in much of a celebratory mood. Though it is true that Guinea ’s independence from France united many tribes behind a strong feeling of nationalism back in 1958, the reality here today is not one of national glory,

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-AbzvIxr88(VIDEO UPDATE)AFRICAN FIELD REPORT #2: Alleviating Infant Mortality in Guinea-BissauThe Milkman Cometh!You ever wonder what ever happened to the baby in the bed next to you at thenursery? Did he go on to become a doctor? Is she a race-car driver? It wasn’t until I landed here in Guinea-Bissau, a tiny impoverishednation in West Africa that I pondered

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Welcome to Africa! This is my first field report from my humanitarian trip to West Africa.Here is a video intro:http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgrWX0UJqgAFRICAN AID #1: Sweetness Helps Low Blood Sugar On the eve of my recent birthday, #34, my thoughts centered on my child hood hero, Walter Payton, the record-breaking Running Back for the Chicago Bears. As a child, I idolized #34 for his amazing

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HOW TO DONATE - TAX-DEDUCTIBLEPlease send check payable to:100 Friends2140 Shattuck Avenue #2050Berkeley, CA 94704with Adam Carter in the Memo[Letters confirming your tax-free (501-c-3 status) contribution will be sent to your home by 100 Friends. I will also provide documentation from the field regarding contributions.]

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VIVA AFRICA!! Many thanks to all of you who came out to enjoy the Afro-Cuban Rumba Fundraiser at Las Tablas in Chicago! The fundraiser was a great success, with over $600 raised for my looming humanitarian trip to Africa. It was wonderful to bring so many great people (including some of my childhood friends such as this motley crew pictured above) together for such a worthy cause.

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Last week, on behalf of 100 Friends, I attended an awareness meeting for Direct Aid Iraq (DAI) at Northwestern Hospital here in Chicago. DAI is a humanitarian relief and peacebuilding project intended to build bridges of friendship and support with Iraqis displaced as the result of the ongoing Iraqi crises through providing funds for crucial medical expenses. 100 Friends donated $1,000 last year

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AFRICAN MUSICAL LEGEND HABIB KOITE RECENTLY INVITED ME TO COLLABORATE WITH HIM WHEN I VISIT HIS HOME COUNTRY OF MALI, IN WEST AFRICA. CHECK OUT OUR BACKSTAGE VIDEO:

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TWO FRANKS AND PHILIPPINE PHILANTHROPY “You've gotta accent-u-ate the positive, eli-mi-nate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-between.You gotta spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum. Have faith or pandemonium's liable to walk upon the scene." -Frank SinatraDuring my first trip to Asia in 1996, I

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Please send check payable to: 100 Friends2140 Shattuck Avenue #2050Berkeley, CA 94704with Adam Carter in the Memo[Letters confirming your tax-free (501-c-3 status) contribution will be sent to your home by 100 Friends. I will also provide documentation from the field regarding contributions.]

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With the stark threat of global warming closing in on us, current talk regarding the Amazon focuses on environmental issues. While it is true that the degradation of the region is already taking a punishing toll on the Earth´s delicate natural balance, this universalistic approach overlooks the hundreds of communities that inhabit the Amazon and the day-to-day struggle for survival they currently

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“You´re going to Manrique? Better be careful!” I hear that a lot here in Medellin, in reference to this rough and tumble neighborhood where I have been volunteering my time lately. To Colombians, there is still a stigma of violence associated with Manrique. After all, in the 80´s and 90´s, this barrio was once ground zero for the Medellin Cartel´s cocaine wars. Pablo Escobar, the most infamous of

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The tight alleyway wound its way through a labyrinth of concrete. Everywhere I looked narrow stairways led into dark caverns. My path dipped and veered, rose and fell, winding left, then right, up then down. Electrical wire hung haphazardly from low-hanging poles and the never-ending network of plastic water pipes all seemed to be interconnected. There was no method to the madness – it was a

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Water is the gift of life. We hear that often - but ask anyone who has suffered months of drought and they will tell you, indeed, this truth is more powerful than we might ever imagine.Every day we are bombarded with statistics about how many people in the world are experiencing certain hardships; twelve million are refugees, over a billion live below the poverty line and countless others are

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