Deadly Floods Strike NE Brazil
May 7, 2009 | Nancy BaconFloods are once again affecting Brazil’s northeast. Shantytowns are built precariously up steep hillsides, and these rains cause tremendous devastation to impoverished people living in these communities. CNN Link
New book on aid in Africa echoes Bahia Street lessons
May 4, 2009 | Nancy BaconNew York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof reviews Richard Dowden’s new book entitled Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles and quotes Dowden as saying: “Aid agencies, Western celebrities, rock stars and politicians cannot save Africa. Only Africans can develop Africa. Outsiders can help, but only if they understand it, work with it.” Further in support of Dowden’s thesis, Kristof speaks in favor of grassroots efforts with local knowledge and support, concluding that “We could do much more to support such efforts, with us Westerners serving as aides and financiers to African social entrepreneurs.”
I could not help but think about Bahia Street while reading this review. We have long stated that we are providing financial support and invited advice to a community of individuals — lead by Rita — working for social change within their own society. I appreciated reading Dowden and Kristof’s views on aid in Africa because it speaks to the types of partnerships across cultures that best end poverty for our world’s most impoverished people.
Bahia Street News
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2006 ANNUAL REPORT
Click here for the 2006 Annual Report.
Released February 2007.
2007 ANNUAL MEETING NOTES
On February 25, 2007, Bahia Street invited donors and friends to a house party at which International Director Margaret Willson discussed the organization’s areas of focus for the year. Click here for the 2007 Annual Meeting Notes. We have a busy year ahead of us!
BAHIA STREET CENTER LIBRARY
One of our 2007 goals is to establish a bi-lingual library (Portuguese/English) at the newly remodeled Bahia Street Center. We have received generous donations of books and funds to buy books, we are well underway to having a fully operational library by the end of the 2007 school year.
We thank the following companies for their support:
Alibris (United States)
Companhia das Letras (Brazil)
Editora Rocco (Brazil)
Yazigi Language Schools (Brazil)
We thank Dr. Mitchell Davis for his generous financial support of the library project. Dr. Davis learned about our project through the Alibris Donate-A-Book program and provided funding for 500 Portuguese language books.
The library project would not have been possible without the help of Sarah Odedina (Bloomsbury Publishing), Laura Riff, Bill Kane (Alibris), Patty Heiser (University of Washington ESL), and Bahia Street volunteers Rebecca Sayre and Melanie Wyffels.
Bahia Street is grateful for the time, effort, and financial support of this international group of individuals and companies. Thank you for your support!
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