Www.twitte r.com/ arproject http:// www.facebook.co m/pages/Tenafly- NJ/The-Angelrock - http:// www.amazon.com/gp/ product/076793170X? ie=UTF8&tag=randoho useinc- 20&linkCode=as2&cam p=1789&creative=9325 &crea- tiveASIN=076793170Xt arget= http:// www.borders.com/ online/store/TitleDetail? default- SearchView=List&LogD ata=%5Bsearch%3A+7% 2Cparse%3A+14% 5D&cm_mmc=CJ-_- 2193956-_-2665379-_- 88x31+logo&type=1&se archData=% 7BproductId%3Anull% 2Csku%3Anull% 2Ctype%3A1%2Csort% 3Anull%2CcurrPage% 3A1%2CresultsPe http://search.barnesandnoble.com/ booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp? r=1&ISBSRC=Y&ISBN=9780767931700&afsrc =1 http:// www.powells.com/ biblio/9780767931700? &PID=32442 http://www.indiebound.org/ book/9780767931700 http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/ display.pperl?isbn=9780767931700 My first book “If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways You Can Too” is being published by Broadway Books and will hit stands on April 6, 2010! I am so excited to share my life in service and pertinent information on how you can live a life of service too. This is how we describe the book: Part memoir, part practical guide, If It Takes a Village, Build One offers readers insightful advice on everything from how to find just the right volunteer opportunity, how to get kids involved in a life of service, how to research charities, how to advocate for a cause, and even how to start a nonprofit, as Malaak did several years ago. All of this practical wisdom is grounded in inspirational anecdotes about her own experience with service, including her work rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina and her recent brainchild, Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service, a program for at-risk kids from Brooklyn, New York which takes teens on a two week service mission to South Africa to volunteer and experience the world. This is a book for everyone and we certainly hope you will help to make a book on service a big hit! In fact, one way that you can do so is to pre-order it at the following retailers: Amazon Borders Barnes & Noble Powells IndieBound RandomHouse Thanks All because it does Take A Village! INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Angel NGO 2 Angel Books 2 Angel Gifts 3-4 Volunteer Vacations 4-5 Social Action 6 Angel Support 7 Journey for Change 7 Angel Favorites 6 Angel Shop 7 Angel Book Spotlight Angel Book Spotlight Angel Book Spotlight Angel Book Spotlight THE ANGELROCK THE ANGELROCK THE ANGELROCK THE ANGELROCK PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT PROJECT DECEMBER, 2009 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! Hello all. On behalf of the Angelrock Project staff and volunteers, I am so pleased to wel- come all of you to the first Angelrock Project newsletter! We are so excited to communi- cate with our “village of givers” in this way and look forward to sending out our newsletter on a quarterly basis. As with the Angelrock Project website, we will highlight wonderful stories on service, volunteering, sustainable change, fair trade, and more. We will shine a spotlight on amazing non-profit organizations, people, and causes. And we will introduce you to a multitude of “out of the box” ways that you can give back and make a difference in this world. Thank you so much for signing up for our newsletter. We would be so apprecia- tive if you would recommend our website and newsletter to your friends and family. We would also love to hear from you if you have an idea or suggestion for the newsletter or website. Thank you and enjoy. And as you know, service is the rent we pay for living. Stay Blessed and Lifted, Malaak Follow The Angelrock Project!
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My first book “If It Takes a Village, Build One: How I Found Meaning Through a Life of Service and 100+ Ways
You Can Too” is being published by Broadway Books and will hit stands on April 6, 2010! I am so excited
to share my life in service and pertinent information on how you can live a life of service too.
This is how we describe the book: Part memoir, part practical guide, If It Takes a
Village, Build One offers readers insightful advice on everything from how to find just the
right volunteer opportunity, how to get kids involved in a life of service, how to research
charities, how to advocate for a cause, and even how to start a nonprofit, as Malaak did
several years ago. All of this practical wisdom is grounded in inspirational anecdotes
about her own experience with service, including her work rebuilding after Hurricane
Katrina and her recent brainchild, Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through
Global Service, a program for at-risk kids from Brooklyn, New York which takes teens
on a two week service mission to South Africa to volunteer and experience the world.
This is a book for everyone and we certainly hope you will help to make a book
on service a big hit! In fact, one way that you can do so is to pre-order it
Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson and the author of Three Cups of TeaStones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson and the author of Three Cups of TeaStones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson and the author of Three Cups of TeaStones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson and the author of Three Cups of Tea
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Water 1st’s mission is to serve
families in the poorest communi-
ties in the world as they implement
community-managed projects that
integrate water supply, sanitation,
and health education. Water 1st
envisions a world free of extreme
poverty. Providing people with safe
water systems, latrines, and hy-
giene education is the 1st step to
ending the cycle of poverty and
death.
Why Water 1st? The lack of ac-
cess to safe drinking water and
sanitary latrines is the top public
health problem in the world and
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1st wants to unite people to
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we build a community of con-
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and Pakistan after a massive
earthquake hit the region in 2005;
and the unique ways he has built
relationships with Islamic clerics,
militia commanders, and tribal
leaders even as he was dodging
shootouts with feuding Afghan
warlords and surviving an eight-
day armed abduction by the Tali-
ban. He shares for the first time
In this dramatic first-
person narrative, Greg
Mortenson picks up
where Three Cups of Tea
left off in 2003, recount-
ing his relentless, ongo-
ing efforts to establish
schools for girls in Af-
ghanistan; his extensive
work in Azad Kashmir
his broader vision to promote
peace through education and
literacy, as well as touching on
military matters, Islam, and
women-all woven together with
the many rich personal stories of
the people who have been in-
volved in this remarkable two-
decade humanitarian effort.
T H E A N G E L R O C K
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to
meet the extraordinary women struggling there, among them a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery and an Ethiopian woman
who suffered devastating injuries in childbirth. Drawing on the breadth of their combined reporting experience,
Kristof and WuDunn depict our world with anger, sadness, clarity, and, ultimately, hope. They show how a little
help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her
brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The
Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, coun-
seled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS. Through these stories, Kristof
and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women's potential. They make
clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of
the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population.
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristoff and Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristoff and Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristoff and Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristoff and
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Globe Aware develops short-term volunteer programs in international environments that encourage people to immerse themselves in a unique way of giving back. Every activity is intended to accomplish one of two things: promote cultural awareness and/or promote sustainability. The concept of cultural awareness means to recognize and appreciate the real beauties and real chal-lenges of a culture, but not to change it. The concept of sustainability is to help others stand on their own two feet; to teach skills rather than reliance. Chosen projects meet several key crite-ria: safe, culturally interesting, genuinely beneficial to a needy community, and involve significant interaction with the host community. www.globeaware.com
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Behind Cross Cultural’s commitment to inter-national volunteer work is a philosophy that provides the focus for our organization. This philosophy consists of a vision, a mission by which we can achieve that vision, and a set of core values that define how we approach every-
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Global Crossroad: Volunteer Abroad in 24 Countries offers numerous and ex-citing abroad experiences to international volunteers in 34 marvelous countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The highly-affordable, unique, life-changing and stimu-lating programs engage volunteers in an adventure with a purpose. You can join one of many amazing programs - Volunteer, Mini-Venture, Seasonal Escapes, Asia Combo, Wildlife Volunteers - embarking on the most meaningful volunteer abroad programs serving poor communities and chil-dren while simultaneously experi-encing cross-cultural exchanges and breath-taking journeys to mystic and exotic lands. www.globalcrossroad.com
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