Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Digital inclusion

Can you imagine a world without internet? Would you be able to do your daily activities without a computer?
Amongst a number of other purposes, computers help millions to perform more, to deliver more and make our world advance quicker.
So, nowadays, how can someone live a complete life without having access to the e-world? Do you think that the young people that have never touched a computer (digital excluded) will have the same opportunities as others who have?
On the end of the day, this missing knowledge will end up affecting you somehow. If not you, maybe your children or grandchildren.
Access to computer and internet means access to information.
For example, access for farmers to learn how to plant better and make their crops grow larger, which later will mean that more people will be able to eat better and cheaper; access for people who live near forests potentially will be translated into better environmental protection; access. For populations under repression might mean a way to speak out louder and reach for help, or to change their ways of living (see e example in Tunisia and Egypt);
Access to computers and internet means power to the people to evolve and make a better world.
So, if you would like to make the world in which you live a little bit better, you could start thinking about helping organisations that are focused on digital inclusion. Maybe volunteering to work in those organisations, donating equipment, money or just making more people know that such a world of digital excluded people exists.

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Helping the Favelas - Slums


With this first post I would like to share a few websites of organisations that have/are developing projects in slums in Brazil.
If you are interested in helping people from slums in Brazil, you might be able to give a very good first step just by visiting and getting more information from the following websites:
Community in Action - http://cia.communityinaction.org/
Observatório de Favelas "Observatory of Favelas" - http://www.observatoriodefavelas.org.br/observatoriodefavelas/en/home/index.php
Favela é isso aí "That is Favela" - http://www.favelaeissoai.com.br/hotsite/en/contact.php
Iko Poran - http://ikoporan.org/en
Rio Voluntário - http://www.riovoluntario.org.br/ (Portuguese only)
Viva Favela - http://inclusao.ibict.br/index.php/biblioteca-de-id?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=9&sobi2Id=42
Again, donation is just one of the many ways you can help! Volunteering is always a possibility and most of the organisations will be happy if you can spare some of your time to help.

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The world needs help. We all need help to live a better life.
That's why I realized that sometimes we need to do a bit more for the others than what we are already doing.
To donate a few coins to people who need or maybe animals, forests or any other cause you may like...
To donate your time…
The idea behind this blog is to make it easier for people to find causes/opportunities to help without leaving the comfort of their own place.
I see that a number of persons would like to help somehow, but sometimes they have no idea of how to make this desire come true, so, this blog will help this people to help!