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Never mind applying creams and lotions - if you could relieve a skin ailment simply by the kind of clothes you wear, or the bed linen you use, wouldn't you? The Handloom Weavers Development Society in Kerala , India , hopes so. The nonprofit organization - based in Thumbod, a tiny village of swaying palms an hour outside the state capital of Trivandrum - has infused yarn with organic herbs and plant extracts, and claims that regular contact with cloth made from this material will relieve itches, rashes and other skin disorders. With a sharp eye for the contemporary obsession with Eastern traditional medicine...
...revenue. Only about a third of the clothes are tagged for sale. The Garment District sends the rest to developing countries. Even as he sells the plot behind the store building, Cassel is ensuring that his philanthropy will continue. The city will contract with CASCAP Inc., a private nonprofit land developer to build approximately 32 units of affordable housing. Construction will start next spring. —Staff writer April B. Wang can be reached at abwang@fas.harvard.edu...
...addition to acting and producing, Gere is also an accomplished pianist and humanitarian. He co-founded the Tibet House, a nonprofit organization committed to preserving Tibetan culture. A supporter of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan autonomy, Gere is a practicing Buddhist and founder of the Gere Foundation, which aspires to “assist the cultural survival of the Tibetan people through health, technological and educational projects,” according to the organization’s website...
...trial and error in order to help her daughter Sophie, now 11, overcome a paralyzing mutism. Today Shipon-Blum runs an SM clinic with a two-year waiting list and travels the U.S. speaking in hotel ballrooms packed with concerned parents, teachers and clinicians. She also founded the nonprofit Selective Mutism Group--Childhood Anxiety Network, which has become the major national advocacy group for SM. The group's website, selectivemutism.org gets 450,000 hits a month, and its call center hears from several hundred people a week seeking treatment or information...
...addition to acting and producing, Gere is also an accomplished pianist and humanitarian. He co-founded the Tibet House, a nonprofit organization committed to preserving Tibetan culture. A supporter of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan autonomy, Gere is a practicing Buddhist and founder of the Gere Foundation, which aspires to “assist the cultural survival of the Tibetan people through health, technological and educational projects,” according to the organization’s website...