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Helping Hands Newsletter
by Andrew Harvey,
BGR adviser
Our Projects
BGR projects are designed both to provide emergency food aid and to promote greater food productivity at the grassroots level. We partner with organizations that are already operating on the ground in areas of interest. MORE
Project: India |
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Task: Enable child migrant laborers to enroll in and attend school Partner: Lotus Outreach International MORE |
Project: Niger |
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Task: Micronutrient distribution to children and women in Zinder, Niger Partner: Helen Keller International MORE |
Project: Cambodia |
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Task: Provide food support to at-risk and exploited girl students Partner: Lotus Outreach International MORE |
Project: Sri Lanka |
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Task: Microfinance women’s livelihood program Partner: Sarvodaya Women’s Movement MORE |
Project: Vietnam |
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Task: Provide meals for hospital patients Partner: Local Red Cross of District Tam Binh MORE |
Leadership
Board of Directors
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Chairperson
W. David Braughton, Vice-Chairperson
Marcie Barth, Secretary
Thomas Spies, Treasurer
Janemarie Berry, Recording Secretary
George Clapp
Charles Elliott
Mary Houtsma
Thomas Moritz
Patricia Price
Sylvie Sun
Executive Director
Kim Behan
Council of Advisers
Ven. Thich Tri Hoang
Abbot, Phap Nguyen Buddhist Congregation, Pearland, TX
Ven. Heng Sure
Pres., Dharma Realm Association; Managing Dir., Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, CA
Rev. Joan Hogetsu Hoeberichts
Abbot, Heart Circle Sangha, Ridgewood, NJ; psychotherapist
Gil Fronsdale
Primary teacher, Insight Meditation Center, Redwood City, CA; author
Andrew Harvey
Founder, Institute for Sacred Activism, mystical scholar, spiritual teacher, author
Professor David Loy
Author, Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Michael Roehm
Senior International Student Adviser, American University, Washington DC
Sharon Salzberg
Meditation teacher, New York, NY; author
Professor Jan Willis
Author, Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
