About We believe in the equal and inherent value of all human life. We believe that a worldview bound by borders is outdated and that stopping injustice anywhere is the responsibility of humanity everywhere. We call this ethos Fourth Estate. Story Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army have been abducting, killing, and displacing civilians in East and central Africa since 1987. Invisible Children focuses exclusively on the LRA conflict through an integrated four-part model that addresses the problem in its entirety: immediate needs and long-term effects. We create films to document LRA atrocities, introduce new audiences to the conflict, and inspire global action. We mobilize massive groups of people to support and advance international efforts to end LRA atrocities. Protection We work with regional partners to build and expand systems that warn remote communities of LRA attacks and encourage members of the LRA to peacefully surrender.
Social Responsibility Lesson - Paying it Forward (Film) In this lesson, students watch the film (Paying it forward) and think about whether or not 1 idea can really change the world. They explore the issue of social responsibility and respond to various questions about the film. Identify and explore ideas and viewpoints about events, issues and characters represented in texts drawn from different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1619)Reflect on ideas and opinions about characters, settings and events in literary texts, identifying areas of agreement and difference with others and justifying a point of view (ACELT1620)Discuss aspects of texts, for example their aesthetic and social value, using relevant and appropriate metalanguage (ACELT1803) Introduction: Discuss the concept of social responsibility with your students. Body: Part A: After viewing the movie answer the following questions with at 50-100 words: Is it possible for one idea to change the world? Part B: Explain in your own words the meaning of the following quotes:
IfItWereMyHome.com Feed The Poor Phil is a painter who found himself out of work during the recession. It seemed that everything was against himks thinking they can get free labor out of a man in desperation. Every day after holding his sign or working a job, Phil walks to a local grocery store and purchases a large bag of cat food and walks the nine blocks back to his house stopping to feed local strays. When Phil comes walking down the streets homeless kitties from all over come running to find him. When he makes it back to his house he cares for his wife who suffers from numerous illnesses. Phil and his wife have lived in the same home for years and Phil has desperately fought to keep them in this home, giving up little luxuries and making big sacrifices, even going days without food, so his wife would not have to live outside, which would be extremely dangerous in her condition. Phil's landlord has told him that he can't be late on rent again or he'll begin the eviction process.
Mentoring In 2006, Fortune and the U.S. State Department launched the Global Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership. The program brings rising-star women from developing countries to the U.S. each May to shadow participants of Fortune‘s Most Powerful Women Summit. We then follow them as they “pay it forward” back in their home countries. The program begins with an orientation in Washington, D.C., where mentees interface with women leaders in government, business, academic, civil society and the media. MPW mentors have included CEOs Ursula Burns of Xerox, Tory Burch, Ellen Kullman of DuPont, Marissa Mayer of Yahoo! 2010 Global Women Leaders Award Presentation « Back to Intiatives Crowdsourcing Friday, October 5th, 2012 This week on the Everyone Funding Startups podcast we spoke to Lukas Biewald, CEO of CrowdFlower, the leading microtask crowdsourcing platform and also the company behind the CrowdConf crowdsourcing industry events. CrowdFlower solves problems ranging from product categorization to business lead verification to content creation. With its crowd of millions of contributors CrowdFlower claims to make up the world’s largest workforce. We… Read more… Friday, January 27th, 2012 In this episode of the Grow VC Everyone Funding Startups podcast, we are joined by David Bratvold, Founder & CEO of The Daily Crowdsource, to discuss the current state of the crowdsourcing and crowdfunding markets and the ways in which entrepreneurs and investors can utilize these tools to manage and finance their ventures. Tuesday, November 30th, 2010 In my recent interactions with the entrepreneur, as well as the investor community I have found one thing increasingly common these days.
Warm Up Activities Using Authentic Materials, ESL lesson Create new words: Procedure Pair, group or individual work. The learners should write as many words as they can using letters in the words JOB ADVERTISEMENT. They can use fewer letters but not more. Examples: men, read, red, advent, tea, a, an, the, tear etc. The teacher can decide on categories such as nouns, verbs, adjectives and learners have to write words that fall into the category or the topic is given such as PROFESSION, HOBBIES, TRAVELLING etc. and learners should write words that would fall under the topic label. Fill in words: Procedure: Individual/pair or group work. The teacher writes words job advertisement on the blackboard like this: Apply (an example) Experience (an example) These letters are initial letters of words learners must write. The learners can check their words with each other or in dictionaries. Jobs around us: Procedure: Individual work leading to class work. Example: Accountant, Businessman, Correspondent, Designer, etc. Who is this job for? - Enjoys traveling? 2.
