On December 7th, people from across the world U.S., Sweden, Cypros, Lesotho, and more taped “All You Need is Love,” together to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
But you can still add your voice, which in turn raises money.
If you have a little bit of performance fever and like to do things to help [...]

December 18, 2009 by crissy | Tags: Africa, All you need is love, b-listed, b-the change, Global Fund, HIV/AIDS, Starbucks, Starbucks Love Project | No Comments »

We think World AIDS Day should not simply be one single day, but should be on our minds every single day.  Like many other causes we try to highlight with one day or even one month (we’ve clearly digressed.)
But continuing on the topic of World AIDS Day, like many of our posts from yesterday, we [...]

December 2, 2009 by crissy | Tags: Africa, Alicia Keys, b-activists, b-listed, contest, december 1, Keep a child alive, World AIDS Day | 2 Comments »

Did you know that approximately half of all new global HIV infections in the world today are occurring in people between the ages of 15 and 25?
This is why the folks at Africa’s Children- Africa’s Future (AC-AF) launched the u+me=we program in 2006 to work with children in local schools in Canada and Africa to [...]

December 1, 2009 by ishita | Tags: AC-AF, Africa, Africa's Children-Africa's Future, AIDS, Canada, children, Gita Jaffe, u+me=we, World AIDS Day, youth | 1 Comment »

Along with being a renowned actor in film and television (I’m sure there are some West Wing buffs reading this), Martin Sheen has become known for his activism, be it anti-war efforts, his support of the rights of Latinos in the US, or his non-profit environmental organization. For his newest endeavor he provided the narration [...]

November 16, 2009 by ishita | Tags: Activism, Africa, barrios, Cinema Libre Studio, documentary, Latin America, Martin Sheen, Philippe Diaz, poverty, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation, slums, solution, The End of Povery, The West Wing | No Comments »

Born: October 29, 1938 
Claim to fame: A member of the Council of Women World Leaders, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is a symbol of empowerment and strength for women worldwide as she overcame odds and opposition to become the first woman to be elected head of state in Africa on January 16, 2006. In 2005, she founded a [...]

October 29, 2009 by ishita | Tags: Africa, civil war, Council of Women World Leaders, education, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia, Peace, President, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Woman President | 1 Comment »

Read this devastating post by our friend Women Advocates: http://bit.ly/CuNLh
Children as young as 10 are selling their bodies and having babies in Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital Abidjan (and elsewhere in Africa) as a result of exchanging sex for money. They do so, so they can have money for food.
One 15 year old girl reportedly gave [...]

June 25, 2009 by rachel | Tags: Africa, Cavoequiva, child slavery, Côte d’Ivoire, ivory coast, sex slavery, women advocates | No Comments »

I love chocolate. However, after reading this article today on Change.org I am going to try and make a conscious effort to buy only Fair Trade Certified cocoa products. Here’s why:
Many chocolate companies, including Hershey (the largest in North America), use cocoa beans from the Ivory Coast to make their products. The Ivory Coast of [...]

June 24, 2009 by rachel | Tags: Africa, change.org, child slavery, chocolate, cocoa, fair trade, hershey, human trafficking, ivory coast | 1 Comment »

In America, sports are often talked as both pastimes and character-building exercises. CARE , an international humanitarian organization, is taking that theme to another level, using sports to combat a variety of connected human rights issues affecting women in rural eastern and southern African nations.
CARE’s Sport for Social Change Initiative is a pioneering program that [...]

June 1, 2009 by akshay | Tags: Africa, b-activists, CARE, conflict resolution, football, HIV, literacy, reconciliation, soccer, sport for social change, sports, trauma, women's rights | 1 Comment »

Check out this twitter post by AshokaTweets:
A short video on how Ashoka’s Social Entrepreneurs are changing Africa http://bit.ly/WytH5
This film from Ashoka, the youth social enterpreneurship group, is a great example of innovation from young people who are helping to solve pressing problems related to their basic rights like food, shelter, and even community.
Like Adrian [...]

April 24, 2009 by akshay | Tags: Adrian Mukhebi, Africa, agriculture, ashoka, our daily chirp, social enterpreneurship, starvation | No Comments »

Today’s Date: April 1, 2009
Claim to Fame: Maathai was the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her environmental activism through her Green Belt Movement.  This program was set up in 1977 and devoted to planting trees with female groups to prevent soil erosion as well as improve the quality [...]

April 1, 2009 by admin | Tags: Africa, Belt, breakthrough, democracy, environment, Green, Movement, Nobel Peace Prize, Wangari Maathai, Women | No Comments »