Member News
Posted on February 2, 2015
By Lorainne Lopez, Huffington Post
To this day, an estimated 1.3 billion people do not have access to electricity. That is over a billion people who struggle to refrigerate their food and medicine, study at night to further their education, or charge their mobile phones. Electricity is crucial to human well-being and development, and lack of access to it is a huge barrier to overcoming poverty in the developing world.
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Posted on January 26, 2015
Seattle native and funnyman, actor Rainn Wilson, recently sat down with Margaret Larson on KING 5 New Day Northwest. They talked new projects, Seattle Seahawks, and Rainn’s passion for the work he does to promote universal education as part of GlobalWA member Mona Foundation’s Board of Directors.
By New Day NW Producers, KING 5
Read the article and watch the video clip. Read More “Rainn Wilson’s Passion for Helping Empower Young People”
Posted on January 5, 2015
By Ángel González, Seattle Times business reporter
The Gates Foundation, Mercy Corps and others hoped ‘mobile wallets’ — cash disbursed via cellphones — would propel Haitians to new level of economic and financial security. Initial success gave way to failure, but now locals are reviving this effort to leapfrog into the future.
Read the full article. Read More “Push to Make Haiti an E-Cash Economy Fell Far Short”