What’s Your Shoe Personality? Last Updated: 4/04/2014 16:08 PST “Why do you need so many shoes?” If you’ve ever been asked this question by a guy, you’re probably going to love a great new Web service called JustFabulous. Born from a deep appreciation of a woman’s relationship with shoes, the website is dedicated to the needs of the average shoe addict. Why are so many women addicted to shoes? But, there’s also something more about shoes—when you’re feeling down and need a pick-me-up, a great new pair of shoes often works wonders. JustFabulous seeks to provide shoe addicts exactly what they want when it comes to shoes--namely, their own personal stylist. But, shoe nirvana doesn’t just mean your own personal stylist suggesting new shoes that fit your look and style perfectly—it also means being able to actually afford these styles, and that’s what JustFabulous does. The JustFabulous experience starts with you taking a shoe personality quiz. Then comes the really fun part.
Patenschaft für ein Kind | Kinderpatenschaft übernehmen Wie hoch ist der Beitrag für eine Kinderpatenschaft? Mit nur 92 Cent am Tag (das sind 28 Euro pro Monat) unterstützen Sie ein Kind, dessen Familie und die Gemeinde. Ihren Patenschaftsbeitrag können Sie bei Ihrer Steuererklärung geltend machen. Gehe ich durch die Patenschaft eine rechtliche Verpflichtung ein? Mit Ihrer Patenschaft gehen Sie keinerlei rechtliche Verpflichtung ein. Was erhalte ich bei Übernahme einer Kinderpatenschaft? Sie erhalten: das Bild Ihres Patenkindesdie Beschreibung seiner LebenssituationInformationen zu dem LandIhre persönliche Patenmappe mit allen wichtigen und interessanten Informationen Weiter erhalten Sie jährlich: Neuigkeiten zur Lebenssituation Ihres PatenkindesInformationen über Entwicklungen und Projekte im Lebensumfeld des Kindesalle drei Monate unser Patenmagazin „Plan Post“automatisch im Februar des Folgejahres eine Zuwendungsbestätigung (Spendenbescheinigung) für Ihre Steuererklärung Erfahre ich, wie sich mein Patenkind entwickelt?
Wat is crowdsourcing - Samenwerken.nu! Met de mogelijkheden van internettechnologie is het tegenwoordig om de hele wereld met elkaar te verbinden. Als indivdu (of als organisatie) heb je niet voldoende aan je eigen kennis en kunde, maar kan je alle talent uit de wereld inzetten. Deze vorm van externe verbinding wordt ook wel crowdsourcing genoemd. Crowdsourcen gaat over het benutten van de kennis, ideeën en creativiteit uit de samenleving om vraagstukken op te lossen. Historie Jeff Howe, schrijver bij Wired Magazine, gebruikte in 2006 de term voor het eerst. Hoewel de term nieuw is, werd crowdsourcing al in de 18e eeuw gebruikt. Stappenplan Twee succesfactoren voor crowdsourcing Crowds hebben een leider nodig. Blijf altijd rekening houden met je marketingstrategie. Voorbeelden Er zijn talrijke voorbeelden. Het logo van Samenwerken.nu! Jan-Willem Alphenaar maakte zelfs een hele film via crowdsourcing, DSB The Movie. Verder lezen Wil je meer weten over crowdsourcing, lees dan onderstaande boeken.
Freedom of Expression Back to What We Do Overview Your voice matters. You have the right to say what you think, share information and demand a better world. You also have the right to agree or disagree with those in power, and to express these opinions in peaceful protests. Exercising these rights - without fear or unlawful interference - is central to living in an open and fair society; one in which people can access justice and enjoy their human rights. Yet governments around the world routinely imprison people – or worse – for speaking out, even though almost every country’s constitution refers to the value of ‘free speech’. Governments have a duty to prohibit hateful, inciteful speech but many abuse their authority to silence peaceful dissent by passing laws criminalising freedom of expression. How governments tolerate unfavourable views or critical voices is often a good indication of how they treat human rights generally. Why is freedom of expression important? Press freedom Freedom of speech
Crystal River - The most beautiful river on earth [Pics] Cano Cristales - Crystal River. River of five colors, as the locals call it, originates in the south of the mountain chain Macarena, Colombia, and flows eastward to its confluence with the Guayabero river. In the Cano Cristales found five colors: yellow, blue, green, black and red. All of them are waste product of many algae and, depending on time of year, color saturation, or weakened or strengthened. Share on Tumblr
Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development | Getting a start in humanitarian aid work.