http://blog.operationof.org diary of an emerging social enterprise Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have arrived!!! Yes, that is right, we just got a letter from the IRS that let us know that OperationOF is now exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are now a registered charity in the United States! This means ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=38 We had a great deal of interest in Shannon's posting about Jessica, the young fistula survivor who escaped the LRA. This video is a montage of pictures, music and audio of Jessica speaking about her ordeal. She specifically discusses a conversation she had with her father after the ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=39 As Seth sprinted off to the surgical ward to accompany Dr. John Kelly in a complex fistula surgery our first day, I wandered into the post-op recovery ward hoping to make some friends and listen to some of the women’s stories. People say that Ugandans speak English, but that really ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=34 Determined. That is the best word to describe John Kelly. I know, I know. If you look at my blog postings, at least 40% of them include a reference to or direct praise of John Kelly. Sorry, I cant help it. This guy is superhuman and ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=32 To get an idea of how local people travel and to understand the challenges of moving long distances by road transport, Shannon and I take public transport everywhere we travel. While certainly not the most comfortable mode of travel, public buses are undoubtedly the most educational. By arriving in Masaka, ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=31 In the DRC, internet connectivity was rarely available and my Rwandan phone didn’t work. So when I learned that the doctor at our next destination had a last minute schedule change, we had a bit of a problem. Given the communications difficulty, we decided to head back ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=30 Just to give some idea of how much we are moving around, and the means by which we are doing it, we are launching a little travel report called "On the Road." You see, we want to get an idea of how local people travel and to understand ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=29 At breakfast the next morning, Lyn and I chatted through some ideas regarding developing an expansion of her cleft palate program and preparing a grant application to The Smile Train to fund it. Lyn wanted me to get a deeper understanding of HEAL Africa’s outreach mechanism and arranged an ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=26 The short night had not only robbed me of slumber but it also nearly made me late. I scrambled to get dressed and missed breakfast in my rush to meet Dr. Jo Lusi, who I found waiting patiently in his jeep with the passenger door open. As ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=24 I’m not sure if it was the flashing Travel Advisory by the State Department or the stories of people being detained at the border, or maybe everything I had read about the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the Spring semester as I had studied sexual violence in the ... http://blog.operationof.org/?p=23