Philanthropy Trip: Living Well Doing Good

There are many variations on the story of stone soup, but they all involve a traveler coming into a town.

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The inhabitants try to discourage the traveler from staying, fearing he wants them to give him food. They tell him in no uncertain terms that there's no food anywhere to be found.

The traveler explains that he doesn't need any food and that, in fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with all of them. The villagers watch suspiciously as he builds a fire and fills a cauldron with water.

With great ceremony, he pulls a stone from a bag, dropping the stone into the pot of water. He sniffs the brew extravagantly and exclaims how delicious stone soup is. As the villagers begin to show interest, he mentions how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it.

A villager brings out a cabbage to share. This episode repeats itself until the soup has cabbage, carrots, onions, and beets-indeed, a substantial soup that feeds everyone in the village.

This story addresses the human tendency to hoard in times of deprivation. When resources are scarce, we pull back and put all of our energy into self-preservation. We isolate ourselves and shut out others.

As the story of stone soup reveals, in doing so, we often deprive ourselves and everyone else of a feast.

This metaphor plays out beyond the realm of food. We hoard ideas, love, and energy, thinking we will be richer if we keep to them to ourselves, when in truth we make the world, and ourselves, poorer whenever we greedily stockpile our reserves.

The traveler was able to see that the villagers were holding back, and he had the genius to draw them out and inspire them to give, thus creating a spread that none of them could have created alone.

Are you like one of the villagers, holding back?

If you come forward and share your gifts, you will inspire others to do the same. The reward is a banquet that can nourish many.

Exquisite Safaris Philanthropy Journeys has raised over 1 million dollars since 2008; 100% has been donated to our high impact NGO partners in destinations in the USA and around the world. -Vivanista.com

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Baroness Caroline Cox Philanthropy Journeys

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The Right Honourable Baroness Caroline Cox of Queensbury born July 6, 1937 was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005 and is currently a cross-bench peer Independent Member of the House of Lords.

From 1985 to 1986 she served as a Baroness-in-Waiting to Her Majesty The Queen.

On special request, Baroness Cox will advise and accompany Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic clients during high impact philanthropy journeys.

As Chief Executive of HART Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, which fosters humanitarian aid missions for suffering peoples around the world, Baroness Cox is a voice for the voiceless, advocating on behalf of HART's partners in Parliament and around the world.

She currently serves as Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing. She is also a strong advocate for disability causes, serving as a Member of the World Committee on Disability and a Judge for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award.

In 2004, she was appointed a Special Rapateur by the Britsh Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Religious Freedom and Belief.

Lady Cox's work in the field of humanitarian aid has taken her on many missions to conflict zones, including over 65 visits to the Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh; countless visits to Africa including Sudan, Uganda and Nigeria; to the Karen, Karenni and Chin peoples in the jungles of Burma; and to communities suffering from conflict in India and Indonesia.

She has visited North Korea, helping to promote parliamentary initiatives and medical programs. In her work as a social scientist, she has been instrumental in helping to change the former Soviet Union policies for orphaned and abandoned children from institutional to foster family care.

Positions: Lady Cox's many positions include:

Chancellor: Liverpool Hope University; Bournemouth University, 1991-2001

Hon. President: Tushinskaya (Moscow) Children's Hospital Trust; Standing Conference of Women's Organisations; Dean Close School; Churches Together Highgate

Vice-President: The Royal College of Nursing of the UK; Girl Guides Association; Love Russia; UN Association - Westminster; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; St Lawrence College

Hon. Vice-Chairman: Executive Board of the International Islamic Christian Organisation for Reconciliation and Reconstruction (IICORR)

Patron: Medical Aid for Poland Fund; Premier Radio; Physicians for Human Rights, UK; Project Rachel-Romania; Columbia Childcare (UK); British School of Oesteopathy; British Association for Service to the Elderly.

Trustee: Siberian Medical University, Tomsk; Chernobyl Relief Foundation; The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation; MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International)

Director: Educational Research Trust; Andrei Sakarov Foundation

Member of Board/Advisory Council: Accident and Emergency Nursing. IUS et Lex-Poland; Emmanuel College; Project Cure; King's Fund; The Barnabas Fund; MigrationWatch

As President of the Tushinskaya Paediatric Hospital Trust, Baroness Cox worked closely with its former patron, the late Diana, Princess of Wales

Publications: Lady Cox is a prolific author, her many publications including:

A Sociology of Medical Practice (1975)

Rape of Reason: The Corruption of the Polytechnic of North London (jt au 1975)

The Right to Learn (jt au 1982)

Trajectories of Despair: Misdiagnosis and Maltreatment of Soviet Orphans (with John Eibner 1991)

Ethnic Cleansing in Progress: war in Nagorno Karabakh (1993)

Made to Care: the Case for Residential and Village Communities for People with a Mental Handicap (with M. Pearson 1995)

This Immoral Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century (co-author Dr. John Marks 2006)

Islam, Islamism and the West: Is Idiological Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy (co-author Dr. John Marks 2006)

Academia:

Lady Cox is the Former Head of the Sociology Department of the University of North London, 1974-77.

