A campaign to allow an organ donation option on drivers’ licenses in the Indian state of Karnataka is Priyanka Shylendra’s project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme. According to Citizen Matters of Bangalore, Shylendra has been working with transport commissioners in the state and an NGO called Gift Your Organ Foundation (GYOF). India does not have an automatic option for drivers to be able to choose to be organ donors, and Shylendra and the commissioners hope a Karnataka program can be a model for the whole country.
From November 27th and 29th, in conjunction with International Organ Donation Day, a three day awareness programme took place which included media coverage and celebrity events. Soon Shylendra will be meeting with the health secretary and other organizations to move the project to the next level. Read more at The Bangalore Citizen.
For his project in the Landmark Education SELP program, David Tait is holding a fundraiser titled ‘Horn of Plenty’, which will benefit the Canadian Red Cross in its efforts to help famine victims in East Africa. Taking place at 7pm on Thursday, November 24th, at the Croation Cultural Center at 3250 Commercial Drive in Vancouver, the event is featuring a silent art auction, original poetry, a variety of musicians and refreshments and a cash bar.
According to an article in Tidbits of Vancouver, the magnitude of the famine in Africa led to Tait creating this particular project:
“I considered volunteering on community projects that could use some carpentry skills, but then a piece on CBC radio about the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa caught my attention. The Red Cross estimates up to 13 million people will be affected by this event, causing famine and suffering on a massive scale”, Tait said. “This is turning into the largest humanitarian disaster our generation has seen.”
To find out more or buy tickets, call 604-224-7024 or 604-789-3925.
A participant in Landmark Education’s SELP programme in the UK has written a self-help book as his project, titled ‘Awaken to a Balanced Life’. The book was written by Hernando Garces, with the intention of looking at every area of one’s life, and how when can achieve effective action, change and balance in those areas.
The book also tells of Garces’ journey from being raised on a farm in Columbia, to becoming a successful IT consultant to London’s financial institutions, to leaving that whole career behind to pursue what is next in his life. To find out more about Garces and the self-help book he has written, visit Garces’ personal blog.
Here’s another community project devised in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme that offers old-fashioned dancing in a fun social environment – Philip Van Wyk came up with a tea and cake social event to meet his neighbors in the Wimbledon Park Estate in Fernwood, and also brought free ballroom dancing lessons to the party!
Titled Strictly Community, the whole party/event is taking place free of charge tomorrow, Saturday, November 12th, at St. Paul’s Community Center, 23 Inner Park Road (a short walk from Wimbledon Park Estate) from 5-7pm. Cake and hot drinks (tea and coffee) are being provided, and Van Wyk invites others to bring along other food, such as home baked goods.
Brianna Minniti didn’t have to think long about what project to create in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Program – her love of the ocean made a cleanup of the beach in her home of Long Beach an easy choice. Minnitti, who married her husband on the beach near Belmont Pier eight years ago, is working with her husband to put on the event this Saturday, October 29, from 10am – 1pm, starting at the pier.
The project, named ‘Love the Beach’, is being supported by the California Coastal Commission’s Adopt-a-Beach program, which is providing gloves, trash receptacles and free parking for the event. For additional information, or to sign up as a sponsor, call Minniti at 276-3088, or email her at brianna2hot@gmail.com. Read more at The Long Beach Gazette.
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A campaign to allow an organ donation option on drivers’ licenses in the Indian state of Karnataka is Priyanka Shylendra’s project in Landmark Education’s Self-Expression and Leadership Programme. According to Citizen Matters of Bangalore, Shylendra has been working with transport commissioners in the state and an NGO called Gift Your Organ Foundation (GYOF). India does not have an automatic option for drivers to be able to choose to be organ donors, and Shylendra and the commissioners hope a Karnataka program can be a model for the whole country.
