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@kiwanja.bsky.social
· Jan 28
Twenty years ago this month, this happened. 🙂
Within nine months I'd have a Beta version of FrontlineSMS out in the world, and the rest is history, I guess.
A useful reminder that you don't need prestige, money or friends in high places to do good in the world. Just a strong desire to do it. 🙏
Within nine months I'd have a Beta version of FrontlineSMS out in the world, and the rest is history, I guess.
A useful reminder that you don't need prestige, money or friends in high places to do good in the world. Just a strong desire to do it. 🙏
Tired, frustrated, saddened or angered by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in #Gaza? Feeling totally powerless to do anything about it?
Well, you're not.
I'm running a Donor Pool (UK only). See image for full post and details.
If you're interested in joining us, I'd love to hear from you. 🙏
Well, you're not.
I'm running a Donor Pool (UK only). See image for full post and details.
If you're interested in joining us, I'd love to hear from you. 🙏
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tired, frustrated, saddened or angered by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in #Gaza? Feeling totally powerless to do anything about it?
Well, you're not.
I'm running a Donor Pool (UK only). See image for full post and details.
If you're interested in joining us, I'd love to hear from you. 🙏
Well, you're not.
I'm running a Donor Pool (UK only). See image for full post and details.
If you're interested in joining us, I'd love to hear from you. 🙏
One of the biggest myths you'll hear over and over is that criticising Israel in any shape or form is antisemitic. Period.
It's not.
Find out why in my post over on LinkedIn.
#BreakTheSilence 📣
www.linkedin.com/posts/kiwanj...
It's not.
Find out why in my post over on LinkedIn.
#BreakTheSilence 📣
www.linkedin.com/posts/kiwanj...
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
One of the biggest myths you'll hear over and over is that criticising Israel in any shape or form is antisemitic. Period.
It's not.
Find out why in my post over on LinkedIn.
#BreakTheSilence 📣
www.linkedin.com/posts/kiwanj...
It's not.
Find out why in my post over on LinkedIn.
#BreakTheSilence 📣
www.linkedin.com/posts/kiwanj...
Don't underestimate the importance of this move.
Well done to Spain and Italy. Now, who else is in?
It may be too late for 70,000 murdered Palestinians, but international opinion is slowly beginning to turn.
Speaking up does count. Do the right thing. Help #BreakTheSilence.
Well done to Spain and Italy. Now, who else is in?
It may be too late for 70,000 murdered Palestinians, but international opinion is slowly beginning to turn.
Speaking up does count. Do the right thing. Help #BreakTheSilence.
September 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Don't underestimate the importance of this move.
Well done to Spain and Italy. Now, who else is in?
It may be too late for 70,000 murdered Palestinians, but international opinion is slowly beginning to turn.
Speaking up does count. Do the right thing. Help #BreakTheSilence.
Well done to Spain and Italy. Now, who else is in?
It may be too late for 70,000 murdered Palestinians, but international opinion is slowly beginning to turn.
Speaking up does count. Do the right thing. Help #BreakTheSilence.
September 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
September 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Right now 'terrorists' are being arrested for doing something that most politicians and businesses are simply too afraid - or not willing - to do.
Protest against the systematic destruction of life, property and any hope of peace in #Gaza.
I know which side of history I want to be on.
You?
Protest against the systematic destruction of life, property and any hope of peace in #Gaza.
I know which side of history I want to be on.
You?
September 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Right now 'terrorists' are being arrested for doing something that most politicians and businesses are simply too afraid - or not willing - to do.
Protest against the systematic destruction of life, property and any hope of peace in #Gaza.
I know which side of history I want to be on.
You?
Protest against the systematic destruction of life, property and any hope of peace in #Gaza.
I know which side of history I want to be on.
You?
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WCK teams in Gaza are working nonstop to support their fellow Palestinians. We’ve put together answers to your questions about the current state of our operations.
#ChefsForGaza (1/3)
#ChefsForGaza (1/3)
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
WCK teams in Gaza are working nonstop to support their fellow Palestinians. We’ve put together answers to your questions about the current state of our operations.
#ChefsForGaza (1/3)
#ChefsForGaza (1/3)
Have a nice weekend, everyone.
August 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Have a nice weekend, everyone.
Reposted by kiwanja
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
If this is the price of unconditional support for "the only democracy in the Middle East" then this isn't the kind of democracy I grew up in.
This is evil, pure and simple.
#HumanityNow #Gaza
This is evil, pure and simple.
#HumanityNow #Gaza
July 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If this is the price of unconditional support for "the only democracy in the Middle East" then this isn't the kind of democracy I grew up in.
This is evil, pure and simple.
#HumanityNow #Gaza
This is evil, pure and simple.
#HumanityNow #Gaza
July 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This picture was drawn during a UNICEF play activity in #Gaza by a 7-year old boy called Yamen.
He was asked to draw a wish. ✏️
And what did he draw? A sky without fighter planes or drones. 😔
I can't imagine the horrors these children are being put through.
But I do know it needs to stop. 🛑
He was asked to draw a wish. ✏️
And what did he draw? A sky without fighter planes or drones. 😔
I can't imagine the horrors these children are being put through.
