Liebe Freunde, liebe Interessierte und liebe Internetsüchtige, heuer (!) möchte ich meinem Unmut Luft machen in Bezug eines Vorganges mit dem hochgeschätzten, aber der Grenzdebilität (scheinbar) anheimfallenden Job-Center St. Pauli (Fußballgott)! Ich war arbeitslos. Letztes Jahr. Ich war verzweifelt. Letztes Jahr. Ich war nahe der Mittel- und Obdachlosigkeit. Letztes Jahr. Fast! Gut, dachte ich mir, test the Sozialstaat, digga! Gedacht, getan, hingelatscht. Das Job-Center St. Pauli befindet sich in einem ehemaligen Israelischen Krankenhaus - haben ...

I was recently blessed with the opportunity to serve as the assistant event coordinator for Blog Action Day 2008, which persuaded thousands of bloggers to address the subject of poverty on October 15. That event changed me forever. May we never forget that we are all beggars. 5 things I learned from my BAD ‘08 work: 1. Scalability is crucial to virality. If you can’t scale, you can’t spread. Your idea may spread somewhat on ...

On Wednesday, October 29 bloggers will unite in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples and against California’s Proposition 8.The Write to Marry Day campaign is an effort to shore up support and show the power of politics amidst the blogosphere. All bloggers are encouraged to write about why they support marriage equality, why they are against the marriage amendments, and share what they have done or intend to do to fight the propositions, such ...

Pesquisando para escrever este post, cheguei ao Relatório da Situação da População Mundial, feito pela ONU. Em 2007, eles indicam que a maior questão a ser enfrentada é o aumento da população urbana e, dentro disso, a questão da pobreza. Numa determinada altura, lá vem: Os investimentos em educação e saúde, incluindo a saúde reprodutiva e o planejamento familiar voluntário, e o empoderamento das mulheres são a melhor forma de abordar o crescimento da população ...

この数週間世界市場を襲った金融危機には実に割目すべきものがある。が、30%とか、もっと株の金融資産が下がった僕らにしても、生活に困るほどのことはない。世の中にはもっとひどい人もいる。もっともっとひどい境遇の人もいるのだ。世界人口の3分の1は貧困の中で生きている。20%は極貧…つまり常に空腹を抱えて暮らしている。 自分たちにできることは何か？ $20、$50、$100とか超小口融資（マイクロローン）を貧しい国の起業家に送ってみるのはどうだろう？ 今日（米国時間10/15）は「Blog Action Day」。世界中のブログが一丸となって世界の貧困とそれを撲滅する方法への意識を高める日だ。 そこでうちも Kiva.orgにTechCrunch融資チームを設けてみることにした。誰でも参加できるよ。 Kivaは貧しい国の起業家と豊かな国の貸し手をマッチングするサイト（訳者の解説）。企画・事業はどれでも好きなものを選んで投資できる（ここで応援を呼びかけたDonorsChooseというチャリティーに似てる。あっちは米国内にある特定の学校事業が出資の対象だ）。 例えば、こちらはカブールの雑貨屋店主。あと$50あれば1年間の在庫買い付けに必要な$1075の融資が満額揃う。 こちらの家具職人さんは融資希望額まであと$350。小さなアクションでもKivaのようなサイトを通せば、みるみる大きな額に膨れ上がるというわけ。 あとは「MicroPlace」（ここもやはりマイクロローンのサイト）、「aGoodCause」（買い物しながらチャリティー募金できる）も要チェック。ソーシャルネットワークを通して自分が応援している社会運動（cause）についてメッセージを広めたい人は、とりあえず「Change.org」、「Causecast」辺りから始めてみるといいよ。 CrunchBase Information Causecast Change.org Kiva Information provided by CrunchBase [原文へ] （翻訳：satomi） タグ: Blog Action Day, Causecast, Change.org, donorschoose, kiva 【関連記事】 変化のためのSNS、Change(.org) 募金にご協力いただいた読者から抽選で1名様にTechCrunch米版無料広告枠プレゼント！ TechCrunch50―Causecastはワンストップのチャリティー支援サイトを目指す P2P金融のシェア伸張、LendingClubも全米サービス展開へ LendingClub、シリーズAで明日にも$10.26M調達

"What the hell, you got a room in your house just filled with books? That's stupid," was one of the many memorable quotes from my first semester teaching in a school filled with at-risk and impoverished kids. Right now you're reading a productivity and technology blog. You're no stranger to literacy and you read for enjoyment. All day every day you process thousands upon thousands of words to make meaning of and enrich your world. ...

