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Great article by Joan Chittister here on vocation and the spirituality of work.
“Work,” the Persian poet Gilbran writes, “is love made visible.” The meaning is clear: We do not work for ourselves, we work so that others may not […]
We walk through town. Down dirt roads or trails littered with rocks and trash. A flow of muddy, milky water braids its way downhill, further.
We stop at one of the many wire and wood gates fixed into the brush fences along the road marking a house. A mother holding a small child […]
I’ve been reading a lot lately about Solidarity Economics, a movement that has gained great momentum in Central and South America, and is in its infant stages here in the US. People Not Profit was founded on many of Solidarity Economics’ principles and aspires to far more in the future.
Here are two articles worth a […]
New photo galleries from Salvador trip
Closed Published by peoplenotprofit August 13th, 2007 on People not profitphotos here
fotos of the construction project
Closed Published by peoplenotprofit August 3rd, 2007 on People not profithere
more galleries on the way soon.
Trip summary, vol II: Being with the people
Closed Published by peoplenotprofit July 31st, 2007 on People not profitOne of the most gratifying aspects of the trip was the opportunity to be with the people of El Sunza. Rather than going in as problem-solvers working for the people, we went to learn about the village, to get to know the people there, and to work alongside them on things like home construction, kids […]
Better version of El Salvador video
Closed Published by peoplenotprofit July 31st, 2007 on People not profitHere’s a higher quality version of the video we posted a couple weeks ago.
Trip summary, vol. I: Foto Voz
Closed Published by peoplenotprofit July 26th, 2007 on People not profitWhile some of us were working on building a house, others were busy working with El Sunza’s youth on a project we’ve named (quite unoriginally) Foto Voz (photo voice).
The idea of the project was to put cameras in the hands of village kids - to give them a medium and voice through which to capture […]
We’ve spent the last nine days away from the internet (which has been nice), hence the first trip update. We left the village this morning and are in San Salvador at the home of our friends the Rosales’, who run Fundacion Sueños. Outside, a thunderstorm rages, very typical of afternoons here. It has rained every […]
Last Friday and Saturday we had 12 artists and 4 musicians contribute their talents for the benefit of our friends in El Sunza, El Salvador. Salvadoran-themed art was displayed and sold and music by Balmorhea and Alex Dupree were enjoyed by all. All proceeds to benefit the people of El Sunza. Pictures and info here.
We’ll […]