I found some interesting reflections on life in this discussion. If we wake up what should be the first thing we do, what is the definition of love, many people can be an actor {different to being a star}, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtA9...

The City Skyline: And the tale of the painters.  Another title:  Why does disease still exist. A brief podcast episode.   storybridgephilanthropy.podbean.com/e/health-for...

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How well-known is it that second-hand smoke is dangerous, kills over 1 million people per year, and no level is safe? I have seen a person chain smoking next to their daughter. Now, I don't know the context of that exact moment or the other moment I saw it but come on. www.who.int/activities/p...

Perhaps all we need to get motivated to do something about leprosy is this. An ancient disease still exists, and free treatment exists to stop it. www.leprosymission.org

TB can make diabetes worse, and the opposite is true. HIV/AIDS increases the chances of TB. As does substance abuse and poverty. TB currently kills over one million people per year. www.tbalert.org/issues-and-s...

You should never care what negative people think of you. If you like yourself that matters more than if they like you. What I find frustrating would not be a personal attack, but the mechanics of an attack. How people insult without understanding how illogical or silly their comments can be.

Did the US government budget simulator online. You can try it. I doubled CDC's funding in the hopes we can improve health and less sickness saves people more cash than any increase in health subsidies. Increased the Food and Drug Admin's funding by 3 billion. Increased social security by $1000 p/m

A brief Public Service Announcement about ending hunger in West Hollywood. storybridgephilanthropy.podbean.com/e/health-for...

It was great to see discussions on Bsky recently about Turner Classic Movies. Watch some classic films if you can. Ted Turner helped create that channel and the United Nations Foundation. unfoundation.org/who-we-are/o...

Critical Time Intervention (CTI) an evidence-based practice to reduce homelessness. Year Up United a workplace program to boost the incomes of disadvantaged young people. Career Academies helping low-income students do better in adult life. evidencebasedprograms.org/programs/

If you are the head of a peace organisation at a university and new conflicts are occurring, and existing ones continue (or get worse) does that have to reflect badly on your organisation? Is peacemaking not the fundamental point of the work? Do we have far less ambitious goals for peace groups?

My campaign to get actress Hong Chau to become a World Health Organization Ambassador continues. Why, because she is one of my fav actresses and because we have a bunch of diseases that could have been and should have been eradicated by now.

The cause of stopping hunger is a tough one. We have to eat daily so the support needs to be there daily. And with conflict, funding cuts, etc we can’t even guarantee we can feed people today.

How much should we donate to charity 10% or to the point if we gave more we would be as poor as the people we are helping? if it‘s right to give is It bad not to? Whatever the answers, hopefully it’s not to give nothing or anything above zero is good enough. Too much suffering for that to be right.

The TIME released a list of the 100 most influential people in philanthropy. storybridgephilanthropy.podbean.com/e/health-for...

There are people who argue that access to affordable credit should be a human right. If you have a right to a decent standard of living, then you have a right to affordable credit to help pay for that decent standard of living.

Can we stop the not in my backyard that stops affordable housing? More modular homes that are cheaper {but require less workers}? Would donations to Habitat for Humanity help much? Is not being able to afford to own, but rent that bad? Better than living on a bench. Increasing rent assistance?

In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower wanted the US to go at least one day without a road fatality. It was not successful sadly, and even now car fatalities are a serious issue in the US and other countries. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/st...

Bono was campaigning about this decades ago, and it is still an issue. Low and middle-income countries paid out 741 billion dollars more in debt repayments then they received in new finance. blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...

Did not even know South Korea had troops in the UAE. A reminder of the service given around the world by troops from different countries. www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

Great to read stories from the Global South, but how do we stop people from only accepting their version of how things are? www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffai...

If you are poor, you are more likely to breathe polluted air. You are more likely to be in a fatal car accident, drown, die from some diseases, and many other things. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ymp7c-...

This is great news. www.who.int/news/item/18...

