In the remotest parts of Tibet, the American Himalayan Foundation has been working quietly as a lifeline for people who have no one else. Over a dozen years AHF has built 33 schools where Tibetans learn in their own language, 24 bridges over dangerous rivers, and eight clean water systems for villages. They shelter elders whose poverty is shocking, support orphans, and build and maintain hospitals and clinics that care for thousands each year. This year, AHF will help build two more schools with dorms and kitchens because nomad children live so widely scattered, a bridge that will free 3,000 villagers, and a clean water system so that 2,000 Tibetans wont have to spend hours gathering contaminated water from a river far away. Helping Tibetans has never been more urgent. For more information about AHF and how you can help, please visit: http://himalayan-foundation.org © 2009, American Himalayan Foundation, All Rights Reserved

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Robert M. Danin is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He headed the Jerusalem mission of the Quartet representative, Tony Blair, from April 2008 until August 2010. A former career State Department official with over twenty years of Middle East experience, Dr. Danin previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs with responsibilities for Israeli-Palestinian issues and Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt.

Salvatore Mele holds a PhD in Physics and works at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. As of late 2006 he is project leader for the CERN Open Access Section. In this capacity he manages, ad interim, the SCOAP3 project; contributes to shaping the future of High-Energy Physics information systems; and coordinates emerging discussions on Open Access to Particle Physics data.