The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2010. That’s about 26 full 747s. In [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Acid Attacks’
Acid Attacks Hit Home
Posted: September 6, 2010 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Crime, Health Care, Human Rights, India, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, Middle East, News, News and Views, Poverty, Random Thoughts, School Violence, Television, Terrorism, Travel, Violence, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, Arizona, HDNet, Juliette, kampala, Oregon, Uganda, World Report
NOTE: THE ACID ATTACK IN OREGON TURNED OUT TO BE A SELF-INFLICTED HOAX. In recent days there have been two brutal acid attacks against women in the United States, one in Oregon and one in Arizona. Many of you have read the story I wrote about a courageous acid attack victim from Kampala, Uganda named Juliette [...]
Acid Attack Survivor Katie Piper on CNN
Posted: January 12, 2010 in Acid Attacks, Community Service, Crime, Health Care, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, Violence, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, CNN, Great Britain, Katie Piper
Many of you came to this blog to see the story of Juliette’s acid attack. Former model Katie Piper recently spoke to CNN in Great Britain about the brutal attack that changed her life. She is incredibly courageous and is now working to help others through her Katie Piper Foundation (http://www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/.) http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/01/12/uk.katie.piper.acid.attack/index.html For more information on [...]
Juliette’s Acid Attack
Posted: October 4, 2009 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Children, Crime, Global Poverty, Health Care, Human Rights, Inspiration, Law and Order, Media, Music, News, News and Views, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Television, Terrorism, Travel, Violence, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, BeadforLife, Juliette, kampala, Uganda
Acid attacks are a brutal form of domestic violence in the developing world. Juliette tells the story of her attack in Kampala, Uganda and how the man who maimed her walked away. Despite devastating injuries she inspires with courage and optimism. HDNet World Report: Acid Attacks/Juliette’s Story from Vicky Collins on Vimeo. For more information [...]
Acid Attacks: Juliette’s Story
Posted: April 18, 2009 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Media, News, News and Views, Poverty, Terrorism, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, BeadforLife, Global Poverty, HDNet, Juliette, kampala, Nicholas Kristof, Terrorism, Uganda, World Report
Many of you have read the story I wrote about a courageous acid attack victim from Kampala, Uganda named Juliette on this blog. HDNet’s World Report aired an “in her own words” piece about Juliette that I produced for the show on April 14. It is a very powerful story and Juliette’s ability to forgive her attacker and [...]
Juliette’s Acid Attack
Posted: December 15, 2008 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Human Rights, News, News and Views, Terrorism, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, Afghanistan, BeadforLife, Human Rights Abuses, Iran, New York Times, Nicholas Kristof, Pakistan, Terrorism, Uganda
Juliette dreams of someday marrying a nice man. One unlike the monster who poured acid on her in a jealous rage in July 2007. We are sitting with this young woman, just 19 years old, on a porch near a church in Kampala, Uganda. Juliette is beautiful on the side of her face that she shows to the [...]
