tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:31:06 +0000updatevolunteerprojectsdonateschoolshelp usEWBMalirotaryfrom the fieldsolarwaterelectricitylightsmilletTimbuktusanitationMusicsustainabilityBamakoFarachZoueraadobebancocampusclintonenclosuregrantswallThis is the www.NomadHope.org BLOG, to keep you updated on our project activities while we work in Africa. Our current project is in Mali, working with 6 rural schools to provide solar lighting, water, and sanitation.http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)Blogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-929589782314460546Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:03:00 +00002015-09-08T17:06:17.156-07:00 It's that time of year again. If you were one of our Ralph's Donation Sponsors, then please renew your Community Program selection to have Ralph's continue to make donations to us on your behalf every time you shop there! &nbsp; If you are new to the Rewards Program, Scroll down to ***** and start there to Donate without spending an extra dime! &nbsp; Renewing ....Start HERE: www.Ralphs.com http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2015/09/shop-at-ralphs-to-donate-keep-kids-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-1741275680688867104Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:26:00 +00002015-09-08T15:53:01.735-07:00 (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS in MALI! DONATE FOR THESE PROJECTS NOW..... Now that a http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2015/09/projects-starting-up-once-again-getting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5939923483797488007Mon, 30 Dec 2013 21:41:00 +00002013-12-30T13:48:27.866-08:00 I am so excited to tell you the good news........ families, students, and teachers of northern Mali are finally returning home from the refugee camps, where they have been seeking safety for two years now! There is a new President and parliament in place, Timbuktu and other large towns are beginning to thrive again. Don't get me wrong, there continues to be conflict north of Timbuktu, but the http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2013/12/refugee-children-returning-home-and-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5003039274107730888Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:54:00 +00002013-09-30T10:54:46.807-07:00 <!--[if gte vml 1]> <![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--> See this great October film festival coming up in Los Angeles: &nbsp; &nbsp;The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Loyola Marymount University present over 20 fiction and nonfiction films will offer students and general audiences a rare look at the wealth of cinematic talent http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2013/09/cameras-dafrique-films-of-west-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-6128848560307620801Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:20:00 +00002013-08-26T17:20:24.144-07:00 Program Summary (See Project Overview and Statistics below) In 2012, NomadHope and the Rotary Club of Manhattan Beach began this pilot project, and provided support for thirteen (13) Malian “urban refugee” families and their forty (40) school-aged children. The project focuses on helping urban refugee children remain in school and out of the refugee camps, until they can return home to Mali. http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2013/08/another-school-year-in-mauritania.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8819080797272680350Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:10:00 +00002013-08-26T17:09:51.472-07:00 &nbsp; &nbsp; Ralph’s Shoppers …IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN; SIGN-UP for your RALPHS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION and KEEP GIRLS IN SCHOOL. &nbsp; YOU MUST RE-REGISTER EVERY YEAR in September to participate. So if you were helping us last year, you need to do this again! &nbsp; All you need to do is swipe your keychain bar code card or http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/10/ralphs-shoppers-help-keep-girls-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5579114682834793615Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:46:00 +00002012-09-21T12:46:35.667-07:00 (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> Our Project to keep Malian children out of the refugee camps and in school is http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/09/project-updates-refugee-children.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-732201243006001230Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:52:00 +00002012-09-17T12:52:49.764-07:00 (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> Please help get the word out to vote for NomadHope today, only 2 days left! Chase http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/09/vote-for-nomadhope-tell-chase-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-2699931527572969794Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:12:00 +00002012-08-05T15:12:15.270-07:00 (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); We are in the second month of our pilot project in Mauritnaia, helping Malian refugee families stay out of the http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/08/project-update-adopt-refugee-family-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-3555883041364958308Mon, 07 May 2012 06:10:00 +00002012-05-07T01:09:28.257-07:00There are over 250 Malian students living as refugees in Nouakchott, Mauritania today. They range in age from 12 to 20 years old, grades 6 through university. In Mali these children had been good students, their parents putting a high priority on education. Each student now lives with their family or a ‘foster’ family, two and sometimes three families under one roof. They are working hard to http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/05/adopt-refugee-student-keep-them-out-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5660830823953710955Mon, 07 May 2012 05:10:00 +00002012-05-06T22:10:42.935-07:00 We have finished our second 60m x 60m hand made adobe (banco as the Malian's call it) wall sourrounding the school in Zouera. This was no simple feat, as each brick was made by hand after gathering the materials from local hillsides and river beds, by hand pick, donkey and a cart. Not to mention the water to make the bricks! Each brick is then sun dried and assembled on the footing, brick by http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/05/second-school-adobe-wall-complete.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-4512661118830758870Fri, 04 May 2012 04:14:00 +00002012-05-06T23:53:14.589-07:00 VOTE NOW, VOTE DAILY... VOTE HERE We have an incredible opportunity to win a $50,000 grant but we’re competing against 29 other causes, so we need your vote to help us win. It only takes a minute and every vote puts us one step closer to making a difference. Please spread the word to other voters and you can all vote every day, through June 30th! WHO is the grantor: Cultivate? A new wine http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2012/05/vote-now-vote-daily.