The iF Foundation is just about ready to begin an exciting new humanitarian/business venture in Haiti. We are going into the chicken raising business. We are doing this with a two fold purpose and goal in mind. First, the chickens will provide several much needed jobs for those who work the poultry farm. A second aspect is we plan on taking the [...]
Joy, the result of knowing your life really does matter
Joy! All of us yearn to experience it, but it is a word that describes an emotional state that so often proves to be elusive and fleeting. We simply have too much to do, too many demands upon us, too many burdens and daily cares that preoccupy and rob our experience of joy. Our lives are cluttered [...]
Depression at the holidays
I suspect that all of us know that life for most people is not working itself out as if resembling and reflecting a scene from a Currier and Ives winter print. The holidays we now find ourselves in are supposed to be a time filled with happiness and family harmony and bliss. But for most people the real story of how [...]
The face of Desperation knows no nationality
The news is too much to bear. A frustrated mom enters a governmental agency in Texas to follow up on her application for food stamps. She had applied for food stamps in several states. She was unsuccessful each time. In this instance Texas welfare officials say her application was rejected simply because the application was not filled [...]
Financial stress and mud cookies
I know several people in the USA who are out of work, or who cannot work for a variety of reasons. Living in the metropolitan NY area, if you do not have access to quite a bit of funds, you simply cannot live here. There is nothing quite as stressful in life as not knowing [...]
Holidays and a look into our future
We at the iF Foundation want to wish all of our friends the very best this holiday season. To our Christian friends, a blessed celebration of Jesus birth. To our Jewish friends, blessings during your celebration of Hanukkah. The end of the year always provides us with a chance to reflect upon the meaning of time [...]
World Vets and life giving care in Haiti
This past month the iF Foundation was blessed to have some amazing veterinarians and vet students come to Haiti with us to treat our animals, and also many of the local animals not a part of our foundation’s official farms. A Haitian woman commented that from time to time medical missions come through our rural neck [...]
Ghana update
We recently returned from a trip to Ghana to see our projects that were started 1-2 years ago. I am very pleased to report that the iF Foundation has experienced wonderful blessings and our projects are blossoming and expanding. The groups who borrowed money to get started are all paying back their loans well ahead of schedule. We now have [...]
Uncontacted tribe in the Amazon and drug trafficing
Those of us who have seen the movie Avatar, which portrayed the potential conflict between environmentally based tribal living and the corporate search for profit, may be interested in the breaking story unfolding in Brazil. Please realize that I believe in corporate profits, and the good corporations do. They provide jobs and often support many worthy local, [...]
DISOP, and the intrinsic value of all people
The other evening I was at our local Mall shopping. I came upon several people of all ages who were being chaperoned by other adults. It quickly became apparent to me that they were physically and mentally challenged, and obviously under the care and supervision of volunteers or employees of a care facility. It was a joy [...]
