Making Progress in a Turbulent World
A focus on core values allows us to still make progress in a turbulent world.
Rudiments of Geo-Social Engineering, Part 6
Classrooms are a core focus of TGUP's work. This is one we just finished in Nicaragua.
Highest Return on Investment in Human Development?
The highest return on human investment comes from helping adolescent girls stay in school.
Rudiments of Geo-social Engineering, Part 5
Water is one of the six Rudiments of successful development. The others are nutrition, sanitation, health, education and vocation. TGUP has just completed installing a water filtration system at an orphanage in Cambodia. It produces WHO-standard clean water for not just the orphanage, but for a nearby school and for
Rudiments of Geo-social Engineering, Part 4
Children need to play. Is there any more simple or universal a prescription for healthy child development? The Latin root of “play” is plicare, which means “to create anew.” TGUP is helping with this mission by funding playgrounds in developing world villages. In January, we helped fund an 8-structure playground
Rudiments of Geo-social Engineering, Part 3
We have identified six Rudiments without which economic development cannot occur. They are like the eight amino acids required for protein formation to occur. They are water, nutrition, sanitation, health, education, and vocation. When one of them are missing, economic development is hampered, or even truncated. TGUP does extensive work
Best way to improve the world…
Best way to improve the world...
Dramatic results from beehive investment in Kenya
ODFL installed 53 beehives in southwest Kenya to boost crop yields at local farms. We just completed our first inventory of the hives. The results are encouraging.
Rudiments of Geo-social Engineering, Part 2
Very high returns on economic development can occur by strategically assessing the readiness of any community to release this type of energy.
Coronvirus masks make the world smaller
Two weeks ago, we planned to import masks from our sewing center in Nepal. They were destined for hospitals, senior centers, school districts (for food service workers), homes for children recovering from chemotherapy, and more.
