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Vessel of Hope, ACF makes generous donation to ESI1/9/2009 ESI would like to extend a thank you to Vessel of Hope, a member of the Alaska Community Foundation for their generous donation. Since partnering with the ACF, ESI's vision has come closer and closer to reality and we value their support and friendship, and invaluable expertise in the field of development. ESI is very appreciative of this gift and all proceeds will go toward our Sustainable Village Initiative, which is set for a May 2009 implementation. SJedi awarded grant by ASU Technopolis1/9/2009ESI's SJedi, has just been rewarded a grant from ASU Technopolis and its Entrepreneurial Advantage Program (EAP), in the amount or $2,000 as part of ESI's Sustainable Village Carbon Offset Program. ESI and SJedi plan on using the money to purchase a GPS unit to map the boundaries of the project area, and to order Satellite imagery in order to analyse flora and ground vegetation as well as aid in spatial planning and remote sensing. ESI is very appreciative of this gift and all proceeds will go toward our Sustainable Village Initiative, which is set for a May 2009 implementation. Alaska Airlines First Officer Helps Fight Poverty With Model Eco-village in Liberia10/13/2008Article from AlaskaAir.com Los Angeles-based First Officer Peter Gbelia may fly jets for a living, but the focus of his life is helping people on the other side of the world rise out of desperate poverty. Gbelia spends most of his free time trying to help people in African villages and cities build new, sustainable communities. Empowerment Society International (ESI), a nonprofit organization he founded, recently partnered with the Ecosa Institute to design a model eco-village in Duayee, Liberia, starting in January. Gbelia, who lives in the Phoenix area and is working on a master's degree in sustainable development from Arizona State University, has a connection to the war-torn country that dates to his childhood, when he lived there with his father... Article continued at AlaskaAir.com Revised Sustainable Village InitiativeDownload here. ESI Video Introduction
Our MissionESI's mission is to empower individuals by promoting sustainable development in their communities. ESI was founded to empower the children of sub-Saharan Africa affected by war and conflict, and to treat, prevent, and manage aids and other diseases, to combat illiteracy, and defeat poverty. Our motto is "Building a sustainable world, one individual at a time..." CNN Special: Child Rebels in Africa(CNN) -- Warlords are forcing children in conflicts around the world to become killing machines -- nothing more than what one child advocate calls "cannon fodder." Some children are kidnapped from their schools or their beds, some are recruited after seeing their parents slaughtered, some may even choose to join the militias as their best hope for survival in war-torn countries from Colombia, and across Africa and the Middle East, to south Asia. (click here for full story)
Pilot heads to war-torn Liberia to help homeland
December 30th, 2007
By Christy True (AlaskaAir.com) Article from AlaskaAir.com The story of Peter Gbelia, an LAX-based first officer, reads like a compelling novel or a blockbuster feature film. Born in Spokane, Wash., he lived five years of his childhood with his father in Liberia after his parents separated. He returned to the United States in 1982 just as civil war was breaking out in the troubled country. He went on to become a successful Air Force officer and now a pilot with Alaska Airlines. Click here to view full article at AlaskaAir.com |