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Nearly HALF A BILLION children are at risk of "devastating and irreversible" damage from malnutrition, including stunted growth and undeveloped brains, according to a new report released by Save the Children. This "hidden crisis" kills more than 300 children every hour of every day and affects one in four children worldwide, according to the report:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/A%20L...
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William Somerset Maugham CH was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories. Born in Paris, where he spent his first ten years, Maugham was schooled in England and went to a German university. He became a medical student in London and qualified as a physician in 1897
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“Fotografiar es colocar la cabeza, el ojo y el corazón en un mismo eje.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
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"Si sabes esperar la gente se olvidará de tu cámara y entonces su alma saldrá a la luz."
Steve McCurry
This here is "Amina", the 'pro-modern' Damsel in Distress. She was a little camera shy, must've been all those years of living in self denial, constantly being reminded that she was born a 'Girl' , and in a patriarchal community she is no better than a 2nd class citizen.
Amina earns 1.5 ~ 6 taka (0.085 USD) each day, working as a 'firewood bearer' who goes to and fro along the banks of the Kaptai Lake over a distance stretching one and a half mile, countless times, everyday. Both her father and mother are day labourers as well. With rising prices, the three of them can barely meet their ends meet. Their broken shed reeks of alien fumes, aboriginal organisms and bacteroides that are considered 'lethal' for the city people.
Yet despite all these difficulties growing up, 'Amina' retains a strange, stark beauty. A farcical gaze that tears through your very soul. A look that screams of hardship, of not giving up, of a muted protest against gender discrimination, of the failures of International Bodies like "UNICEF", of a fake prerogative that calls itself "Nari Odhikar Aine" (Law of Women Rights).
Tsk tsk tsk.
Larger View or view on black recommended.
Accolades:
* 1st place on " SAARC-Hall of Fame: Theme 'Children' " contest.
* Place on National Geography Magazine's "Featured Daily Dozen" section.
* Selected as one of the 6 photographs from Bangladesh eligible to attend the "Photography Club World Cup Contest 2008 in France"
* Winner of the 30th Juror's Choice Award
* Selected as the "Photo of the Day" for 9th Feb,2009 at Photoburst.
* 1st Prize Winner in the "Portrait" category of the prestigious "Vision 09"-Photography Contest in the Hind Leys Gallery , Leicestershire, UK.
Over the years this one has gained a number of different liveries (Barbie, this Save the Children ad, Pink face barbie for the Plymouth P&R and finally 'The Lizard') she was also loaned to Stagecoach upon transfer of operations back in 2015.
This is how I remember these on the X80 route, they were good just a higher spec seat would have made them ideal.
A familiar layover position at Totnes just beyond the Royal Seven Stars before embarking on the run back to Plymouth.
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Fabio Itri Photography © All rights reserved. - Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
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Digitally manipulated photograph by © Michael J. Kulyk
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
An anonymous bidder dontated $500 USD for the people of Japan for this piece. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
20 X20 Square Print (printed at MPix labs)
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Jap...
Japanese Red Cross:
www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Save the Children:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam...
World Vision:
www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.3001&giftI...
Oxfam:
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/japan-earthq...
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf:
jalupers-CPAJapan@yahoo.com
The bidding will end on 24 March, 2011 at 9:00 P.M Standard Time +0900 UTC
At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation (please take a screen grab of your donation confirmation page!), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
Room with a View
© Minkel Cedeno
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
I would like you to start the bidding at $ 35.00. If the bid go over $ 70.00, I will add the framing as show in the comments (mat included).
Print will be 11x14 inches (some crop will be needed) on Kodak Pro-Color matte paper. Once again, an example of the print can be seen below.
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Jap...
Japanese Red Cross:
www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Save the Children:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam...
World Vision:
www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.3001&giftI...
Oxfam:
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/japan-earthq...
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: minkel_cedeno@yahoo.com
The bidding will end on Thursday March 24th at 11:59pm CST. At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation, please take a screen grab/print-scan of your donation confirmation page!!.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping (anywhere), so all of your donation goes straight to the cause.
For more information visit this great group:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
www.flickr.com/groups/charityprintauctions/
Thanks Charlie K. for the invite to this relief effort. Take care over there in Tokio.
