Robin Low's blog

Anyone free to help out in a project?

Boston Marathon is something very personal to me, it is in the city that I lived in for years, and I have many friends and family there. I've been to many Boston Marathons and met many amazing people.

I would like to collect positive stories from victims, witnesses or just heroes.

Anyone free to do me a very big favor to walk down Boylston Street to chat with the people there?

I want to collect stories to write an e-book to raise more funds for survivors. I need photos, videos, interviews or whatever you can help get.

Relief 2.0

Relief 2.0 -- Tohoku: Road to the Future Global Art and Photo Exhibition will resume in May 2013 and it will be bigger and better than ever!

If you are interested in learning sustainable ways of disaster relief and recovery, Relief 2.0 team can run the exhibtion in the city near you.

This show as several parts:

1) Photo Exhibition.

Relief 2.0 was at Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana on Jan 10, and many people learned about how communities can support one another and new technologies used in Disaster Relief.

Products made by survivors from the disaster areas were also for sale to empower the survivors to earn a living.

There will be more shows in Tijuana and Baja California area in the month of January.

Thanks for the support Mexico!

-- Robin Low

Relief 2.0 is planning a series of events in Mexico, including Art and Photo Exhibits as well as conferences and presentations on efficient disaster response and sustainable recovery. Join us from January 10 to January 20 at multiple venues in Rosarito, Baja California.

We will be in North America to do Relief 2.0: Tohoku - Road to the Future in Nov 2012.

As part of the global launch of Markets of Hope, the organization Relief 2.0 will host a conference about efficient response and sustainable recovery disaster.

We are looking for collaboration to run this show in North America and Mexico (Jan 2013) and if you have a Gallery or a venue, I would be glad to come. I would appreciate accomodations as well. 

The show and exhibition is usually a 1 weekend event, and I've done shows that are 1 week or 1 day.

The event went pretty well, we had a Facebook event page which we invited more than 1000 people, and we pitched successfully to several sites,

It is the final day of Social Business Forum Asia 2012 and the social businesses are presenting for the audience. 

Singapore's 17 year old social entrepreneur Kim Min Seok also presented his social business Novoglobal.

2 Interns from Relief 2.0 mission -- Fukuoka also volunteered at the flooded areas in Kyushu 

You can read about XinMin's experience at: 

This is the official day of SBFA 2012 - Fukuoka.

The day started with a few keynote speakers sharing great social businesses.

①Yunus ＆ Youth Social Business Design Contest 2012　（Student contest)　

　　July 21st (Saturday) 14：00～17：00　（Doors open：１３：３０～）

②SBFA　2012Social Business Project Presentation

July 22nd (Sunday) 10：00～12：30　（Doors open：０９：３０～）

This was a busy day for all the participants as there are many interesting workshops and presentations. 

Social Business Forum Asia 2012 (Day 1)

This social business forum starts off with a networking dinner with Prof Yunus.

Prof Yunus shared his thoughts about the impotance of social business in Fukuoka, and the mayor of Fukuoka came and gave a speech.

I was amazed by the pretty location overlooking the river and the sea. This event was held at Hilton in Fukuoka and the location was beautiful. 

However, one thing caught my attention was the large Malaysia delegates that came to the event.