TEDxChange - September 20, 2010 @ 11am EDT/8am PDT New York, NY
On September 20th, 2010 join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and TEDxChange and celebrate the 1oth anniversary of the Millennium Development Goals: Ten years in, where do we stand in the work to save and improve lives around the world? And what will the future hold? What does the future hold for global health and development? And how can we all be a part of making a better world?
For more information, visit the GATES FOUNDATION / TEDxChange -
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/tedxchange/Pages/default.aspx/
Monday, August 16, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Edun & Conservation Cotton Initiative Documentary in Uganda
A Sneak Preview of Peter Sutherland's Documentary on the Conservation Cotton Initiative in Gulu, Uganda
Photographer and filmmaker Peter Sutherland visited Northern Uganda in February for ten days to document the work that Edun is doing there. The CCI Uganda program is based in the Gulu District which is an area recovering from a civil war that has displaced millions of people. The CCI assists these farmers who are returning to their land by providing funding tools and training to grow organic cotton. The cotton produced is used to make Edun’s Grow to Sew T-shirt, where 100% of the proceeds from the line goes towards sustainable organic farming in Uganda.
The documentary will air on the Africa Channel in October 2010. http://www.theafricachannel.com/index.php
EDUN - http://www.edun.com/
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY & CONSERVATION COTTON INITIATIVE - http://www.wcs.org/conservation-challenges/local-livelihoods/farming-communities/conservation-cotton.aspx
NOWNESS - http://www.nowness.com/
Photographer and filmmaker Peter Sutherland visited Northern Uganda in February for ten days to document the work that Edun is doing there. The CCI Uganda program is based in the Gulu District which is an area recovering from a civil war that has displaced millions of people. The CCI assists these farmers who are returning to their land by providing funding tools and training to grow organic cotton. The cotton produced is used to make Edun’s Grow to Sew T-shirt, where 100% of the proceeds from the line goes towards sustainable organic farming in Uganda.
The documentary will air on the Africa Channel in October 2010. http://www.theafricachannel.com/index.php
EDUN - http://www.edun.com/
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY & CONSERVATION COTTON INITIATIVE - http://www.wcs.org/conservation-challenges/local-livelihoods/farming-communities/conservation-cotton.aspx
NOWNESS - http://www.nowness.com/
Thursday, August 12, 2010
WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY - AUGUST 19, 2010
An inspiring for World Humanitarian Day - August 19, 2010
This film was created by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, dedicated to all the Humanitarian Workers around the world in honor of World Humanitarian Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQOyo6lrMQ
http://ochaonline.un.org/whd/
This film was created by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, dedicated to all the Humanitarian Workers around the world in honor of World Humanitarian Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojQOyo6lrMQ
http://ochaonline.un.org/whd/
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
UNICEF - PUT IT RIGHT
http://www.unicef.org.uk/putitright/
Put it Right (http://www.unicef.org.uk ) is a five year initiative by UNICEF UK to inspire action to protect the rights of children everywhere. This film is a glimpse into the lives of children around the world who are missing out on these basic rights - the right to an education, to a childhood, to be healthy, to be treated fairly and to be heard.
DONATE -
http://www.unicef.org.uk/putitright/donate.aspx
TAKE ACTION in UK -
http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/index.asp
FUNDRAISE for UNICEF -
http://www.unicef.org.uk/pages.asp?page=232
Put it Right (http://www.unicef.org.uk ) is a five year initiative by UNICEF UK to inspire action to protect the rights of children everywhere. This film is a glimpse into the lives of children around the world who are missing out on these basic rights - the right to an education, to a childhood, to be healthy, to be treated fairly and to be heard.
DONATE -
http://www.unicef.org.uk/putitright/donate.aspx
TAKE ACTION in UK -
http://www.unicef.org.uk/campaigns/index.asp
FUNDRAISE for UNICEF -
http://www.unicef.org.uk/pages.asp?page=232
Sunday, August 1, 2010
WATER.ORG
Water.org is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. They have featured projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
http://water.org/
WATER FACTS: 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people.
SANITATION FACTS: 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation, including 1.2 billion people who have no facilities at all.
CHILDREN: A child dies every 20 seconds from a (preventable) water-related disease.
WOMEN: In just one day, more than 200 million hours of women’s time is consumed for the most basic of human needs — collecting water for domestic use.
DISEASE: At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from diseases associated with lack of access to safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
Take time to learn about the water crisis and read more water facts at - http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
Informative 9 min video of Matt Damon & Gary White – Water.org co-founders – in rural Ethiopia talking with communities about their water situation.
Please visit WATER.ORG -
http://water.org/
http://www.facebook.com/water
http://twitter.com/water
http://www.youtube.com/waterdotorg
To DONATE to WATER.ORG -
https://donate.water.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=197
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