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MORE auction items — they just keep coming!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Art collectors rejoice!   Isipho has just received three awesome pieces of art for the Celebrating Hope silent auction next weekend.    

Choose from a 20” X 24” oil on canvas by Kim Karelson;

 a 23” X 30” acrylic on glass by Mark Karelson;

 or a 25 3/8” x 32 7/8” signed Itzchak Tarkay serigraph.

The Karelsons are good friends of ours (they’re attending the event!), and their daughter, Katie, is one of my close friends and is volunteering as the stage manager during the event! Be sure to check out the awesome art!

Miranda

P.S.  28 hours until Nonjabulo gets here!!!!!!!

Bono on Aid in Africa (Maybe we could get him to work with Isipho? :D)

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

“Aid, it’s clear, is still part of the picture. It’s crucial, if you have H.I.V. and are fighting for your life, or if you are a mother wondering why you can’t protect your child against killers with unpronounceable names or if you are a farmer who knows that new seed varietals will mean you have produce that you can take to market in drought or flood. But not the old, dumb, only-game-in-town aid — smart aid that aims to put itself out of business in a generation or two. “Make aid history” is the objective. It always was. Because when we end aid, it’ll mean that extreme poverty is history. But until that glorious day, smart aid can be a reforming tool, demanding accountability and transparency, rewarding measurable results, reinforcing the rule of law, but never imagining for a second that it’s a substitute for trade, investment or self-determination.”

- Bono   –  in an Op-Ed column in the NY Times

Wow. Well said, Bono! And we’re not only blogging about this because we love that U2 walks on, but because this is yet another person who realizes that giving a man a fish is not the solution! We must teach the man how to fish. This idea is spreading, and hopefully, very soon, people will learn to take the time, and work with the people in need instead of dropping bags of rice that postpones death one more day.

I am you and you are mine
Love makes no sense of space
And time…will disappear
Love and logic keep us clear
Reason is on our side, love…
   — U2 — Miracle drug. The first song that dad and I listened to leaving the village in 2008, and probably the reason I wanted to start Isipho. There is love, and power there that can break out!

To read the full article; http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18bono.html?pagewanted=1&hp

Peace and love!

Miranda

Update….

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Hello readers!

Two more weeks until Nonjabulo gets here! Two weeks and a few hours! We can’t wait, and were very excited for her arrival! I am counting down the days. It is worth waking up at 3 AM on a Friday morning to go to the airport

Silent auction items; autographed items!

Item #3!

Autographed Virginia Willis Cookbook! A cookbook of Virginia Willis, her daughter, and her grandaughter;                 Bon Appetit, Y’all: Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking

Willis’ “simple is best” philosophy is what made her not only Atlanta’s favorite chef, but an international icon.

Item #7!

Get Slaughtered at the Beach! Ten of Karin Slaughters best-selling novels, each autographed, in a lovely beach bag to take with you on a trip to the beach!  “Karin Slaughter is one of the best crime novelists in America” — The Washington Post

Item #20!

Autographed John Smoltz Baseball! This baseball was autographed right on the sweet spot by Atlanta Braves superstar and Futire Hall of Famer John Smoltz. No certificate of authenticity is included, as this baseball was hand-signed at a game and handed directly fro John Smoltz to its recipient. Includes acrylic display case.

awesome!