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"Every 30 seconds, a child dies of malaria"

- Global Fund

According to US President, Barrack Obama, malaria is a disease that doesn’t have to take lives. That therefore accounts for why on the day of his inauguration, he declared his committement to "step up US focus on prevention and treatment of malaria around the world".

We wish to appeal that you kindly accept to sponsor a child for the African Youth Development Foundation (AFRYDEF).

In Africa, many families live under the poverty line of USD 1 per day and therefore cannot afford to feed their children. Think of it, how would these poor families then be able to pay for their children’s medical needs as well as provide them with the basic education needed to empower them for life?  

These uneducated and unhealthy children therefore grow up into adulthood, get married early and begin to make their own large families (of at least ten children each) like their parents due to idleness and frustration.

The cycle of poverty continues . . !

Acumen Fund is seeking passionate people who are pursuing a career in venture philanthropy for their year long fellowship program.  This program offers an opportunity to experience working with Acumen Fund's portfolio organizations in Kenya, Uganda, India, Pakistan and Tanzania and would be suitable for those seeking to gain a further understanding of global poverty problems before going on to effect change through corporate work or social entrepreneurship.

The application process is now open for 2010-2011 fellows, who would begin placement in September 2010. Applications are due on November 5, 2009.  

Did you know that two thirds of people around the world who are blind are women?

To highlight this fact, Sightsavers has launched a Women and Blindness campaign in collaboration with iconic photographer Rankin. Working with six renowned make-up artists he has produced some incredible images, and we've launched a micro-site to showcase them:

 http://www.sightsavers.org/rankin

It would be great if you could view the site, share the link with your friends, family and colleagues, and become a fan of Sightsavers on Facebook and Twitter!

My project didn't make it in the other challenge but I still have hope that I will make it in other challanges to raise fund and launch my project.

Collegiate Women Walk Together Nationwide to Bring Clean Drinking Water to African Families

Hundreds of Students from 11 College Campuses to Host BH2O+ Clean Water Awareness Events

Nuru International exists to eradicate extreme poverty by holistically empowering rural communities to achieve self-sufficiency and inspiring the developed world to confront the crisis of extreme poverty.

Check out this video http://blip.tv/play/geFD07xQkIpg and visit our website www.nuruinternational.org

This year's theme for Blog Action Day is Poverty. Who could have predicted that financial woes would be so uppermost in so many people's consciousness this month? But true poverty is more than just struggling to make ends meet. Take a look at the U.S. thresholds for the official definition of poverty. Is there any way you could feed your family at that level? I think it would be tough, even with the help of food stamps or public assistance.

Today is Blog Action Day!  This year, the focus of Blog Action Day is poverty - it's a day when thousands of bloggers all focus on one issue with the goal to raise awareness, inspire action, and shake up the blogosphere.

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