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http://www.freerice.com/index.php

FreeRice websnapr

answer multiple choice questions, and for each one you get correct, 10 grains of rice will be donated to someone less fortunate than you.
>30 days ago by mikey, 6 Users, more info save
http://www.lawhelp.org

LawHelp: National Home Page websnapr

LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
>30 days ago by a1mega, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10665&feedid=online-news_rss20

WHO predicts death and disease in 2030 websnapr

"...annual AIDS deaths will more than double, and smoking will account for one-tenth of all deaths worldwide. But the good news is the world’s poor will become wealthier, live longer and stop dyi
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1952840,00.html

Acceding expectations websnapr

"On January 1, Romania will join the European Union. Matthew Tempest went to Sibiu in the Carpathian mountains to see if the former communist state is ready to join Brussels - and whether the EU
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://betterhumans.com/blogs/simon/archive/2006/10/08/are-virtual-worlds-inhibiting-real-social-progress_3f00_-.aspx

Are virtual worlds inhibiting real social progress? websnapr

"My concern is what happens to the world while we're waiting to upload into our digital utopias. The more realistic and appealing our virtual worlds, the more I fear people will avoid dealing wit
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/10/01/united-nations-use-second-life-to-fight-poverty/

United Nations Use Second Life to Fight Poverty websnapr

"Second Life residents will be able to Stand Up and be counted as supporter of the Millennium Development Goals and help abolish extreme poverty around the world." OK ... just no virtual Bon
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-09/ns-mbo091306.php

Mega-dams back on the agenda websnapr

"The World Bank is showing a growing enthusiasm for funding new large dams, especially in Africa. Yet according to a leading ecologist ... this policy threatens to drive parts of the world back i
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/dagon/archive/2006/06/15/8282.aspx

The Biggest Existential Risk To Come : POVERTY websnapr

A poorly written but still interesting post at Betterhumans examines future scenarios.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.google.org

Google.org websnapr

Google.org includes the work of the Google Foundation, some of Google's own projects using Google talent, technology and other resources, as well as partnerships and contributions to for-profit and no
>30 days ago by qubit, 3 Users, more info save
http://www.globalrichlist.com

Global Rich List websnapr

Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance t
>30 days ago by qubit, 4 Users, more info save
http://www.one.org

ONE websnapr

the campaign to make poverty history
>30 days ago by qubit, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.thisisby.us/index.php/content/life_in_a_third_world_country

thisisby.us - Life in a Third World Country websnapr

An eleven-year old girl committed suicide because of poverty.
>30 days ago by rhydave24, 1 User, more info save
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