Chi Em

I didn't realize Chi Em was a properly established organization working off the idea of micro-financing to help alleviate poverty! It looks like they are affiliated with the French based NGO, Entrepreneurs du Monde. If you're looking for a chance to help out, Chi Em looks like a good place to get started.

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In the days before blogging was so prevalent, it was harder to find other Vietnamese on the East Coast. I recently stumbled across a beautiful image of thit kho that made me drool, at Cathy's blog gas-tron-o-my. She has alot of other great food shots and while Philadelphia is not New York, it's pretty close.