Director, Nursing Education Research Unit, Chelsea College, University of London, 1977-84.

Lady Cox has been a guest lecturer at The Royal College of Defence Studies, The Joint Services Command Staff College (British Armed Forces), Oxford University, Georgetown University, Yale University, Oakland University and many other academic institutions around the world.

Decorations and Awards:

Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, 1990

William Wilberforce Award, Jan. 1995

Fridtjof Nansen International Foundation Award

The International Mother Teresa Award for humanitarian work, Mar. 2005

Mkhitar Gosh Medal conferred by the President of the Republic of Armenia, Sep. 2005

Anniversary medal presented by Lech Walesa, the former President of Poland, at the 25th anniversary of the Polish Solidarity Movement, Oct. 2005

Lady Cox has received numerous awards, honors, and honorary degrees from governments, universities and NGOs from around the world.

Personal:

Lady Cox was married from 1959 to Dr. Murray Newell Cox, a forensic psychiatrist, until his passing in 1997. She has two sons, one daughter and 10 grandchildren

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The Dream: Philanthropy Travel

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It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
trees flew by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway
I was flyin'

Yeah runnin' down a dream
that never would come to me
workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
runnin' down a dream

I felt so good like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
the last three days the rain was un-stoppable
it was always cold, no sunshine

(Repeat Chorus)

I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
there's something good waitin' down this road
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine

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Understanding Philanthropic Living Legacy

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I'm the sum total of my ancestors
I carry their DNA
We are representatives of a long line of people
And we cart them around everywhere
This long line of people
That goes back to the beginning of time
And when we meet they meet other lines of people
And we say bring together the lines of meet

When I look back over the years
At the things that brought tears to my eyes
Papa said we have to be wise
To live long lives
Now I recognize
What my father said before he dies
Vocalize things I've left unsaid
Left my spirit unfed for too long
I'm coming home to my family
Where I can be strong
Be who I planned to be
Within me my ancestory
Givin' me continuity
Would it be remiss to continue in this way
Would you rather I quit
Come with the other shit
Making people's hips sway
Lip service I pay but I'm nervous
I pray for all the mothers who get no sleep
Like a lifeline I light lines cause my compassion is deep
For the people who fashioned me my soul to keep
And this is who I happen to be
And if I don't see that I'm strong then I won't be

This is what my Daddy told me
I wished he would hold me
A little more
Than he did
But he taught me my culture
And how to live positive
I never wanna shame
The blood in my veins and bring pain
To my sweet grandfathers face
In his resting place
I made haste to learn and not waste
Everything my forefathers earned in tears
For my culture

Fall back again
Crawl from the warm water
For my culture
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again.

Hello Dad,
Remember me?
I'm the man you thought I'd never be.
I'm the boy who you reduced to tears
Dad, I've been lonely for 27 years
Yeah, that's right, my name's Bob
I'm the one who landed the popstar's job
I'm the one who you told, "look, don't touch"
I'm the kid who wouldn't amount to much.

I believe in the sense of sight and sound
I have always been too loud
Wont you help me drown it out?
I'm what I feel
What I'm feeling is surreal
I'm a mass of spinnin' wheels
Always digging in my heels
Now I got the faith to

Fall back again
Crawl from the warm water
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again.

Lace up your boots we're going back to the roots
Speaking to my ghetto youths freak freaking for loot
And nice things, better check what your future brings
It's now and your forefathers for the knowhow
Go now into the world without hatred
Use your head
If the needle is wise be the thread
And weave ancestral wisdom, yours by birth
Spreading the Lords word over this broad earth

This is what my Daddy told me
I wished he would hold me
A little more than he did
But he told me my culture
And how to live positive
I never wanna shame
The blood in my veins and bring pain
To my sweet grandfathers face in his resting place
I make haste to learn and not waste
everything my forefathers earned in tears
For my culture

Fall back again
Crawl from the warm water
Water to air
You're on your feet again
Your feet again
For my culture

Fall back again
Crawl from the warm water
Water to air
Your on your feet again
Your feet again

For my culture

-Performed by Robbie Williams & Maxi Jazz

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