So many charities and not-for-profits seek our money for projects in Africa. Celebrities capture the headlines with high-profile adoptions and child-assistance efforts. How do we decide if and what to support? Ed Schmidt calls on his experience with an educational organization working to contribute in East Africa to look at some of the issues surrounding efforts in the developing world. lt;brgt;lt;brgt;Ed taught for two years in Kenya under a USAID-sponsored program in the 1960s. For the past 10 years, Ed and his former colleagues have come back together to once again impact education in East Africa, this time through financial and other assistance. Since 2003, members have visited over 60 schools, and about 20 schools have received help from the group. Ed has made four recent trips that have focused on visiting schools and evaluating their needs. lt;brgt;lt;brgt;To discuss our podcasts please visit lt;a href="http://www.live.ethicalstl.org/platforms" target="_blank"gt;http://www.live.ethicalstl.org/platformslt;/agt; on our community site