Travel Spotlight: Japan

By Zainab Al-Farabi WHY THIS PLACE? Incredible culture, food, people and landscapes. Diversity of activities (from cool cities to epic mountains!) Diversity of great food from sushi, tempura to wagyu beef to ramen MUST-DO EXPERIENCEWhat’s one thing you absolutely shouldn’t miss? Going to an onsen (public hot spring baths) or if you’re able to staying in a Ryokan. […]

The Social Fabric We Forgot

I’ve been reflecting a lot on the mode of “care” – not just in the charity sector, but in the community at large. The social fabric that connects us as human beings. You see, humans became the dominant species not because of our capacity to think, but because of our social ability. That’s why millions […]

The Disobedient Ones: Re-Educating Ourselves This International Women’s Month

It’s International Women’s Month, and there’s a lot we need to sit with. The charity sector has been going through an inferno-level reckoning—because despite all the missions and the great work being done, progress seems to be going backwards. When we think about the civil rights movements and revolutions that emerged in the postwar era, […]