Helping Haiti in the Assassination Aftermath (w/ the Billinghams) - Change Agents w/Andy Stumpf

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

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4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Partners: HVMN – You can find Ketone-IQ at https://hvmn.com/changeagents to save 30% on your first subscription. Today's guests on Change Agents with Andy Stumpf, an IRONCLAD original, are Julie Colombino-Billingham and her husband Mark "Billy" Billingham. Billy spent 27 years in the British military --17 with the SAS and 9 in the Parachute Regiment. Today he helps to spearhead the REBUILD Globally initiative, which fights poverty in Haiti by providing innovative education and job training programs that guarantee job placement alongside his wife, Julie Colombino-Billingham. Julie is the founder and CEO of REBUILD Globally and is the CEO of Deux Mains. “Deux Mains” (which means "two hands" in French) employs local artisans who are professionally trained to handcraft beautiful leather handbags, sandals, and jewelry from responsibly sourced materials. Their goal is to create empowering jobs in Haiti and share the island's incredible craftsmanship with the world. https://rebuildglobally.org/ https://deuxmains.com/ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: https://shop.thisisironclad.com/ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit https://www.thisisironclad.com to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD#changeagents #Andystumpf #ironclad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So what you've got is uneducated people, poor kids with an AK-47, doesn't either use it properly,
0:07.4	enters more killings, and the violence has gone out of control.
0:12.0	But that is a situation. So it really is, it's like probably got into Sierra Leone now in the
0:16.7	bad days of the West Side Boys. That's how it is right now. Those gangs are no different to what they are.
0:22.4	Like Julie says, they don't want to be in it.
0:24.0	They've got no choice.
0:25.7	But the amount of weapons out there now, it's going to take a proper military-style force
0:30.8	to squash that now.
0:34.0	How can I help?
0:35.1	How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?
0:38.3	Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
0:41.3	We have to organize a social movement.
0:46.3	We have an opportunity to lead by example, versus just talking, hot air. I think the more people in this fight the more we
0:57.6	grow eventually you could change you know the people are the ones that can make the change
1:06.1	good morning everybody and welcome back to change agents an ironclad original let me ask you a question when was the last time you heard about Haiti maybe a better question when was the last time that you heard about Haiti that didn't some way shape or form revolve around a natural disaster for myself I don't know if I can ever actually remember hearing a new story about Haiti that didn't involve
1:29.0	tragedy and heartbreak and suffering. My guest today, Mark, Billy Billingham and his wonderful wife,
1:38.2	Julie Billingham, of course, met in Haiti of all places. Both of them drawn there because they wanted to make a difference.
1:47.0	They saw news reporting about an earthquake back in 2010 that really the only descriptive word would be
1:53.8	literally tore the country apart, especially the middle class, and met each other while there in that disaster zone. A little bit about
2:04.9	Billy. He was in the British military for 27 years. 17 of those were with the SAS. And I bring that up
2:11.9	to say that he's traveled the world and seen his fair share of things other than first world living conditions.
2:19.4	His wife, Julie, the founder and CEO of Rebuild Globally.
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