It Took You to Build a (South Indian) Village

Beth here, one of the co-founders of Passports with Purpose. While we’re in the process of gearing up for this year’s fundraiser, I thought you might like to hear about what you made happen through last year’s Passports with Purpose. You’ll recall that our 2010 fundraiser brought in nearly $65,000 through Friends of LAFTI. Those [...]

A Note from LAFTI

It’s many months back that we met David Albert from Friends of LAFTI for breakfast at Luna Park cafe in West Seattle. Everything we do, it seems, is fueled by carbohydrates. “Yelam Seyalkoodum!” he told us, while he explained how we would get from a handful of bloggers with a mission to a village in [...]

Q&A with LAFTI

As you know, Land for Tiller’s Freedom (LAFTI) is the organization that PwP is sponsoring this year. With your help, we are going to build a village for the Dalit community in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India! We have been receiving regular communications from members of Friends of LAFTI who have been forwarding [...]

From Livemocha – A Passports with Purpose Sponsor

This guest post, from Livemocha’s Erin Taylor, explains why they have become a Passports with Purpose 2010 Gold Sponsor! We at Livemocha feel honored by the opportunity to support Passports with Purpose. Language learning is our passion and what better way to help all people achieve fluency in a new language than through community? To [...]

2010: Help Us Build a Village in India!

The gals at PwP central (Seattle, that is) are excited to announce our 2010 fundraiser. With your help, we are building a village in Southern India with Land for Tillers’ Freedom (LAFTI) and their non-profit branch based in the U.S., Friends of LAFTI Foundation! After successfully raising nearly $30,000 in 2009 for AAfC, this year [...]