August 12 is International Youth Day for 2016 and the theme is – Road to 2030: Eradicating Poverty and Achieving Sustainability. As one of the teen ambassadors for Moeloco and the founder of my own charity and social enterprise initiatives, today is
Understanding India’s Caste System
In a previous blog post, I wrote about my own experiences with India’s caste system, where I witnessed discrimination between castes in both life and death. People of lower castes are often denied certain privileges, such as admission to certain
RAISING HOPE Breaking the Poverty Cycle
The Hope Foundation does so much for the children of Kolkata and education is such a huge part of the strategy to break the poverty cycle. This extends into the vital teaching of life skills as the children get older
The Challenge of Perspective: Living Below the Poverty Line
Last week my life returned to normal… My life is never anything but normal! What I am referring to though is life pre my Below the Poverty Line Challenge I participated in the week before where I only had
SOUL SEARCH: Making big dreams happen through small steps every day
Moeloco is one huge crazy dream. We love finding fellow crazy dreamers. Here are two we love who have turned their dreams into a reality too! Vietnamese born Toan Lam scours the globe for the “street corner” heroes of stories
BEST FOOT FORWARD Stunning Henna Art
Now, the foot tends not to be the most attractive part of the body. Our feet walk us around, hold us up, deal with us squishing them into ridiculously high heels or sweaty socks all day – it’s no wonder