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Category: Issues
Where’s the Controversy in Saving Lives? [VIDEO]
Engaging video with some hard hitting facts like “information about and access to contraceptives would save the lives of over 100,000 mothers and 600,000 children” – wow. Great program from the Gates Foundation.
Raise your voice and pledge to support family planning for the millions who need and want it: http://no-controversy.com
Original source: Daily DoGooder.
So Much More Than a Box
The OCC Story: You might be familiar with the mission of Operation Christmas Child. But there’s a lot more to the story than just shoe boxes.
Clever little video showing the lasting impact of this awesome ministry. Enjoy, and get your box together for this Christmas!
Fair trade stuff costs more… is that fair?
Its funny how things come to your awareness… You may have never really thought of something ever before, then all of a sudden it’s everywhere you look. I like to call this the ‘Yellow Laser’ thing – back in high school when we were all getting our first cars, one of my mates got a bright yellow Ford Laser… I’d never seen anything like it before, but once it was on the mind, I seemed to see so many yellow Ford Lasers cruising around! Either they were giving them away, or my mind was just locked into the awareness of ‘yellow laser’, so something triggered when I saw one!
My current ‘Yellow Laser’ is about the source of stuff – I’ve been challenged to think about where the things I own or buy come from, and also how it is made – as a general concept I suppose you could call this ‘fair trade’ (though from what I can gather, the issue is potentially much bigger than what some would define fair trade as). Continue reading “Fair trade stuff costs more… is that fair?”
Lately: Water // Water // Water
Water. One of the biggest single issues impacting the lives of millions of people across the third world… hence why there are probably more organisations based on or involved in activites to improve access to or the quality of water.
So it’s pretty easy to find projects and awesome campaigns about water – here’s a few I’ve come across lately…
#1 // Walk to Water – OD Australia
WALK TO WATER on Saturday 15 September and give Christian families in Northern Nigeria access to clean, running water.
100,000 lives changed
Big congratulations for all the hard work by Compassion Australia who are changing the lives of 100,000 children, babies and mothers…
You could be the next ‘1 more’… If you don’t already sponsor a Compassion child I highly recommend you consider it… There’s still hundreds more kids, babies and mums who need support. You can make a massive difference in the life of someone for less than you probably spend on coffee each week.
Lately: Olympic disparities // Sevenly // Test your hunger IQ
It’s been fairly quite on the LLG front for the last few months… A new baby can do that! To get back into the swing of things, here’s the first of a new series of posts called “Lately…” – I come across so many awesome things and want to share them all, but never have the time… So “Lately…” is basically short snippets of cool things I’ve found or that have challenged me. So here’s what I’ve found “Lately…”
#1 // Sevenly – One Week. One Cause.
Continue reading “Lately: Olympic disparities // Sevenly // Test your hunger IQ”
The End Of Poverty (Is Possible)
A great video from Compassion based around the 58 Campaign – learn more.
State of the World [Video]
Great video with plenty of confronting facts to challenge how we live!
What’s It Like to Live Below the Line?
Some good friends from church, the Jacobs family, were one group among thousands of other Aussies who recently took part in Live Below the Line. I thought it might be a good opportunity to ask them about the experience and get some insights into what it is like to live below the Australian equivalent of the “poverty line”.
“Live Below the Line will challenge you to live on $2 a day, for 5 days. It opens a window onto the day-to-day experience of extreme poverty…”
Here’s a few questions I asked The Jacobs about their experience…
LIFE LESS GREEDY 