News & Updates
July 23, 2024
BWB Corpus Christi Celebrates 10 Years of Service
Project: Hurricane Harvey Relief EffortCommunity Development //
July 20, 2024
Watch: Medicine Garden & Haba Update
Project: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum Garden Engagement: 2022 Microgrant UpdateCommunity Development // Indigenous Issues and Sovereignty //
October 27, 2022
A Letter From Perquin El Salvador
Project: El Salvador School ProjectCommunity Development //
February 1, 2022
Watch the Video Recap
Project: Watch: Pedacito De La Tierra (A Little Piece Of Home)Community Development // Refugee and Migration Support //
February 16, 2019
Watch: Project Update from Asciental Language & Arts School (ALAS) in Ometepe, Nicaragua
Project: Ascential Language and Arts School (ALAS) NicaraguaCommunity Development //
January 1, 2017
New Orleans Farming Arts Project in Louisiana, USA: Grant Update
Project: Gloria's Garden - 2017 Grant UpdateCommunity Development // Environment and Sustainability //
June 5, 2015
Alternative Currencies Are Bigger Than Bitcoin: How They’re Building Prosperity From London to Kenya
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
September 23, 2014
Community Currency Expanding to Nairobi
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
June 12, 2014
The Failures of Money and a New Kind of Cash
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
April 22, 2014
Elections, Service, Mapping and Nairobi
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
January 21, 2014
Church Offerings with Bangla-Pesa Currency
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
October 23, 2013
Bangla-Pesa Relaunch in November
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
October 11, 2013
A Kenyan community’s currency, Bangla-Pesa faces trouble
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
August 20, 2013
Bangla-Pesa Charges Dropped
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
July 23, 2013
Bangla-Pesa: Slum Currency and Implications for the Poor in Developing Countries
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
July 13, 2013
The Crime of Fighting Poverty: Local Currency’s Success in Kenya Ends in Forgery Charges
Project: Bangla-Pesa Community Currency ProgramCommunity Development // Poverty //
February 5, 2013
Burners Without Borders: A Humanitarian Cause Born at Burning Man
Community Development //
February 7, 2012
Soup’s On: BWB Detroit Begins it’s Third Year of Microgrant Dinner Series
Community Development // Fundraising and Support //
August 10, 2011
Chilasco’s “Bottle School” Keeps on Building Thanks to BWB!!
Children and Youth // Community Development // Education and Skill Development //
November 10, 2009
Passing the Torch-Volunteers Welcome!
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
October 5, 2009
Biodiesel Bonanza!!
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Environment and Sustainability // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
September 28, 2009
All Hands on Deck in the Lower Ninth Ward
Community Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
June 19, 2009
Sowing the Seeds of Permaculture in Botswana
Community Development // Environment and Sustainability //June 17, 2009
Nine Months Later, Pisco Sin Fronteras (PSF) Story of Growth
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
September 25, 2008
Sustainable Future for Fisherman
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Environment and Sustainability // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
May 28, 2008
BWB completes first school!
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectChildren and Youth // Community Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
May 28, 2008
Burners Bring Fire to School Dedication in Peru
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectArts and Culture // Community Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
May 21, 2008
The Dirty and Rewarding Work of Building Schools
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
April 8, 2008
Piscante House Project
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
April 8, 2008
Patrick Brings it Texas Style (and…He’s Never Even Been to Burning Man)
Community Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //April 6, 2008
Aid Workers Inspired by Burning Man Spirit in Peru
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //
February 29, 2008
Nick Heyming- Notes from the Field
Project: BWB Pisco Reconstruction ProjectCommunity Development // Disaster Response and Preparedness //