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Social entrepreneurs awarded

March 24, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The annual UW Foster School of Business Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) is an international competition in which students from around the world present business solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges — including poverty, health, and development. This year’s competition featured 19 semi-finalist teams from Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Uganda, […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, Bangladesh, Global Health, Hong Kong, Manila University, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Tanmay Telang, UW, Uganda, United States, Vietnam, Vol 33 No 13 | March 22 - March 28, poverty, technology

Seven who were adopted from overseas get their citizenship papers tomorrow

November 17, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

On Nov. 18, the Seattle Field Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will observe National Adoption Month by presenting citizenship certificates to seven people, including four children, all of whom entered the U.S. by being adopted by American parents.  The event looks like a naturalization ceremony, but all of those receiving certificates had […]

Filed Under: News, Briefs, Community News Tagged With: East Africa, Ghana, National Adoption Month, Philippines, Seattle Field Office, South Korea, Thailand, Uganda, WA, adoption

Ride of a life: Adventurers risk limbs to drive rickshaws in India

April 21, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KOCHI, India (AP) — Traditional drums rolled as hundreds of spectators bid farewell and good luck Sunday to scores of flimsy autorickshaws starting

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, India, International Rescue Corps, Jenny Lucas, KOCHI, London, Rickshaw Run, Thomas Morgan, Uganda, United States, Vol 30 No 17 | April 23 - April 29

Christine Umayam leaves lucrative job to help children, creates relief organization

November 23, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

In January 2006, Christine Umayam made a life-changing visit to the Philippines. The trip was her first and the children living in poverty shocked her.

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: 2010, Child United, Christine Umayam, Dominican Republic, Fancy Frenchwood, Haiti, Ninette Cheng, Northwest Asian Weekly, Philippines, Seattle, Top Contributors 2010, Tribune Broadcasting, Uganda, Vol 29 No 48 | November 27 - December 3, Whenever Umayam, poverty

A Muslim minority finds a home in the Pacific Northwest

July 29, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Thirty-five thousand feet above San Francisco, Rozina Babul recounted the story of her life — one not unlike those of the 15 million Shia Ismaili Muslims

Filed Under: Features, Community News Tagged With: 2010, AKDN, Anita Parpia, Asif Zardari, Hafiz Lalji, Idi Amin, New York, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Prince Karim Aga Khan, Rozina Babul, San Francisco, Seattle, Shia Ismaili Muslims, Simon Fraser University, Ten Percent, Uganda, United States, Vol 29 No 31 | July 31 - August 6, Western United States

Through Reagan, local man mends heart

May 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

For Korean American Brett Halvorson, a little heart can go a long way.

Filed Under: News, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: Ahn Ji Sook, Emerald City Rotary Club, Eric Kim, GOLI, Korean, Last October, Lee Kil Woo, Nancy Reagan, President Ronald Reagan, Reagan Presidential Library, Rotarian Robbie, Severance Hospital, Uganda, adoption, attention

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