Comments for Kaukab Jhumra Smith

Comment on Kinshasa by Mari

Mari — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:09:04 +0000

Wow! Exciting news. Looking forward to reading more!

Comment on Six magic words by Dr.Shameem Majid Jhumra

Dr.Shameem Majid Jhumra — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:28:22 +0000

Koki i loved your article.Stories have a tremendous impact on everyone.That is why children are taught values in life through stories.Keep up the good work. Love you. Mom.

Comment on An Open Letter to Komen Foundation by kokismith

kokismith — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:39:55 +0000

In all fairness, the 17%-goes-to-research figure doesn’t mean that the rest isn’t going to good causes too. About 20% from what i understand goes to administration and the rest is spent on program expenses. However, much of these can be marketing presented as “education and awareness.” I think the point is that for a org that claims its mission is to find a cure for breast cancer, 17% for research is not a whole lot of money.

A lot’s happened in the past week: Komen said PP will remain “eligible” for future grants, though it’s not clear whether they’re using semantics to get out of actually approving funds for PP in the future. And Karen Handel, a senior exec who acknowledged she strongly supported the decision to defund, has resigned.

Comment on An Open Letter to Komen Foundation by Abby Ross

Abby Ross — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:30:27 +0000

Ditto! Great letter – I hadn’t really looked into the Komen organization but I’m not liking what you discovered. Setting aside their recent ill conceived PR decisions, good charitable organizations do not take such a massive cut of the donations/proceeds. Sounds like it borders on fraud.