This is one of my personal favourites because of three reasons:
(a) Her expression is one of a kind and I find it captivating.
(b) It was raining and I like the way rain has been captured here.
(c) The image is "photographically flawed" (blurred, not the perfect framing etc.) - something that I find synonymous to human flaws
Honestly, it's one of the few coloured shots of mine I like.
In case you're interested, view B&W version
Paseo del Filósofo en Kyoto, Japan / Japón・日本・京都・哲学の道
sakura / cherry blossom / street / night / lights / cityscape / people
El Paseo del Filosófo (Tetsugaku no michi) es un agradable camino de piedra junto a un canal famoso por ser uno de los mejores lugares de Kyoto para disfrutar del hamani (contemplar los cerezos en flor). Tiene unos dos kilómetros de largo y va desde el Ginkakuji (Pabellón Plateado) hasta cerca de Nanzenji. Su nombre se lo debe a Nishida Kitaro, uno de los filósofos japoneses más famosos, quien solía meditar mientras seguía esta ruta en su camino diario hasta la Universidad de Kyoto.
Pensé que sería una buena idea visitarlo lo más tarde posible para esquivar al turista medio pero lamentablemente calculé mal los tiempos y terminé llegando prácticamente de noche, justo a tiempo para descubrir que el Paseo del Filósofo es uno de los lugares menos iluminados de Kyoto (lo que equivale a decir que algo es más oscuro que un agujero negro). Suerte que no terminé en el fondo del canal y pude tomar algunas fotos de los pocos, poquísimos establecimientos que quedaban abiertos.
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The Philosopher's Walk (Tetsugaku no michi) is a nice stone path next to a channel known as one of the best places in Kyoto to enjoy Hamani (cherry blossoms viewing). It's about two miles long and runs from the Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion) to Nanzenji. Its name is due to Nishida Kitaro, one of the most famous Japanese philosophers, who used to meditate while he followed this route on his daily way to the Kyoto University.
This photo is part of "Flickr Members for Japan", a group of flickr members who are posting pictures with links to the Japan relief donation sites for various countries. Please donate if you can.
• Canpan Fields (a japanese nonprofit organization)
• NGO Jen
• Association of Medical Doctors in Asia
• Oxfam
• Care
Spain: Text JAPON to 28077 to donate the SMS cost.
Canada: Text REDCROSS to 30333 to donate $10
USA: Text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10
Ireland: Text REDCROSS to 57500 to donate €5
Heart | Broken
© achew - www.flickr.com/achew
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
I would like you to start the bidding at USD50
Size and type of print.
8x11 inch print from Snapfish directly from flickr. Glossy type photo paper
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
Japanese Red Cross:
Save the Children:
World Vision:
Oxfam:
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf:
achewlim@ymail.com
The bidding will end on 31 May, 2011 at 12:00pm SGT. At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation (please take a screen grab of your donation confirmation page!), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
hola...ridotti all'osso da un rischio di fame e sviluppo, "Save the children" ci fa sapere che 200 milioni di bambini sono a rischio, non riescono a sviluppare adeguatamente a causa della malnutrizione e povertà.
Per poi non ricordeare che 9 milioni di bambini ogni anno muoiono prima dei 5 anni.
Purtroppo l'abbandono o la non frequenza scolastica, soprattutto in certe aree del globo, non fa altro che aumentare il gap tra paesi ricchi e paesi poveri, vanificando così tutti i (pochi) sforzi di scolarizzazione e sviluppo delle zone piu' depresse del mondo.
E si resta come questo stelo, secco arido e pure appassito, aspettando una fine che nessuno vuole ma che nessuno fa per evitare.
non mi viene da dire buona giornata oggi, anche perchè i G8 G10 o G20 per le questioni dove il proprio culo bruciava, le decisioni importanti le hanno sapute prendere, per bambini a rischio di nutrizione e sviluppo, la strada è ancora lunghissima......
e da noi si pensano i presidi spia....che cazzo di paese.........
innaffiamo amici...
Severely malnourished child at Damota Pulassa health centre in Wolayita, Ethiopia.
Six month ago it was assisting 10 to 15 children a week, now the number is up to 162 children every week.
