Crisis Relief For Haiti

My friend Dave Dias recently filmed this commercial for mPower Giving, relating how we can use our mobile phones to contribute to crisis relief for Haiti in the wake of this week’s disastrous earthquake.

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World Flix

I was reading our local newspaper today when I came across an article about a new startup dedicated to improving quality of life for people in some of the poorest communities in the world through modern technology.

World Flix, with a tag line of “E-Philanthropy for the Next Generation,” is a fascinating project which combines online videos of social projects around the world with a PayPal-enabled donation system to raise funds for microgrants to worthwhile humanitarian projects.

Here’s a sample of what you’ll see when you visit worldflix.org:

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Sixty One Brand Clothing’s Campaign To End Slavery

My virtual friend Ben Bajarin and two of his acquaintances have recently launched a great new company and accompanying website - Sixty One Brand Clothing.

Besides offering some truly amazing and unique clothing items:

Sixty One is about a much larger mission, described on their “About 61” page:

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