Comments on: Blog Action Day and Fair Trade Month

By: Craig Snedeker’s blog of random things » Blog Archive » Post on Poverty - Blog Action Day 2008

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:12:38 +0000

[...] Blog Action Day and Fair Trade month [...]

By: bethP

bethP — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:54:18 +0000

Found your post on the Blog Action Day main page, and I don’t think it’s a downer! You’ve brought to light some very important considerations and furthered the discussion in a positive way.

I’ve blogged about the potential for online fundraising to combat poverty when it comes to hunger and other needs at: http://www.onlinefundraisingblog.com/2008/10/online-fundraising-to-combat-poverty/

By: kouji haiku

kouji haiku — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:27:13 +0000

interesting post.

for my part, i turn to sites like freerice, kiva, and goodsearch, as ways to help alleviate poverty online.

saw this post via the front page of blog action day. it’s great that you’re participating.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:48:40 +0000

Hello!
Thanks for posting on the UN Millennium Project and foreign aid. I work for an organization called Millennium Promise, co-founded by Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and we’re working to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by putting into practice many of the recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. One of our initiatives is the Millennium Villages project, which implements targeted, integrated and community-led interventions in agriculture, health, education and infrastructure to help communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty. The project currently reaches 80 villages in 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Our work is premised on the belief that, for the first time in history, our generation can end extreme poverty, hunger and preventable disease.
Check out our site: http://www.millenniumpromise.org
Thanks again for writing!