فقر؟! سرت رو کردی توی مانیتور میخوای فقر رو احساس کنی؟! من از فقر چی بنویسم که جز احساس ترحم تو رو بتونه بیانگیزه؟! فقر رو از اونجایی که شما داری الان این نوشته رو می خونی نمیشه حس کرد! در هزاران وبلاگی که امروز درباره “فقر” نوشته اند، اثری از “فقر” نیست. فقر اونجاست که پدری پول نداره برای بچه هاش نون بخره و به همین خاطر رو نداره شب برگرده خونه و توی ...

Oof, I hate starting a blog post with a disclaimer but I’m going to. Okay, this bit is for people who aren’t regular readers and don’t know me and my duck yet. Hi! We’re usually really sweet and nice. Ask anyone. Oh, wait. That’s not the disclaimer. HERE is the disclaimer: Okay. I hope we all know that poverty is an enormous global tragedy, and that we have big huge responsibilities as compassionate, caring human ...

Today is Blog Action Day,which you can read about in today's TechCrunch. Blogs around the world are making efforts to raising awareness about global poverty and ways to aleviate it. One interesting way: help an entrepreneur in a poor country. As it turns out, TechCrunch does its own brand no harm at all by becoming an activist for this cause. Getting involved with Kiva.org, starting at $25, matches entrepreneurs in poor countries with donors in ...

The midst of an economic meltdown isn't the most obvious time to start thinking about how you can donate money and time to those in need, but if you're reading this blog you might be in a position to do so. Today's Blog Action Day, so along with thousands of other blogs, we're shining the spotlight on the issue of poverty. Earlier Kevin told you about Computers for Children, and now I wanted to tell ...

The financial crisis in world markets over the past few weeks has been a real eye-opener, but even those of us who have seen our stock portfolios decline by 30 percent or more don’t have much to complain about. It could be worse. It could be a lot worse. A third of the world’s population lives in poverty, and 20 percent lives in extreme poverty, meaning they are always hungry. What can you do? How ...

There are lots of cool things you can do with leftover hardware, from building a home-baked server box to reviving an old laptop and beyond. But one of the best hacks you can pull off is making your...

It is blog action day, with the theme of poverty. One way people and societies attempt to address poverty is through revolutions. One type of revolution that fits with the theme and title of this blog is...Matrix Revolutions. The concept behind the Matrix films is a fascinating one. If one treats the matrix as a symbol of society, what is suggested is that this human creation in fact also turns around and enslaves us. And ...

من حافظه‌ام خوب کار می‌کند. (خوب، خدا را شکر!) من به خوبی به یاد دارم دو سال پیش، وزیر رفاه و تامین اقتصادی کشور (آقای مصری)، در مصاحبه‌ای کاملا رسمی گفت: ” اعلام خط فقر به چه درد می‌خورد؟ ” نه واقعا به چه درد می‌خورد؟ من به عنوان یک انسان این‌چنین عبارتی را تکذیب می‌کنم. مسئله این است؛ شما مگر واقعا خط فقر را اعلام می‌کنید که می‌گویید به چه درد می‌خورد؟ شما وسیله ...

It’s Blog Action Day today, and the topic we’re putting the spot light on is poverty. I will talk about poverty from a different point of view, maybe, than what was intended by the good people who took the time to make this day happen. I was thinking about the best way for me to talk about poverty, as I am ashamed to say- I don’t know enough about the subject. Then I thought about ...

Итак, как и несколько десятков тысяч блоггеров, сегодня поговорим о бедности. Сначала, конечно, нужно определиться с терминами. Никто из вас, читающих эти строки, бедным не является. Более того, практически все вы входите в богатое меньшинство землян, имеющих компьютер. Или в богатое меньшинство землян, имеющих мобильный телефон. В общем, если вы думали, что вы - бедный, в таком случае вы понятия не имеете о бедности. Бедность - это жизнь меньше, чем на 1 доллар в день. ...

There are 1 billion impoverished people in the world. There are only 8 causes in this list. It will take you 2 minutes to read it, and 1 minute to share one of the links with your friends. Why wouldn’t you act now and make a dent in the poverty problem? [This post is part of Blog Action Day: Mashable proudly supports bloggers, readers and social media users taking action to eradicate poverty worldwide.] Bill ...

There are 1 billion impoverished people in the world. There are only 8 causes in this list. It will take you 2 minutes to read it, and 1 minute to share one of the links with your friends. Why wouldn’t you act now and make a dent in the poverty problem? [This post is part of Blog Action Day: Mashable proudly supports bloggers, readers and social media users taking action to eradicate poverty worldwide.] Bill ...

“It’s extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can’t find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.” –Bono. I don’t mean to make light of the current economic crisis in the United States, but there’s a part of [...] Read more at http://blog.compa...