Statistically, for every severely malnourished child one knows about, one should count 10 to 20 malnourished children one doesn’t know about. This means that in Damota Pulassa alone there could be as between 2000 and 4000 malnourished children for a population of 130,000. Health specialists consider this numbers very alarming.
Aid organizations assisting the Health Centres assist only the severly malnourished children. When children are "stabilised" or brought to "normal malnutrition level" they are sent home with some food supplements and followed up in outpatient conditions. Often, their hungry families share the food meant to strengthen the malnourished child. Communities and the Red Cross are targeting the families of malnourished children as a priority.
Photo: José Cendon/IFRC (p17873).
To find out more, go to www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/recovering/food-security.asp.
Charity Print Auction for Japan
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
I would like you to start the bidding at US$50.
Size and type of print.
12x8 inch print on Endura Metallic paper.
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Jap...
Japanese Red Cross:
www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Save the Children:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam...
World Vision:
www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.3001&giftI...
Oxfam:
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/japan-earthq...
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: ibishop14@ymail.com
The bidding will end on 15 April 2011 at 2100 GMT. At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation (please take a screen grab of your donation confirmation page!), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
80% of the sales from the hydrant stool will go to the Save the Children Charity.
www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6621121/k....
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Available today @ Xiasumi
The village we visited consisted of 5,000 people, of which 1,700 were orphans. The countryside of Haiti looks mostly like this picture, and I can assure you that seeing children dying on the side of the road is much different than watching "Save the Children" commercials from the comfort of your air conditioned living room. People have been reduced to eating mud cakes - literally, dried mud - just to keep their bellies full, despite the lack of nutrition and the potential for disease and parasites.
I apologize if this comes across preachy, but experiencing something like this firsthand really shakes you out of your comfort zone.
www.haitichildren.com/index.html
www.savethechildren.org/countries/latin-america-caribbean...
Haiti
July 25th, 2008
Universal Children's Day
(Explored nov 3) Burkina Faso
1987, "Our common future" (The Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development) : "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
2007: Common future?!... Our development has already deeply compromised the ability of future generations to meet their own needs..
2010: .....................
A devastating 7.8 magnitude quake struck Nepal today, the deadliest in more than 80 years. More than 1,500 people have been killed so far and the extent of damage is still unknown. This beautiful image of Kathmandu valley was taken about 6 months ago from the iconic Dharahara tower. Sadly, the tower was destroyed today and the city is in ruins. Please keep Nepal in your thoughts and prayers.
To help the victims:
25 novembre: giornata internazionale contro la violenza sulle donne.
www.savethechildren.it/blog-notizie/giornata-contro-la-vi...
www.la7.it/fa-che-io-sia-lultima/video/violenza-sulle-don...
Sold to hipsters for €70!
Rainy Day, Bike (Charity Print)
Originally posted here;
www.flickr.com/photos/srosengren/5060760118/
Rainy Day, Bike
© Stefan Rosengren
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
I would like you to start the bidding at 25€
10x10 inch on 12x12 inch Fuji Professional Glossy paper.
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
Other comments;
www.flickr.com/photos/srosengren/5060760118/
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Jap...
Japanese Red Cross:
www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Save the Children:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam...
World Vision:
www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.3001&giftI...
Oxfam:
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/japan-earthq...
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: doeclear54@yahoo.com
The bidding will end on Friday 25 March, 2011 at 12 pm GMT. At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation (please take a screen grab of your donation confirmation page!), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
*Moved up to the top for the auction*
Taken in downtown Seattle and guess what it was raining. Such a rare occurrence here. ;) This is SOOC.
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Rainy Seattle
© Marc Vosburgh - www.flickr.com/photos/marcvosburgh/
This will be used with any image that happens to make it in to a press release.
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
I would like you to start the bidding at $30.00
Size and type of print: 12 x 18 inch print, on E-Surface paper printed from Mpix.com.
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Jap...
Japanese Red Cross:
www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Save the Children:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam...
World Vision:
www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.3001&giftI...
Oxfam:
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/japan-earthq...
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: rathbone221@gmail.com
The bidding will end on 2 April, 2011 at 11:59 pm U.S. Pacific Standard Time. At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation (please take a screen grab of your donation confirmation page!), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
La verja es eso..una verja.Nada más.La utilizo como símbolo simplemente y ,de paso, me hago esta reflexión : sus carencias-sus barrotes- aprisionan más que los nuestros?
"Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won't let my spirit be destroyed."
(Banana Yoshimoto, Kitchen)
I lived in Tokyo for only four years, spending most of my time travelling up to the areas that have been devastated by the quake and tsunami. They were the best years of my life and I learned at first hand about the strength and honour of the Japanese people.
Be strong Japan.
Donate here:
I believe that the US iTunes store is also accepting donations for the American Red Cross, passing on 100% of your money to the charity.
Social photography - journalism
This photo was used in a magazine for doctors in the Philippines. You can also find it on many other websites, all over the world!
BEGGING FOR MONEY
I used to shoot flowers a lot and my inspiration was tanakawho, a wonderful Flickr friend from Tokyo.
This is for you, KT. We are all thinking of you and everyone else in Japan.
Donate here:
Sundarban Area (Kalinchi Village), Satkhira, Bangladesh
© 2008 Sajib Paul Photography
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"Reading for Children" is the name of a literacy project by Save the Children in rural Bangladesh...
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh refer to the Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in Bangladesh. On 22 Oct 2017, the UN reported that an estimated 603,000 refugees from Rakhine, Myanmar had crossed the border into Bangladesh since August 25, 2017. There are about 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Rohingyas are a Muslim minority in Myanmar regarded by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal migrants from Bangladesh. The Rohingyas have lived in Myanmar for generations and the Bangladesh government has called for Myanmar to take back the refugees. They are denied citizenship in Myanmar and have been described as the world’s most persecuted minority. Rohingyas are persecuted in Myanmar by security forces and Buddhist extremists. Myanmar has denied persecuting the Rohingyas.
Since the 1970s Rohingya refugees have been coming to Bangladesh from Myanmar. In the 1990s, more than 250,000 resided in refugees camps in Bangladesh. In the early 2000s, all but 20,000 of them were repatriated to Myanmar, some against their will. This respite ended in 2015 and by 2017, an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 Rohinya refugees were in Bangladesh. Most of the refugees are located along the Teknaf-Cox's Bazar highway that is parallel to the Naf River, which is the border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. Most of the refugees are located in or near Cox's Bazar, a coastal area dependent upon tourism.
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Small vs. Mighty, Rubjerg Knude, Denmark
© Rhiannon Adam - www.rhiannonadam.com
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
I would like you to start the bidding at £20
Size and type of print:
16x12 inch print, C-type on Fuji Crystal Archive (matt). It will be signed, and numbered, with a provenance certificate.
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks. You can also leave a comment in the facebook thread and I will post it here.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount direct to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
British Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Jap...
Japanese Red Cross:
www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
Save the Children:
www.savethechildren.org.uk/en/japan-earthquake-and-tsunam...
World Vision:
www.worldvision.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.3001&giftI...
Oxfam:
www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam_in_action/emergencies/japan-earthq...
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: rhiannon@erhiannonadam.com
The bidding will end on the 31st March, 2011 at 8pm GMT+ Your Time Zone. At this time, the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount will have to give this amount to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan. On proof of donation (please take a screen grab of your donation confirmation page!), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
The latest figures on the Japan disaster, from Reuters, as of Tuesday 22 March:
- 9,199 people confirmed dead
- 13,786 people still missing
- 216,164 houses without electricity, 760,000 households without running water
- 14,722 buildings completely destroyed
- Economy Minister Kaoru Yosano told Reuters in an interview last week the total damage to the world's third-largest economy could exceed $250 billion, the equivalent of 2-3 percent of gross domestic product
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Dino showing off his Ugly Sweater or more properly Ugly Jumper or Christmas Jumper in support of the charity, Save the Children which runs an annual Christmas Jumper Day each year in December using the slogan "Make the world better with a sweater". It encourages people to raise money for the charity by wearing their Ugly Christmas jumpers on a specific day. Way to go Dino!
Sinclair Gas Station, Heber City, Utah.
o è natale tutti i giorni, o non è natale mai...
