I would like to invite you to the Microfinance and Microbrews event hosted by Seattle Microfinance, showcasing Lumana Credit, a microfinance institution based in Atorkor, Ghana that focuses on business education as a tool for poverty alleviation. The event will take place today, the 18th, at 6pm at Pyramid Alehouse. You can find the attached Facebook event link below:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=287554628479#wall_posts

My neighbors and friends on Bainbridge Island remember my active campaigning in December 2007 to get as many people as possible to order a One Laptop Per Child device for their children. Now it's being started up again at http://amazon.com/olpc but so far you can only buy them for other children in poor countries - not yet for our own children.

Global Washington http://globalwa.org is a very interesting organization that supports the global development sector in the state of Washington. It is comprised of non-profits, foundations, businesses and governmenatal agencies who work together to build a more equitable and prosperous world.  Its diverse members work collectively to generate new opportunities for growth, strengthen member organizations and increase impact.

Global Washington is hosting what sounds to be an exciting event on October 21st in Seattle.  I think anyone in the Seattle area who is interested in Africa and non-profits should attend, and Kabissa will definitely be represented!

I received the following tweet today from @Forumone: 

Forum One is hosting "Web for Global Health Roundtable" today in our Seattle office. Information: http://ow.ly/tmv8

Details pasted below. It's too late for us to participate, but in any case I wanted to share it. Forum One is a great tech company I have worked with in the past (long in the past, actually) and I am a big fan. I'm pleased to see their expansion into the Pacific Northwest.