5 Facts-Modern Slavery... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Stl...

"Pneumonia kills more children than any other infectious disease, claiming the lives of over 700,000 children under 5 every year, or around 2,000 every day {in 2021}. This includes around 190,000 newborns. " And it kills many more adults. data.unicef.org/topic/child-...

I thought this was profound.

The longest documentary ever according to the Guinness Book of Records {it is much longer than you think} as of 2019. About the longest serving Bishop of India. One of the things he did was help house people who were homeless. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-record...

A shop owner provides items and cash for students who get good grades. If we want to boost educational outcomes, then it is not just about what happens in schools. It is what happens in households, neighborhoods, and even in shops. www.newsnationnow.com/good-news/ny...

The Four Sights. Buddha saw several things for the first time like suffering. And it changed him. How should we change when we notice things like poverty and disease? storybridgephilanthropy.podbean.com/e/health-for...

How do deal with one another? People who get offended easily, who are passive aggressive, who trauma dump, etc. So many books and shows out there on humans but still many issues. There is even a self-help book from 1859, and here we are still in need of self-help.

US charitable foundations have a trillion plus dollars but have not solved issues like poverty. Elon Musk, if he gets to a trillion plus dollars of net worth is not going to end issues like poverty either. fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BOGZ1...

What if we suspended all research and development into non-essential things and only did essential things. If money from businesses was invested in the important business of advancing welfare, and not unimportant business. If the Defense Production Act was used to fight poverty, etc.

15 people that saved millions of lives. www.dailygood.org/story/1078/1...

Yes, I know you might not be interested in the history of water supply and sanitation, but it is important. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

This article from 2018 lists some of the amazing things that have saved lives or could if expanded. Insulin, the Green Revolution, oral rehydration therapy, self-driving cars, etc. www.weforum.org/stories/2018...

A podcast episode about leprosy. A frustration that it still exists. What do Mammoths, McDonald's burgers, and the actress Hong Chau have to do with leprosy, we discuss that and more in this 12 or so minute episode. storybridgephilanthropy.podbean.com/e/health-for...

Give to the World Food Programme. www.wfp.org

Misinformation is going to be very hard to get rid of. It was an issue even in Ancient Rome. fortune.com/article/bill...

Health has always been more than hospitals. It is clean water and sanitation, it is good work, it is good suburbs, etc. www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-...

Would you invite this person to a fictional dinner? Where you could invite anyone from history to attend. Well, he did help save millions of lives.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_...

A Blue Christmas. For many people Christmas is not good. First one without a loved one or another one without them, homelessness, stress, and the season sees an increase in family violence. May we think of those doing it tough when others around them are festive.

Reading an old article {2022} is a reminder of just how we keep talking about the same issues. Malaria exists, poverty bad, need universal healthcare, {especially for people who move around lots} and mention climate change because people might pay attention.   theconversation.com/malaria-in-a...

The 6th century and the oldest UK charity. The 16th century, a King changes philanthropy, and the 19th century, a very rich person criticizes other rich people. A brief podcast episode to promote philanthropy. storybridgephilanthropy.podbean.com/e/health-for...

This is not good. {Article from September}. www.9news.com.au/health/diabe...

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What could get us to give more of our discretionary spending to charity? Because $594 per year is not enough to help people. It is about $1.6 per day. It is much less than we spend on some non-essential things. It is a great amount for those who can't give more, but not for those that can.

The he without sin cast the first stone idea I have come to really like. So, many of us can judge others in person or online, but we seem unaware that we could be faulted for doing things too or not doing things.

If you want to be part of a cause what about helping to prevent blindness or low vision. About 80% of your donation goes directly to the programs {I think it once was 70% plus}. So, that's great. Cure Blindness Project. cureblindness.org

There is a charity from the 500s that still exists. King Henry VIII in the 1500s played a role in modern philanthropy, and in the 18th century there was the Gospel of Wealth still viewed as an important document. whyphilanthropymatters.com/guide/the-hi...