Please take a few moments to learn about the devastation in Haiti from the recent earth quakes and what you can do to help. Even a little goes a long way!
http://www.unfoundation.org/
Text “HAITI” to 90999 and $10 will go to the Red Cross; that 10 bucks is just added to your next month’s phone bill.
Or text [...]

Mr. Thomas Deve noted that poverty is an all-embracing thing and the press should concentrate on small things, instead of the big ones.
He stressed that journalists should work with survivors of injustice and look at the message and ask questions, without making value judgment.
“The media is to be a barometer to measure the quality of [...]

The United Nations is an incredible institution with incredible programs. One is directly related to a few of my favorite topics: Africa, technology, and development, called mHealth for development.
http://www.unfoundation.org/global-issues/technology/mhealth-report.html
Mobile phones and the networks that connect them are becoming more widely available, affordable, and effective. Some of the important applications cell phones are effective in are [...]

Reuters AlertNet – Sudan blocks aid flights to Darfur battle zones-UN
02/16/2009
VOA News – Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai, Now PM, Promises Action on Rights, Choler
02/16/2009
STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: OBAMA — IT’S TIME TO VISIT THE UN: 14/02/2009 (Maxims
02/16/2009
Reuters AlertNet – EXCLUSIVE-INTERVIEW-Somalia’s new PM wants to talk to in
02/17/2009
- I want to highlight the efforts of diplomacy and development that this [...]

UGANDA: Christine Akello, “I pray that a health centre is brought nearer our village”
02/11/2009
- Christine Akello’s story of having to walk almost 50 miles every two weeks for her anti-retro viral medications supports why I know I have to work for positive change in Africa. No one deserves to live each day just waiting [...]