Since joining Kiva a few years ago, certain trends and rules of thumb have arisen as to why we lend to particular individuals and groups. As always, the causes we choose are not made because they are more deserving than others – we’ve gradually been able to separate our desperate want “not to judge” with the reality that we can’t help everyone. In saying that, there’s a Talmudic quotation (you may have heard it in the movie, Schindler’s List): “Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire”. That seems a pretty good rule to work by.
A friend in the USA recently brought my attention to the Pepsi Refresh Project, and the fantastic social cause that she is involved with in Detroit. The Pepsi Refresh Project is looking for people, businesses, and non-profits with ideas that will have a positive impact in local communities, and offers grants from $5000 USD up to $250,000 USD.
It’s all about moving, keeping fit and maintaining a healthy lifestyle to prevent disorders and disease, such as cancer and diabetes, with the chance to win some fantastic prizes. Football Freestyling is your chance to be part of the excitement and energy of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, while doing your bit to support the world-class medical research that is undertaken by Sydney’s Westmead Medical Research Foundation.
Award-winning photographer Damien Bredberg recently teamed up with Brisbane City Council to create a campaign to stamp-out littering throughout the city and, as always Damien’s flair and canny eye for quirkiness makes the impact of the campaign all the more impressive. “Brisbane’s Least Wanted” features five litterbug-personas, the Flagrant Flinger, the Wedger, the Pretender, the Foul Shooter and the Butthead, all of whom have no place in Brisbane, or any city for that matter.
International real estate adventurer and our good friend, Jim Walberg, lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in this article he speaks about what the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day means to his community. After decades of focusing our world’s awareness about environmental issues that ALL of us experience each day, has now created a modern 21st century world that understands how we treat our environment is not a dress rehearsal.
There are some people that you meet throughout life that just astound you by their selfless commitment to helping others. A good friend of ours, Ian Jobson, is just one of those. Every year the Welsh born, Australian that now lives in New York resident participates in the New York Walk for AIDS.
Officials from disaster relief organizations across Haiti say that the best way to help Haiti in the aftermath of the massive earthquake is by sending monetary donations. Hospitals, schools, the capital building, stores and most buildings in the capital city and surrounding communities have collapsed. There are no services available and the dead are being left where they lay. It is unimaginable to think of how the poorest nation in the Caribbean can deal with such devastation, or how any of us could manage through this catastrophe.
Christine Watson of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes writes: Popular gifts this year include the selection from the Oxfam Unwrapped program. The increase in purchases for these gifts has doubled since commencing in 2005. Gifts available include the Goat for $39. One goat can quickly turn into a herd, which can be sold or bred, not to mention the milk and manure they produce which assists families to live. Pigs cost $35 and Oxfam trains people how to care for and raise piglets, which can be sold at markets, again providing income. The popular chicken, costs $10.
Christine Watson of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes writes: Thursday 3rd December 2009 is the International Day of the Disabled People. The World Health Organisation estimates that there are 600 million disabled people worldwide, approximately 10% of the world population. It is also estimated that about 80% of all disabled people live in developing countries.
Christine Watson of Marquette Turner Luxury Homes writes: Established in 1988 by the World Health Organisation, World AIDS Day is observed every year on December 1st and is recognized by the symbol of a red ribbon. It is estimated that just over 33 million people are living with HIV throughout the world and approximately 17,444 in Australia.
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