United Nations Yak

Muriel and Susan have a delightful conversation about Search for Common Ground. Susan Collin Marks is the Vice President of this organization.

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in Washington, DC. Since 1982, we have been working to transform the way the world deals with conflict: away from adversarial confrontation, towards cooperative solutions. Our organizational slogan, coined by a leader of South Africa’s African National Congress, is understand the differences, act on the commonalities. (more…)

The Yakkers Corner is re-podcasting the interview Muriel did with Mr. Fazle Abed, chairman and founder of BRAC (formerly the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee). Mr. Abed has been working at the grassroots level for over 35 years and has helped to mobilize 70,000 of Bangladesh’s 80,000 villages. Mr. Abed shares his valuable and enlightening message about the people of Bangladesh. This interview with Mr. Abed illustrates what is possible in relation to the Millennium Development Goals.

Muriel would like to provide an opportunity for her listeners to support the people of Bangladesh following the recent cyclone. Please visit brac.net/index2.htm to donate or visit blog4brac to read about relief efforts taking place in Bangladesh.

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The Yakkers Corner has the pleasure of yakking with Mr. Hugues and Mrs. Siobhan de Milleville, founder/CEO and co-founder of Log-One Ltd. (www.log-one.com or hdemille6@log-one.com) .

For over 10 years, Log-One has been a pioneer in theresearch and development of energy saving solutions for our planet. Founder Hugues de Milleville developed and patented a Green Thermostat™ which provides savings of up to 35% in both heating and cooling costs in apartments, portable classrooms, offices and hotels/motels, to name just a few. (more…)

The Yakkers Corner has the pleasure of yakking with Mr. Ibrahim Jabr, Interim President of the International Trachoma Initiative (trachoma.org). For nearly three years, Mr. Jabr has played a key role in the International Trachoma Initiative’s pioneering work to build partnerships with governments and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) toward the goal of eliminating blinding trachoma by 2020. Mr. Jabr brings extensive experience in child health development and in programmatic strategies for mass action and social mobilization, gained during 29 years working with UNICEF, to his leadership at the International Trachoma Initiative. (more…)