February 2012
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Kickstarter Expects to Provide More Funding Than... →
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While these cuts significantly reduce our ability to help the world’s poorest...
– Andrea Koppel, vice president for global engagement and policy at Mercy Corps, on President Obama’s proposed cuts to global-health and humanitarian-assistance programs
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Twitter announces new partnership with major... →
This could have a big impact on the way aid workers communicate from war zones and natural disasters.
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The price of the ticket for life is to leave the world a better place than you...
– Phil Wilson, Founder of Black AIDS Institute
(via thetrevorproject)
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U.N. declares Somali famine over, for now →
An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now, but food stocks could run out again in May, the United Nations said on Friday. Millions of people still need food, clean water, shelter and other assistance to survive.
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January 2012
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Innovation happens best when people of different backgrounds come together to...
– Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, talking about his visit to the White House and the State of the Union. (via bridif)
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The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively modest amounts, many...
– Bill Gates in his annual letter, focusing on the need to support small farmers by investing in agricultural innovation.
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Big news today! We’ve teamed up with DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. and the Justice League to fight drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. Learn more about the We Can Be Heroes campaign, and join us!
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Serve, serve, serve. Because in the end it will be the servants who save us all.
– Mark Shriver, son of Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver, shared this quote from his father today during his speech at Peace Corps Headquarters. (via peacecorps)
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One of the biggest complaints readers have about my work is that I don’t tell...
– New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in an interview with Fast Company. Journalism In A Digital World And The Age Of Activism. (via futurejournalismproject)
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How health officials are using Twitter to track... →
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The Shabab militant group, which presents itself as a morally righteous rebel...
– From a gut-wrenching piece in The New York Times on the increasing violence against women in Somalia.
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12 predictions for Africa’s tech scene in 2012... →
December 2011
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MSF Shocked And Deeply Saddened By The Killing Of... →
doctorswithoutborders:
It is with great sadness that the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms that two of its staff members were killed Thursday morning as a result of a shooting at the MSF compound in Mogadishu, Somalia.
While one of the aid workers died during the shooting, the other was transferred to a hospital and...
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2012 Goals.
What will you do in the coming year to be the change you want to see in the world?