Poverty and Hunger

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Can multinational distribution channels be used for social improvement? The ColaLife Campaign hopes to engage Coca Cola to provide needed medicines around the world.

Friday, August 15th, 2008

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.

Monday, August 11th, 2008

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.

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

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.

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

As photographers, we are often in the unfortunate position of taking from subjects less fortunate than ourselves without giving anything back.

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Highlights from the Collective Lens Flickr group.

Friday, July 11th, 2008

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

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Thousands of children are being sold or trafficked within and across national borders in South Asia. According to United Nations, more than one million children are subject to sexual exploitation in Asia alone.

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Horrible as all this may sound, it is important to understand that for many children, earning a living or supplementing their family’s income is a matter of survival. Slogans like “Stop Child Labor” embody romantic and ultimately impractical notions when it comes to places like Bangladesh.





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