Posted By:  vanessamason Posted On:  Jul 30, 2008	Gen Y and global health: Not a match made in heaven
What would you think if a job that you were interested in asked you to work for free for at least six months to a year before even considering applying? And not only work for free, but also work abroad? Would you jump at the opportunity? This is a basic expectation of most entry level jobs...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Jul 17, 2008	WikiProject: International Development
Lately I’ve been getting really into how people are using Web 2.0 for global change.  I’ve been learning more about sites and projects from socially-conscious social networks (like TakingITGlobal , Change.org , and Razoo ) to mashups for humanitarian crisis reporting (like...... [view]

Posted By:  jongbloed Posted On:  Jun 13, 2008	Beyond Good Intentions
Something I think about often is why people decide that they want to be involved in international issues.  What makes people get out their cheque book or attend a fundraising event?  And then the next question becomes what does this input from the average person do within development.  It...... [view]

Posted By:  RoosKraanen Posted On:  Feb 4, 2008	Bridging the Gap
Currently, I work on the Open Documentary Community of Bridging the Gap, an online platform for a new generation in international development. Unfortunately, the website is partly in Dutch, but english entries are welcome too. Corinne van Egeraat works on the documentary film Bridging the...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Dec 16, 2007	Lagos la Vida Loca
By next year, more than half the world’s population will for the first time in history be living in cities. Current’s Mariana van Zeller tours Lagos, Nigeria, the world’s fastest-growing “Megacity”, creating a thought-provoking vision of one of...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Dec 19, 2007	The Story of Stuff
Here’s something that got me thinking: The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Dec 5, 2007	The Economist: missing the point, once again…
The Economist reviews this week Forces for Good , a new book about exceptional NGOs, which according to the weekly are too few and rare to be worthy of the illustrious paper’s attention. The authors, Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, surveyed thousands of (US) nonprofits,...... [view]

Posted By:  munafvr Posted On:  Nov 27, 2007	December 1st is Everyday - Submission for Panorama
December 1st 1988 19 years ago, I was at pre-school and my mom, then working at my country’s AIDS/STI unit, dropped by to give me a free t-shirt with a fancy logo and a red ribbon. This was the first inkling of the term HIV/AIDS. In Botswana, where I grew up, most people have heard of...... [view]

Posted By:  oliebol Posted On:  Oct 17, 2007	How to Aid, International Development
I just got back from a talk that I did for the Queanbeyan Evening View Club. Mum has been a member for a long time and I tend to do a talk there every once and a while on my last posting. This was the first opportunity that I had to talk about my last posting to PNG from November 2006 until...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 22, 2007	My heart’s with Ethan
Ethan Zuckerman remains my No. 1 favourite blogger of all times, and given how much I struggle to update GlobaLab at least 2-3 times a week, while trying to work and retain a decent social life, I am in awe at his amazing prolificacy. A quick browse at his last few entries would be...... [view]

Posted By:  albertomz Posted On:  Oct 17, 2007	Coeur of darkness
The Independent’s Johann Hari writes a long overdue report on France’s secret involvement in the Central African Republic , the most forgotten and under-reported country of Africa. This is classical, old-fashioned war-reporting and political journalism, an uncompromising...... [view]

Global Brigades
Submitted By:   GlobalBrigades Website:  http://dev.globalbrigades.org Phone:  213-434-0410 E-mail:  steve@globalbrigades.org	Vision:   Global Brigades is a secular, charitable organization, that empowers students to develop solutions to improve the quality of life in third world countries while respecting local cultures. We are one of the world´s......   [view]

Medicines For Humanity
Submitted By:   jjalouzet Website:  http://www.medicinesforhumanity.org Phone:  781-982-0274 E-mail:  admin@medicinesforhumanity.org	Vision:   Medicines for Humanity is dedicated to saving childrens’ lives in impoverished communities worldwide. We help local healthcare partners to implement effective health initiatives for children and to become......   [view]

Submitted By:   heatherhale Event Date:  Jul 20, 2008 & Time: 0:00 AM-0:00 AM Event Location:  Calling Lakes Centre [view]

Youth for International Development Do It Yourself Media Training

Submitted By:   heatherhale Event Date:  Jul 24, 2008 & Time: 0:00 AM-0:00 AM Event Location:  Calling Lakes Centre [view]

Youth for International Development Do It Yourself Media Training