Caro Babbo Natale (o chi per te che non vorrei che se ne avesse a male e non leggesse la mia letterina...)
dicevo, Caro Babbo Natale, vorrei regalare un sorriso a tutti i miei amici e perchè no...anche a quelli a cui sto sul culo, che magari ridono e pensano ad altro...
...vorrei però ricordarti che lavoro da fare ce n'è... allora direi che siccome per lo più noi ce la caviamo abbastanza benino, potremmo mettere le nostre forze sommate alle tue e alle renne volanti per far stare meglio chi proprio sta di merda...
ad esempio il 90% dei malati di aids vive nel terzo mondo, lo sai? e che la maggior parte sono bambini, indifesi, senza colpa alcuna...
vorrei fare qualcosa per i bambini che hanno avuto la sola colpa di nascere per sfiga nella parte sbagliata del globo, che non possono nutrirsi, che non possono essere vaccinati, e che non possono avere futuro...
vorrei fare qualcosa per tutte quelle bambine che hanno sbagliato a nascere femmine e saranno mutilate, infibulate, vendute...
vorrei fare qualcosa per i ninos de rua brasiliani a cui la polizia spara per strada come se fossero topi...
vorrei fare qualcosa per gli orfani di guerra, per i rifugiati, per i senzatetto, per chi deve andare a raccattare un pasto alla mensa della caritas....
vorrei fare qualcosa per chi non ha la forza di fare...
allora diciamo che il grandangolo me lo porterai tra qualche anno...
e questo Natale si regala una vita migliore ad un bambino che altrimenti potrebbe non vedere il prossimo anno...
www.unhcr.it/news/dir/75/di-chi-occupa-l-unhcr.html aiuta i rifiugiati
www.savethechildren.it/ con 8 euro al mese salvi una vita...
it.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A7x9QbyekvRO5moAJv4bDQx./SIG=1...actionaid
*~*~*~*~*~*~* All out-of-school children must be considered child labour *~*~*~*~*~*~*
Save the girl child campaign (an internet-driven advocacy mission) by SOCIAL GEOGRAPHIC"
Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
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"Worst of all, violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence -- yet the reality is that, too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned." (UN SECRETARY-GENERAL in International Women’s Day 2007 Message.)
“Almost every country in the world still has laws that discriminate against women, and promises to remedy this have not been kept.” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the eve of International Women's Day 2008)
According to one United Nations estimate, 113 to 200 million women are “demographically missing” from the world today. That is to say, there should be 113 to 200 million more women walking the earth, who aren’t. By that same estimate, 1.5 to 3 million women and girls lose their lives every year because of gender-based neglect or gender-based violence and Sexual Violence in Conflict (Read more about UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict www.stoprapenow.org/ ).
Millions of young women disappear in their native land every year. Many of them are found later being held against their will in other places and forced into prostitution. According to the UNICEF ( www.unicef.org/gender/index_factsandfigures.html ),Girls between 13 and 18 years of age constitute the largest group in the sex industry. It is estimated that around 500,000 girls below 18 are victims of trafficking each year. The victims of trafficking and female migrants are sometimes unfairly blamed for spreading HIV when the reality is that they are often the victims.
According to the UNAIDS around 17.3 million, women (almost half of the total number of HIV-positive) living with HIV ( www.unaids.org ). While HIV is often driven by poverty, it is also associated with inequality, gender-based abuses and economic transition. The relationship between abuses of women's rights and their vulnerability to AIDS is alarming. Violence and discrimination prevents women from freely accessing HIV/AIDS information, from negotiating condom use, and from resisting unprotected sex with an HIV-positive partner, yet most of the governments have failed to take any meaningful steps to prevent and punish such abuse.
United Nations agencies estimated that every year 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing the procedure – which involves the partial or total removal of external female genital organs – that some 140 million women, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and in Africa, have already endured.
We can point a finger at poverty. But poverty alone does not result in these girls and women’s deaths and suffering; the blame also falls on the social system and attitudes of the societies.
India alone accounts for more than 50 million of the women who are “missing” due to female foeticide - the sex-selective abortion of girls, dowry death, gender-based neglect and all forms of violence against women.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror in India. Experts are calling it "sanitized barbarism”. The 2001 Census conducted by Government of India, showed a sharp decline in the child sex ratio in 80% districts of India. In some parts of the country, the sex ratio of girls to boys has dropped to less than 800:1,000.