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-3911626059134375912Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:08:00 +00002011-12-21T00:08:15.680-08:00Make a school girl's Holiday wish come true! Spend a small percentage of your gift budget this season to help girls attend school and upgrade schools with water, solar and sanitation. Donate here: &nbsp;http://wishes.causes.com/wishes/423335?bws=fb_stream_wish http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/12/holiday-wish-for-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-3362082081097142982Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:52:00 +00002011-12-05T19:52:00.449-08:00This is a 'must not miss' music event, Bambino (aka Oumara) is playing tomorrow night in West LA at The Mint. http://www.themintla.com/show/detail/50266 http://www.facebook.com/bombino.official I've know Oumara for 5-6 years now and he has come a very long way&nbsp;with his&nbsp;music. Getting the visibility he needs now, he grows as a young new voice for the Tuareg people. He really 'rocks'! http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-6th-mint-in-wla-bambino.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8685290462505955605Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-10-07T12:08:55.044-07:00Gender, Art, and Social Movements in the Middle East and Global South Friday, October 28, 20119:00 AM - 6:00 PM California Room, Faculty Center , UCLA details, RSVP, and location information here: http://international.ucla.edu/cnes/events/showevent.asp?eventid=9005 9:00am&nbsp; - Registration and Film: The Dislocation of Amber Susan Slyomovics, Director, Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA; http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-28th-ucla-conference-gender-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5022039549138163108Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-10-07T12:08:43.487-07:00Posing Beauty in African American Culture Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. Throughout the http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/thru-dec-3rd-usc-fisher-museum-of-art.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-4078954993949462960Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:08:00 +00002011-10-07T12:08:01.795-07:00Exhibition Curatorial Walkthrough (Art Tour) The California African American Museum presents a bilingual tour of “The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven By Color, Shaped By Cultures.” The exhibit will be ongoing at CAAM through February 26, 2012. Covarrubias was known for his caricatures depicting African Americans in the Harlem Renaissance era. His work also depicted http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-9th-african-american-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-6199901146658766307Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:04:00 +00002011-10-07T12:04:12.371-07:00Check this out: A brave group will set out from sunny San Diego on a 11 day trek to Los Angeles to do what no other group has done before them: carry massive 40-60 pound bundles of wood on their backs and take a grueling journey in honor of, and to bring awareness to, the hundreds of millions of women in this world that cook every meal over an open fire. http://www.theparadigmproject.org/http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/11-day-trek-to-los-angeles-carrying-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-7032888696968173089Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:49:00 +00002011-10-07T11:49:31.319-07:00Tales from the Sahel: An Evening with Baaba Maal Saturday, Oct 8th, 8:00p at University of Southern California - University Park Campus: Bovard Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA One of the many stars to rise from the African continent, Senegalese master musician Baaba Maal has been making music for the world to enjoy for nearly two decades. Before the musical performance, Baaba will be sitting http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-8th-usc-tales-from-sahel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-8765773827423777511Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:20:00 +00002011-09-11T20:20:51.096-07:00IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, RENEW YOUR RALPHS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION CHOICE. You get coupons and cash back too! We have been blessed with some great donations from Ralphs Rewards every year, but we need you to sign-up again,... and if you did not participate last year, please do so now, it's a great benefit for the schools we serve! &nbsp;Please Sign-up for a Ralphs' Rewards Account, attachhttp://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/09/it-is-that-time-of-year-again-renew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-1743059930142993080Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:42:00 +00002011-06-13T10:42:52.567-07:00MusicJune 16th - Youssou N'Dour @ The Greek Theater fabulous Senegalese music. http://www.greektheatrela.com/events/event_details.asp?id=1999 http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-16th-youssou-ndour-greek-theater.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-7370560999530987697Wed, 25 May 2011 04:37:00 +00002011-05-24T21:37:17.797-07:00OMG, Oumara is playing at the Bowl! You can&nbsp;bet I'll be there.......... http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4546 See our 2007 NomadHope fund raising even, when Bambino played for us!http://www.nomadhope.org/pages/donate.html http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/05/july-24th-hollywood-bowl-bambino.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-5166876746500003275Wed, 25 May 2011 04:25:00 +00002011-05-24T21:33:07.860-07:00 Evening of Moroccan musicMomo Loudiyi and Loud Oasis at UCLAJoin Momo Loudiyi and his ensemble of talented musicians in a night of Moroccan pop at UCLA!Saturday, June 04, 20117:30 PMLenart AuditoriumThe Fowler Museum at UCLAUCLA CampusLos Angeles, CA&nbsp;90095 MOMO LOUDIYI on vocals, guitars and Moroccan Sintir, Grammy winner KC PORTER on keys and vocals, Algerian singer and dumbek player FELAhttp://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/05/june-4-evening-of-moroccan-music-ucla.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-248693761786934127Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:00:00 +00002011-04-09T12:00:08.098-07:00If you are a believer that education is the path to independence and peace, then take less than a minute and you can be part of the solution! If 1000 people spend less than 1 minute watching an add, FaceBook Causes donates $100 to NomadHope! Can you spare less than a minute? and then invite your FB friends to do the same? PLEASE CLICK here to go to&nbsp;our FB Cause Page and then Click on the http://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/04/can-you-spare-less-than-minute-to-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107358263831835112.post-7429532278307988231Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:44:00 +00002011-04-09T11:44:46.123-07:00I just ran across this new album by a young Tuareg I know, Bambino, or Oumara Omar Moctar as I know him. I first heard him play when he and some other musician friends of mine from Niger camped out at my home a few years ago. I thought then that he was very talented, and am now sure of it. I took him and the others out dancing to a local Hermosa Beach Blues Club and he stood in front of the stagehttp://nomadhope.blogspot.com/2011/04/bambinos-album.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NomadHope)