Results tagged “southeastasia”

Earlier this year Hannah Sung left a 'dream job' at MuchMusic to travel. But Sung wasn't merely backpacking around the world, like so many 20-somethings. She was working with CARE Canada shooting a documentary on the NGO's efforts in Indonesia and East Timor. Upon her return to Canada she also started touring high schools. Both experiences changed Sung's life and urged her to do more, particularly for the people of East Timor, a country ravaged by a bloody history of colonialism and current political turmoil.

Torontoist likes to make our own rules, so when it comes to year end lists and such, there are no rules. Along the lines of Torontoist's kinda-sorta-best-of's for 2004, while out and about we've noticed some good stuff, some bad stuff, and some damn near ugly stuff:

And blogger Benjamin Rosenbaum has a Better Business Bureau-researched list of which charities are working most efficiently. Courtesy BoingBoing. (BoingBoing also has much tsunami blogosphere news, and discussions of Gov't suppression of news)

Of course, while here at home we're having the lowest December temperatures in quite a spell, most of Southeast Asia has been slammed by an earthquake/tsunami considered the strongest in forty years. Makes you appreciate a slight chilly snap. Happy Boxing Day All!