It's alarming that even liberal states like those in the northeast have taken to disposing of girls. Worryingly, the trend is far stronger in urban rather than rural areas, and among literate rather than illiterate women, exploding the myth that growing affluence and spread of basic education alone will result in the erosion of gender bias. The United Nations has expressed serious concern about the situation.
Over the years, laws have been made stricter and the punishment too is more stringent now. But since many people manage to evade punishment, others too feel inclined to take the risk. Just look at the way sex-determination tests go on despite a stiff ban on them. Only if the message goes out loud and clear that nobody who dares to snuff out the life of a female foetus would escape effective legal system would the practice end. It is only by a combination of monitoring, education, socio-cultural campaigns, and effective legal implementation that the deep-seated attitudes and practices against women and girls can be eroded.
The decline in the sex ratio and the millions of Missing Women are indicators of the feudal patriarchal resurgence. Violence against women has gone public – whether it is dowry murders, the practice of female genital mutilation, honour killings, sex selective abortions or death sentences awarded to young lovers from different communities by caste councils, rapes and killings in communal and caste violence, it is only women’s and human rights groups who are protesting – the public and institutional response to these trends is very minimal.
Millions of women suffer from discrimination in the world of work. This not only violates a most basic human right, but has wider social and economic consequences. Most of the governments turn a blind eye to illegal practices and enact and enforce discriminatory laws. Corporations and private individuals engage in abusive and sexist practices without fear of legal system.
More women are working now than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day 2008. Are we even half way to meeting the eight Millennium Development Goals?
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Unite To End Violence Against Women!
Say No To Sex Selection and Female Foeticide!!
Say No To Female Genital Mutilation!!!
Say No To Dowry and Discrimination Against Women!!!!
Say Yes To Women’s Resistance, Education and Empowerment!!!!!
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Innocence of youth
Ready to explore unknowns
With trust in their hearts
Hand in hand they go...
And truth unfolds.....
© Daniel Alexander | www.FramesMedia.com
Short Version:
The winner of the auction donates directly to a legitimate charitable organization. Upon seeing the proof of donation, I send the winner the print. I pay for printing and shipping.
Long Version:
I am auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
Print Details: 8 x 10 inch print, Kodak Endura Metallic (Pearlescent Finish) mounted on a Single Weight Matboard. Please note that frame will not be included, but it is recommended that the print be framed.
I would like you to start the bidding at US$ 50.00
Please leave a comment with your offer, please only comment if you wish to bid, thanks.
The highest bidder at the time the auction ends will donate that amount directly (you won’t be sending a penny to me) to a trusted charity helping with the relief effort in Japan, such as:
American Red Cross:
Save the Children:
World Vision:
Japanese Red Cross Society
Donate - 2000 yen is approximately 25 US dollars. Your card will be charged in JPY and a foreign transaction fee may apply.
NOTE ON LINKS:
Sometimes these links become broken when copying. Either the HTML doesn't transfer or if I just do links, Flickr shortens the URLs and they don't work.
If that is the case, you can copy the straight links from my tumblr post here.
WANT TO BID - BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A FLICKR ACCOUNT OR IS FLICKR BLOCKED IN THE COUNTRY YOU LIVE?
Please just email me with a bid and I will place the bid in the comments on your behalf: your@emailaddress.com
Should you wish to be anonymous on the Flickr comments section, please let me know when you place your bid via email. If there are more than one person who wishes to be anonymous, you will be named Anonymous 1, Anonymous 2 etc. Also, if you want to be known only by first name, let me know that via email.
The bidding will end on April 14, 2011 at 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time (-4 GMT)
Note: Since the deadline is over, the print will go to the first person that bids US$ 50.00 or more.
At this time, I will contact the the person who wrote/commented or emailed the highest amount and have him or her direct the fund to a legitimate charity involved in the effort for aid for the people of Japan (preferably to one of the organizations listed above).
On proof of donation (either an email from the organization or a screen print – which you will email me at framesmedia [at] gmail.com), I will arrange for the print to made and shipped to you.
I will pay for the print to be produced and pay for shipping, so all of your donation goes straight to the cause.
Thank you for your interest.
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN