Overcoming The Biggest Fear of All
Posted by Shapar Ostovar | Leave A Comment »
Months ago a friend of mine sent me an email about Anderson Coopers’ 60 minutes. The subject was Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and how their sufferings are used as weapons of war.
Inspired, I joined a group of women in our community who wanted to help Women for Women International. Since it’s creation , Women for Women International has empowered more than 153,000 women survivors of war to move toward economic self-sufficiency with our year-long program of direct aid, rights education, job skills training and small business development. Since 1993, Women for Women International has mobilized more than 125,000 women and men in 105 countries worldwide to reach out and support women survivors of war - one woman at a time.
To help, our group organized a Fund Raising event: TASTE OF HUMANITY!!I was honored to be invited as the speaker of the event, which took place took place on May 22, 2008 in Del Mar Powerhouse, Del Mar, California.
While it is said that Public Speaking is the number one fear in the minds of most people, I was so passionate about this worldwide issue that my fear vanished. After learning about the horrors these women endured, I wanted to speak, I wanted to help, I wanted to inspire other to help.
I invite you watch my speech which lasts only for five minutes.
If you wish to sponsor a woman, kindly visit www.WomenforWomen.org. Or contact me, Shapar for more information.
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Local Real Estate Agent’s Non Profit Program Goes National
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In 2006, Windermere Real Estate agent Elissa Davey founded the Garden of Innocence, a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide proper burials for abandoned children and her program is spreading nationwide.
With gardens planned for Las Vegas, St. Louis, Houston, New Jersey, Michigan and others, Davey plans to help cities across the U.S. provide a dignified place for abandoned and unidentified children to rest.
“It isn’t about me or what I did in the beginning,” said Davey. “It is about a tiny baby that was thrown away and needs the recognition and love of people to make a point that this child was here even for a short time.”
Davey, who said she was inspired by Hillary Clinton’s book, It Takes a Village: and Other Lessons Children Teach Us, received the “Hometown Heroes Award” in July 2002 for her commitment to community through her organization. However she says that the big story isn’t about her.
“We don’t know who started the Red Cross or Salvation Army; we just know it is there. I would like that to be the way Garden of Innocence is seen as well, it doesn’t matter how it got started, just that it exists.”
Nearly 100 babies have been given proper burials in the Garden of Innocence in San Diego thanks to Davey and her co-founder Pastor Netreia Carroll as well as their team of volunteers.
For more information on the Garden of Innocence or to make a donation, visit www.gardenofinnocence.com.
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