One of the joys we found working on Myanmar’s library recovery and development is discovery of like-minded INGOs concerned with accessing global knowledge to advance the well-being of Myanmar society. I want to focus in this posting on five such organizations: Project Hope; Proximity Designs; World Vision; Myanmar Egress and Beyond Access. 1] http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/In-the-Field-blog/program-development-workshop.html 2] http://www.proximitydesigns.org/ 3] http://www.wvi.org/myanmar 4] http://www.myanmaregress.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=47&Itemid=246 5] http://beyondaccess.net/resources/maximizing-development-plans-in-myanmar-through-the-infrastructure-of-public-libraries/ Four dozen other INGOs have operated for many years and could be framed with these five as complementing our own endeavors; however I […]

Published on Monday, November 11, 2013 by Common Dreams Scenes of ‘Utter Destruction’ as Crisis Grows in Super Typhoon’s Wake Widespread water and food shortages creating impossible conditions survivors, while relief efforts are slow due to destroyed infrastructure – Common Dreams staff Destroyed houses in the city of Tacloban, Leyte province. (Photograph: TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)As access continues to open to the areas worst hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Phillipines over the weekend, scenes of total destruction are emerging alongside […]