Touching Tiny Lives Foundation is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to supporting children and families that are struggling to cope with the ravages of HIV/AIDS in rural Lesotho. Local personnel, assisted by international volunteers, provide essential care to severely malnourished, critically ill, or orphaned babies. TTLF provides outreach health services, nutritional supplements, medication, and continued social support to children, pregnant women, and caregivers in their village [...]
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In less then two weeks I take off on a once in a lifetime backpack trip to South East Asia and beyond. ONCE IN A LIFE TIME! Those few words come with a ton of pressure and a lot of research. Voluntourism may seem like a cute righteous moniker but its end result is often detrimental [...] While running around, trying to frantically get through January 15th’s ‘To Do’ List, I was finding it harder than usual to focus. I couldn’t really identify the source of the anxiety and sense of distraction but I’ve felt it before. In an attempt to shake it off, I walked to my local coffee joint. Then [...] The Ananda Ashram shifts towards sustainability through the Ananda Harvest.
I recently read that delving into 8 minutes of deep meditation daily can increase ones brain size. Although 8 minutes may seem like an easy feat, meditation is one of the hardest exercises to conquer… for me at least. For those of us [...] There is no escaping the holiday buzz- the windows, the songs, the random Santas roaming the street and malls (depending on where you find yourself during the holidays). As much as I would like to avoid adding to the hundreds of billions of dollars Americans are projected to spend on the holidays this season, people [...] Whether your are roasting chestnuts on an open fire, sipping Pinã Coladas on the beach or nothing quite as glamorous, the Holidays often bring some down time. So, if you enjoy spending that down time curled up with a book – check out our list of books that will surely inspire you.
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