<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pangea Giving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pangea Giving is a non-profit giving circle that provides members a meaningful way to promote peace and understanding across cultural boundaries.]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/stories-and-impact</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pangea-giving.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea Celebrates Successful Relaunch and Grant Cycle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pangea Celebrates Successful Relaunch and Grant Cycle]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/pangea-celebrates-successful-relaunch-and-grant-cycle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69caf6ace7de3cb006082a20</guid><category><![CDATA[Events and Education]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:05:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_f24fec0016d84cecbcb8e717c0019583~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea Site Visit Laos - The Association of Green - January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[After spending time in Northern Thailand the Pangea site visit team traveled to Laos and visited with partner The Association of Green ("TAG"). Visiting a small farm harvesting bok choy outside of Vientiane, Laos with TAG  TAG’s mission is to support, educate and encourage farmers and small farmers’ groups (such as cooperative farms) to engage in sustainable, environmentally sound and financially viable farming practices throughout Laos.  Their goal is to help small farmers increase the value...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/pangea-site-visit-laos-the-association-of-green-january-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bb453a23f9a3655ef1dca6</guid><category><![CDATA[Site Visits]]></category><category><![CDATA[Member Experience]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partner Profiles]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_b02927a7f2b54bf4a3891fec618f694f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea Site Visit Northern Thailand - Fortune - January 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[In January 2026, several Pangea members and their travel partners spent a day with Fortune, a small grassroots organization located in Fang District in Northern Thailand. This was Pangea's second site visit with Fortune. You can read more about the first visit from early 2024 in  this blog post .  Three of the four Pangea group had been on the 2024 site visit, while this was the first site visit trip for the author of this post. Sharing lunch with many of the Fortune team at an outdoor...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/pangea-site-visit-northern-thailand-fortune-january-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b9bbe73df4a8950cf646e0</guid><category><![CDATA[Site Visits]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Member Experience]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_ff8b35c1034d4fccbae3dc84a440183b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A visit to UNOSJO in Oaxaca, an organization whose intersectional work embodies the principles of agroecology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Betsy Hale, chair of Pangea’s Latin America Pod, shares her experiences and insights gained from a site visit conducted in October 2025. This past October, I had the opportunity to conduct a site visit to our grant partner UNOSJO which is in the Sierra Norte region of Oaxaca. Deep Roots in Guelatao I spent a wonderful day in Guelatao , a town famous as the birthplace of the revolutionary leader Benito Juarez who was President of Mexico for multiple terms beginning in 1858. This historic...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/a-visit-to-unosjo-in-oaxaca-an-organization-whose-intersectional-work-embodies-the-principles-of-ag</link><guid isPermaLink="false">697a850f2c80129225d1ccd6</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:02:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_fdd059a4568243888d8515c7aa1db1e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_566,h_752,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refugees and the Work of Solidarity Eden Foundation - Pangea Educational Event]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jules Mayele, Executive Director of Solidarity Eden Foundation with members of Pangea. Did you know that 305 million  people around the world live outside their home countries? The reasons for their migration vary but are frequently the result of political conflict, economic hardship, ethnic persecution, and climate stress among other factors. Refugees face significant barriers to successful resettlement including trauma, language and cultural differences, as well as access to employment and...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/refugees-and-the-work-of-solidarity-eden-foundation-pangea-educational-event</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69602c82f3c0663c7a930a26</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:24:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_10728c6cf8c1424ca28f53e2505f98bf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_710,h_534,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea Giving 2024 SE Asia Site Visit Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visit with FORTUNE school, Thailand. Photo: Emily Ho Periodically, Pangea Giving “Pod” committees, composed of members interested in a particular geographic area, organize site visits to meet with existing grantees and prospective new grantees.    The   purpose of the site visits is to observe the grantees’ work, talk with organization leaders, and evaluate first-hand the viability of a renewed grant. Additionally, site visit teams try to identify, and if possible meet with the leaders of...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/copy-of-pangea-site-visit-to-guatemala-october-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69333a484f0e700bce2f900c</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:02:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_7930435f824a4b68a0f258dd37eba9f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_382,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea Site Visit to Guatemala – October 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summary prepared by Janet Pearson on behalf of the site visit team that also included Betsy Hale and Diane Logan. Pangea site visits are unique opportunities to further a core element of our mission, which is to engage in trust-based partnerships with grassroots organizations. Our recent visit to Guatemala provided the opportunity for careful listening and deep conversations. As with most Pangea site visits, there were three elements to our time in Guatemala: 1) educating ourselves on the...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/pangea-site-visit-to-guatemala-october-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6933372f6f872a8bb4d7cdcc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:02:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_12d95c62660e4661a1623a8bf99af498~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_468,h_493,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Janet Pearson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report on the Concluded East Africa Leaders Forum (ELAF) Gathering 2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Caroline Odera, Founder and Executive Director of  Women in Sustainable Development  (WISE), and Ferdinand Wafula, Founder and Executive Director of  Bio Gardening Innovations  (Western Kenya) ELAF gathering 2024. Photo: WISE We hosted this year’s East Africa Leaders Forum for current and past Pangea Giving grantees. The two-day convention brought together organizations from East Africa for organizational running experience sharing, network building, challenges experienced and strategies...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/copy2-of-pangea-site-visit-to-guatemala-october-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69333a5c6f872a8bb4d7d6a8</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 19:02:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_f6ac23f95bda4d67b0f87469b3d7d93c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_469,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea Giving 2024 Grants Announced!]]></title><description><![CDATA[FORTUNE site visit, 2024, Thailand. Photo: Emily Ho Each year, Pangea Giving evaluates current and potential grant partners for new funding to be provided. In March of 2024, Pangea awarded 17 grant partners a combined total of $118,100!  The grant pool is divided into regions including East Africa, Latin America, and SE Asia. Pangea members cultivate relationships with grant partners over several months, or more often over years of continuous partnership. Often, partners are referred by...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/pangea-giving-2024-grants-announced</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695ef60f243e47cfabeacc98</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:24:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_35657b7302944bc18afc80c1b3c39ff9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_624,h_326,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pangea’s First Visit to Green Community Volunteers (GVC), Laos]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Paul Silver, March 2023 Paul Silver with GVC Overview:  On behalf of Pangea, I, accompanied by my intrepid spouse, Christina Marra, visited our new (and first) grantee in Laos, Green Community Volunteers (GCV) for three days.  Founded in 2009, by an ethnic minority woman, GVC seeks to empower communities on environmental issues such as biodiversity preservation. Site Visit:  Two of the three co-directors of GCV, Dorn, who is GCV’s founder, and Linol, who is a volunteer lawyer, met us in...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/pangea-s-first-visit-to-green-community-volunteers-gvc-laos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695efd4325d7db7b1ba2c039</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 23:47:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_588a2facc8d847d5a0d0ba9e28638257~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_342,h_456,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Founding of Pangea]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Allan Paulson, June 4, 2023 Allan Paulson In November, 2001, I received an email out of the blue inviting me to come to a discussion about how we could promote better understanding across cultures and countries.  This was a few months after the 9/11 attack. One of the disconcerting back stories that emerged focused how much dislike and hatred there was toward Americans, and America in many parts of the world. I decided to go, and found myself in a large conference room high up in the...]]></description><link>https://www.pangea-giving.org/post/the-founding-of-pangea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">695ef9cd25d7db7b1ba2b75f</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:38:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ded2bf_9797ecc1d5ec47aab590bb6021ff2d5a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_600,h_277,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pangea</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>