Thanks to everyone who donated! We raised $150. Whoop whoop! Thanks again Mom, Aunt Barb, Edna Zhou, Ethan Cushing, Erin Fennell, Sara Huffman, Rachel Rogers, Lee, Avery Burdette and Tim Marklevitz for donating.
Hi Everyone! Meet Mina. She was a total stranger that e-mailed me about meeting up while I’m abroad and now I get the privilege of spending December 2010 with her in Bolivia while she’s on break from school. I am excited beyond words that someone will be meeting me. Follow her tumblr! She only posts when she’s travelling, so you know every post is going to be amazing and impregnate you with jealousy. That being said, maybe you should only follow her if you’re a masochist.
GROSS, IT’S BLACK FRIDAY: Instead of getting mauled at The Grove or your city’s equivalent of hell, how about you buy into a raffle for this $100 Apple gift card? 100% of the profit will go to charity. I know you want this. I mean, come on. You’re on tumblr. Doesn’t everyone on tumblr get boners for Mac?
$10 PER RAFFLE TICKET: Donate to orphanages to get added to the raffle.
** Reblog and I’ll give you a kitten. J/K! I won’t do anything for you. But for reals, reblog this for charity. The children! Think of the children! It’s the Holidays! **
Last day to donate is tomorrow (Tuesday). As of now, there are only $100 in donations, meaning 10 entries. GAMBLERS PAY ATTENTION: These are good odds.
GROSS, IT’S BLACK FRIDAY: Instead of getting mauled at The Grove or your city’s equivalent of hell, how about you buy into a raffle for this $100 Apple gift card? 100% of the profit will go to charity. I know you want this. I mean, come on. You’re on tumblr. Doesn’t everyone on tumblr get boners for Mac?
$10 PER RAFFLE TICKET: Donate to orphanages to get added to the raffle.
** Reblog and I’ll give you a kitten. J/K! I won’t do anything for you. But for reals, reblog this for charity. The children! Think of the children! It’s the Holidays! **
AHAGGAR MOUNTAINS: Baking in the Saharan sun in the remote deserts of Algeria lie the Ahaggar Mountains, composed of rocks 2 billion years old. I want to go here because word on the street is it’s full of GENETS and FENNECS. Genets are great but I pretty much can’t deal with Fennecs. I love how this blog post about the earth’s natural beauty inevitably found it’s way to the discussion cute animals. (photo via)
In order to prepare myself for seeing the world, I spend a lot of my free time researching all it’s beautiful places. For your enjoyment and my motivation, I will post one or two a day here until I leave. I know it sounds lame, but it’s so incredibly beauitful out there, so many places I never knew existed.
UPDATE: Discussion of cute animals will be added, free of charge.
A street child searches for recyclable material in a garbage dump on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. An estimated 1 billion still lack services essential to their survival and development, UNICEF said Thursday.
AP / Anupam Nath (via The Frame: The World’s Children)
ONE BILLION. I know I can’t really, truly grasp that number. It seems impossible that there are that many children out there lacking basic neccessities in life. Together, let’s help a few of the billion.
DONATE: $10 EDUCATES A THIRD WORLD ORPHAN FOR TEN DAYS.
IS THIS A “REAL” CHARITY? Yes! I’m in the process of making Serve My World a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization!
THE MISSION? To raise money for orphanages in developing countries which do not have an easy process for making International donations due to the high costs of International money transfers and most often, lack of technology.
THE BEST PART OF THIS CHARITY: You get to see your donation in action! I’m selling all my stuff and spending my own money to live and volunteer teach in the orphanages. I will present your donation and SHOW YOU RESULTS via blog posts, photos and video. It’s nice to be able to see how your donation is positively effecting lives of children!
(Photo via HORAC in Nepal, where donations will be used)
WHAT DO THESE COMPANIES HAVE IN COMMON? They were just inducted into the International Labor Rights Forum 2010 Sweatshop Hall of Shame.
Sweatshop labor PREVENTS CHILDREN FROM GOING TO SCHOOL. Children as young as seven are repeating the cycle of illiteracy and hopelessness to make my stupid tank tops and underwear. I’m floored, I put trust in some companies, you know? Blind trust is no longer enough.
ONE IN SIX CHILDREN IN THE WORLD ARE ENGAGED IN CHILD LABOR.
DONATE $10: Education says FUCK YOU to human trafficking.
