Open Hands Initiative, The GroundTruth Project and GlobalPost “Special Reports” are now accepting applications for the 2013 Myanmar (Burma) Reporting Fellowship! We are looking for 20 top, young correspondents — 10 from America and 10 from Burma — to take part in an all-expense-paid fellowship in Burma from June 10 to June 30. All writers, photographers, […]
The new year in the U.S. is very much underway, the hustle and bustle of the daily commute, long hours and increasingly long nights do not distinguish 2013 much from previous years. Yet in Myanmar (Burma), this is a very different story. In 2011, the 17 year long peace treaty established to end the nation’s […]
You may remember how the Silver Scorpion was distributed to schools across Egypt last year through the help of the Egyptian Association for Educational Resources (E-Era). Now, with the cooperation and partnership of the International Education Association of Lebanon (IEA), the comic book is making its way into the hands of teachers and students in […]
Above, a group of photographers head onto the lake before sunrise to catch the morning light. The Open Hands Initiative is proud to announce that it has recently sponsored six young Myanmar photographers and photojournalists to take part in “Burma in Transition,” a week-long photography workshop led by Gary Knight and Philip Blenkinsop in Myanmar […]
The Open Hands Initiative’s Chairman and Founder, Jay Snyder, was honored at Job Path’s annual benefit, which was held on October 17th at HBO headquarters in New York City. The yearly event serves as a way to help bolster this vital non-profit institution that aims to empower people with developmental disabilities. “There’s a job for […]