Blog Action Day 2008 is on October 15th, and this year’s topic is poverty. Join thousands of bloggers from around the world to bring attention to those in need.

Over one billion people do not have clean drinking water. An organization known as charity: water is working to ensure that everyone in the world has access to clean water.

The founder of Creative Corners: The Global Arts Project discusses volunteering while traveling abroad.

How you can help Focal Point Aid win a grant from American Express to build classrooms in South Africa.

Blood:Water Mission was founded in the name of Jesus Christ’s sacrificial gifts of blood and water, and its primary goals are to help rid the African continent of AIDS and provide clean drinking water to the poverty stricken people of Africa.

Global Justice for Burma is launching an international campaign to bring Burma’s General Than Shwe and the military regime in Burma to justice by referring them to the International Criminal Court.

Highlights from the Collective Lens Flickr group.

Mercy Corp recently posted a slideshow of powerful images of the earthquake, the survivors, and efforts to rebuild.

The river has become so polluted that the water has literally turned black and has a glue-like consistency. With failing infrastructure and little investment in systems, thousands of people living on the bank of the river have little or no choice but to continue to use this highly contaminated water to wash, bath and even to drink.

A powerful call to action from GirlEffect.org