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Live a Little, Give a Little - Celebrate Blog Action Day by Letting Go

lnorvig — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:29:44 -0400

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.

2008 Blog Action Day Focuses on Poverty

amysampleward — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:42:57 -0400

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.

What's this all about?

CARE Connections: New community fighting global poverty

amysampleward — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:01:31 -0400

Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

CARE is a humanitarian organization working to fight global poverty by serving individuals and families in the poorest communities of the world. CARE recently launched CARE Connections, a free, online community to connect you with others supporting global poverty work, women's empowerment, world news and more. You can learn more about CARE Connections, here.

Fair Trade Benefits the U.S. Too

webuyitgreen — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:43:40 -0400

By WeBuyItGreen: promoting green living and fair trade

Buying products that pull producers out of poverty is not only good for the producers. It also benefits the consumer.

EPIC CHANGE: Story-Powered Activism - Impact & Details

epicchange — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:24:14 -0400

Happy St. Paddy's Day! In sunny FL, we've been up for hours waiting for you to wake up - we're hoping you'll spread the luck o' the Irish & vote for us here after reading more about our entry. Our original submission was a little less complete than we'd planned, but we've included many more details below, including examples, a use case diagram, an expanded list of potential data sources & shared services and many compelling statistics that illustrate why we believe this tool could have incredibly broad application & appeal, so read on:

THE WHAT?

Microeconomic Development and Social Enterprise in Ukraine: A “Marshall Plan” for Ukraine

Jeff Mowatt — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:24:06 -0400

Following up on a project proposal. The publication of a plan to offset the cost of major childcare reform with IT revenues in a full cost recovery program/

http://en.for-ua.com/analytics/2007/08/06/121201.html

Reversed Rural Electrification

barefootpower — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:53:05 -0400

Memorial De Colosio

RSouth — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:48:33 -0400

Investing in Business for Poverty Eradication

Jeff Mowatt — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:42:24 -0400

There's been a few lone voices advocating for business participationin poverty eradication over recent years. Today, in a conversation on the omidyar network, a critical mass seems to have gathered in a conversation which might at last prove to be the tipping point:

http://www.omidyar.net/group/foodchain/news/207/

Bookmark the page, it might be part of social enterprise history in future!

Disposable humanity

Jeff Mowatt — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:56:38 -0400

There are many sources for research into the plight of social orphans, ie those in institutional care due to economic circumstance. Today I found a summary of some of the more heavy reading:

ORPHAN STATISTICS

The statistics will amaze you:
1. There are over 100,000 orphans in Ukraine.
2. The older an orphan gets, the chances for his/her adoption drastically decrease.
3. Each year many orphans between 15 to 18-years-old leave the orphanages.
4. Most of these orphans have no one to turn to for help.
5. About 10% of them will commit suicide after leaving the orphanage before their eighteenth birthday.
6. 60% of the girls will end up in prostitution
7. 70% of the boys will enter a life of crime
8. Only 27% of these youth will find work
These youth live in a country that labels them as “useless” and gives no assistance to turn their lives around. It is a society that has created its own problem by placing thousands of children in orphanages, and then when they come of age, they give them no assistance to lead a successful life. It is almost as if the system places them in trade schools to become “slaves of the State” to fill the low-income jobs of unskilled labor and remain the under-trodden, 2nd-class citizens that the majority of the population of Ukraine believe that they are.