But I do know it needs to stop. 🛑
July 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This picture was drawn during a UNICEF play activity in #Gaza by a 7-year old boy called Yamen.
He was asked to draw a wish. ✏️
And what did he draw? A sky without fighter planes or drones. 😔
I can't imagine the horrors these children are being put through.
But I do know it needs to stop. 🛑
He was asked to draw a wish. ✏️
And what did he draw? A sky without fighter planes or drones. 😔
I can't imagine the horrors these children are being put through.
But I do know it needs to stop. 🛑
♥️ Really thrilled by the response to this so far.
🌍 If you care about what's going on in the world but, for whatever reason, struggle to do anything about it, I'd love you to join our growing 'from apathy to action' community.
There's more on the website here:
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
🌍 If you care about what's going on in the world but, for whatever reason, struggle to do anything about it, I'd love you to join our growing 'from apathy to action' community.
There's more on the website here:
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
♥️ Really thrilled by the response to this so far.
🌍 If you care about what's going on in the world but, for whatever reason, struggle to do anything about it, I'd love you to join our growing 'from apathy to action' community.
There's more on the website here:
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
🌍 If you care about what's going on in the world but, for whatever reason, struggle to do anything about it, I'd love you to join our growing 'from apathy to action' community.
There's more on the website here:
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
June 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm looking for a few more people to become founding members of a new project exploring apathy in the face of global crises.
If you care about what's going on in the world but struggle, for whatever reason, to do anything about it, I'd love you to take part.
🙏
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
If you care about what's going on in the world but struggle, for whatever reason, to do anything about it, I'd love you to take part.
🙏
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
June 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'm looking for a few more people to become founding members of a new project exploring apathy in the face of global crises.
If you care about what's going on in the world but struggle, for whatever reason, to do anything about it, I'd love you to take part.
🙏
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
If you care about what's going on in the world but struggle, for whatever reason, to do anything about it, I'd love you to take part.
🙏
kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
If you're as frustrated at the state of the world as I am, I may have just the thing for you. ♥️
Click here for more: kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
Shares welcome. 🙏
#globalaffairs #apathy #activism
Click here for more: kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
Shares welcome. 🙏
#globalaffairs #apathy #activism
June 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
If you're as frustrated at the state of the world as I am, I may have just the thing for you. ♥️
Click here for more: kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
Shares welcome. 🙏
#globalaffairs #apathy #activism
Click here for more: kiwanja.net/apathytoaction
Shares welcome. 🙏
#globalaffairs #apathy #activism
Not sure how we got to the point where three old white men get to decide on everyone's future.
June 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Not sure how we got to the point where three old white men get to decide on everyone's future.
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor" - Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
June 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor" - Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Sending my thoughts and prayers this #FathersDay to all those out there doing the very best they can for their families, often in the most challenging and unimaginable of circumstances.
Photo: A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he walks towards Greece's border with Macedonia (Yannis Behrakis).
Photo: A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he walks towards Greece's border with Macedonia (Yannis Behrakis).
June 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sending my thoughts and prayers this #FathersDay to all those out there doing the very best they can for their families, often in the most challenging and unimaginable of circumstances.
Photo: A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he walks towards Greece's border with Macedonia (Yannis Behrakis).
Photo: A Syrian refugee kisses his daughter as he walks towards Greece's border with Macedonia (Yannis Behrakis).
RIP America.
Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests
Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests
Alistair Kitchen says he was detained and questioned about views on Israel and Palestine before being deported from LA to Melbourne
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An Australian man who was detained upon arrival at Los Angeles airport and deported back to Melbourne says United States border officials told him it was due to his writing on pro-Palestine protests by university students.
Alistair Kitchen said he left Melbourne on Thursday bound for New York and was detained for 12 hours and interrogated by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials during the stopover in Los Angeles.
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June 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
RIP America.
The anger says it all, doesn't it?
Another day, another immoral, indiscriminate attack on innocent Palestinians.
But tomorrow there will be another, and it will be quickly forgotten.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Another day, another immoral, indiscriminate attack on innocent Palestinians.
But tomorrow there will be another, and it will be quickly forgotten.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
June 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The anger says it all, doesn't it?
Another day, another immoral, indiscriminate attack on innocent Palestinians.
But tomorrow there will be another, and it will be quickly forgotten.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Another day, another immoral, indiscriminate attack on innocent Palestinians.
But tomorrow there will be another, and it will be quickly forgotten.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Exploring the tension in #Buddhism between personal enlightenment and very real social action, my latest blog post details many of the struggles I have with how I respond - or not? - to the levels of #conflict and violence we see in the world today.
www.kiwanja.net/blog/2025/05...
www.kiwanja.net/blog/2025/05...
Compassion in the face of conflict
A few weeks ago I took part in a weekend retreat at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, something I've wanted to do for a long time. Meditation, Buddhist teachings and vegan food were the order of day, but...
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May 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Exploring the tension in #Buddhism between personal enlightenment and very real social action, my latest blog post details many of the struggles I have with how I respond - or not? - to the levels of #conflict and violence we see in the world today.
www.kiwanja.net/blog/2025/05...
www.kiwanja.net/blog/2025/05...