At the Online Think Tank our teams are constantly working to solve the World's problems. Indeed there are challenges around the Globe that will not go away without intervention and action. Our most recent project was taking a good hard look at Central America and our own Western Hemisphere and considering what pressing issues needed to be addressed.

Thankfully, a lot is being done to help our neighbors to the South. Texans have played a huge part in making a difference. Their efforts are nothing short of a Herculean effort and it is amazing to see the positive progress. This is about people, real people and we see Jenna Bush has taken it upon herself to put a face on the problems, as she is writing a book after her UNICEF intern in Panama.

As our Online Think Tank sifted through all the data and long list of organizations that are helping in Central America, it became apparent that these activities are showing tremendous Progress. For instance in Honduras we noted villages which had been rebuilt after Hurricane Mitch, medical missions to help the rural poor and schools being built.

At the Bay2Bay.org organization, students collaborate between Galveston Bay and Puerto Cortes Bay in problem solving to remove pollution, as clean water is the key to healthy living. That goes for first worlds as well as third worlds. We are all in this together. If our students have open communication lines now, then in the future there will not be political impasse and we can work out any differences.

The diplomacy we are doing now and the wonderful achievements of volunteers puts them at the top of our list of the super stars of humanity. It's just awesome.

"Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/. Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington

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