SubscribeBlog Action Day 2008: Poverty
Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters to post about the same issue on the same day. The goal is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. Last year, in 2007, “the environment” was the topic of discussion. Over 20,000 blogs participated, bringing attention to the issue on a global scale with millions of readers.
This year, the founders of Blog Action Day hope to reach an even larger audience and tackle the global problem of poverty. Here at Collective Lens we’ll be participating, of course. Poverty has always been a primary focus for us, either in our articles or through the many photos uploaded by the community. For more information or ideas on what to blog about, you can check out the Blog Action Day 2008 website.
We’ve also put together our own list of suggested poverty-related topics. We’ve highlighted a number of causes and organizations in the past that deserve more attention. This list is by no means complete, but it’s a start:
- Aid for Nepali Children
- Association for Humanitarian Development (AHD)
- Blood:Water Mission
- charity: water
- Dreams Can Be Foundation
- Empowerment International
- Focal Point Aid
- HAND
- MEDA
- OrphFund
- Self-Reliance for Zambia
Have some ideas of your own? Let us know by posting a comment below!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:58 am
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October 27th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Hello, Do something to help the hungry people from Africa or India,
I created this blog about them:
at http://tinyurl.com/6p6lb8
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