Perspective VII

For the 1.9 billion children from the developing world, there are:
o 640 million without adequate shelter (1 in 3)
o 400 million with no access to safe water (1 in 5)
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Not Much Help In Darfur

"To the war-weary people of Darfur , nothing seems to symbolize the international community's inability to end the four-year-old conflict more than the 7,000 A.U. peacekeepers stationed here.
Tasked with monitoring a cease-fire that the Sudanese government and rebel …

Buy ***, Save Lives

I don't know what to think and am torn when I see sites like this, are the companies really out to help people? I hope so and would like to think so but when the the first thing on the top of the site is "Buy..." I get kind of skeptical. What do you think [...]

More Hair, Less Cancer

"A Japanese medical team has found that a form of antibiotic could prevent cancer patients from losing hair during chemotherapy, a doctor involved in the research said Monday.
Toshiyuki Sakai said his team had found "alopestatin" reduced hair loss by 70 percent when …

Green Sales

There's been some talk recently about how it's becoming very popular to be eco-friendly (Green). What do you think about that? Is it true and would you be more likely to buy a green product because of the trendieness?

Face Of Homelessness

"The homeless often live their lives invisible to those rushing by on busy sidewalks or sitting idly in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Photographer Jeremy Cowart sought to capture the homelessness of Nashville while letting them share their story. Here, Cowart answers …

Colors

We (and by "We", I mean myself) put pieces of articles and other stuff on the site to go along with the posts. For example when posting a news article I tend to post the first part of a relevant part of the article and then a link to the rest. Sometimes I feel its [...]

Does Flickr Need an "E"

Have you checked out Need Magazine's Flickr page?

1000 Words V

Children Refugees

"Child malnutrition rates are at crisis levels in refugee camps in Kenya, where desperate parents are selling food supplies to get firewood and soap, three United Nations agencies said on Tuesday.
In a joint appeal, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), World …

Virb, Like Verb But With An I

If you haven't joined Virb.com then here's a good reason to. Sign up an join this group "Catalysts For Change".
"This group is dedicated to living as catalysts for cultural change as it relates to the injustices of the world. Each month, we will highlight a non-profit …

Emergency List

Alertnet has a listing of all different types of emergencies from around the globe.
Food Security List
Conflicts List
Full List
Check those out

It's Coming

Clue 1: It will be free

Events That Save Lives

Music Saves Lives has launched a new website "Lifesavingevents.com". The site is a community for all the blood drives they do. Check it out, get involved

File This Under "Hopeful"

"In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said.
The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it …

Rosa Loves Indonesia

Eric from Rosa Loves is over in Indonesia right now to give the boat they bought for Made with the money they raised. Check out some pictures and the blog post right here

Google Can See Darfur, So Can You

"The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has joined with Google in an unprecedented online mapping initiative. Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, …

Darfur Adviser Killed

"A close adviser to Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir tasked with handling the Darfur crisis was killed in a road crash on Wednesday.
Majzub al-Khalifa was in charge of negotiating a peace accord to try to end the conflict in Darfur and held several cabinet posts before …

Band Interviews

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Hopeless Million

Hopeless / Sub City records has announced that they've now surpassed one million dollars in charity donations.

"Hopeless launched the Sub City imprint in 1999, with its first charitable recipient the Foundation Fighting Blindness. Since then the organization has raised …