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help japan, help the people in the Northern area.
******Charity Print Information Below*********
**Print has been sold to Hector for $350-**
The Charity Print Auction has ended for this. Thank you for all your biddings.
Size and type of print.
12x8 inch(45x30cm) on Lambda Lustre Ultra Gloss Film Base paper.
If you want it in other types of Paper such as Matte Paper or normal Glossy Paper then I will take the request.
You can still support Japan through the donation sites below.
British Red Cross:
Japanese Red Cross:
Save the Children:
World Vision:
Oxfam:
For more information on this:
CPA - CHARITY PRINT AUCTIONS - JAPAN
"Hurricane Irma hit Florida as a Category 4 storm the morning of Sept. 10, 2017, ripping off roofs, flooding coastal cities, and knocking out power to more than 6.8 million people. By Sept. 11, Irma weakened significantly to a tropical storm as it powered north toward Georgia and Alabama. At 11 p.m. later that day, it weakened further to a tropical depression, and by Sept. 13, it had dissipated over western Tennessee.
Irma is the fifth-costliest hurricane to hit the mainland United States, causing an estimated $50 billion in damage, according to the National Hurricane Center." www.worldvision.org/disaster-relief-news-stories/2017-hur...
This is very dear to my heart. I received my gift catalog today and thought I would share. No matter what holiday you celebrate this winter we can all make a difference...
please take a look and perhaps you will be moved also.
Shine the light of God's love and change children's lives..forever!
Choose from more than 100 gifts to help struggling children and families in need from all over the World.
Get a free card to send with every gift you donate in the name of a friend,family member or anyone on your list. They'll love knowing how their gift will change lives.
Note for picture.. 2 Chickens can lay thousands of eggs,to feed many children with protein and vitamins, extra eggs can be sold to provide medicine and clothes........
2 chickens - $25.00
"these chickens have completely changed my life"
Abdulrahman, a father of 7 in Darful
Refugiados congoleses escapan de los enfrentamientos entre los refugiados congoloses y la milicia Mai Mai en el fronteriza ciudad de Ishasha.
Según el último informe del Alto Comisariado de Naciones Unidas para los refugiados África cuenta con 16 millones de desplazados internos, es decir, es el continente con con el índice más elevado de personas que, bien por seguridad o por otro motivo, se ve obligada a abandonar sus ciudades y pueblos.
En el siguiente artículo te contamos la situación de las mujeres que viven en campos de refugiados.
By Tim Freccia
Te presentamos cinco historias de mujeres de Ghana y Zimbabue. Las destacamos porque encarnan el valor de mujeres que luchan contra la adversidad en países en los que, a menudo, el hecho de ser mujer no es sencillo.
By Jon Warren
The Faradja Center in Kolwezi, Congo was founded by Mrs. Maguy Numbi to assist street children, many of them accused of being "sorcery children" in this deeply superstititous society which has been torn apart by war, famine, and now AIDS. World Vision assists the center with food and resources to get hundreds of street children back into school. Photo by Amanda Short.
The rice terraces built by the Hani nationality in Yuanyang County are a little known scenic wonder in South-West China's Yunnan province. Dropping from near the summits of the 2500 metre Ailao Mountain Range to the deep cleft of the Red River, they are among the world's most spectacular and extensive terraces. Were they in a more accessible part of China these terraces would already have been heavily developed for tourism, and no doubt lost much of their appeal. Perhaps then it is a blessing in disguise that by accident of modern geography they lie in Yunnan, a province so abundant in natural beauty and diverse scenery that these rice terraces have so far been overlooked to a certain extent. They didn't even make it into the Lonely Planet's section on Yunnan.
Unlike many remote areas though, once you actually get there information is not so hard to come by. An NGO called "World Vision" has been based in Yuanyang Old Town for several years. As well as running a great little coffee shop, it sets up fair-trade co-operatives for ethnic arts and crafts, trains villagers in basic English so they can work as mountain guides, lobbies for UNESCO status, and generally tries to set up a sustainable tourism network in the area, one that actually benefits the local minority groups as opposed to Han business and political circles in Kunming or beyond.
I spoke with the main organiser of the project in Yuanyang and he told me of the difficulties they face. The NGO's work is done under the perennial threat of the locals they are trying to help deciding to down their tools and leaving for the city, often defaulting on micro-credit loans. There is also the threat of the provincial government finally deciding to pump cash and concrete into the area in the form of huge tourist resorts, or the threat of a change in local politics meaning their presence is no longer welcome in that county. In such circumstances, perhaps the greatest danger is that they wake up one morning and realise they have lost belief in their own ability to make a difference.
Las mujeres son, junto a los niños, el sector de la población más vulnerable. Se estima que el 60% de los pobres del mundo son mujeres. Además, en África tener un hijo es una de las causas de mortalidad más comunes entre las mujeres ya que, una mujer africana embarazada es 180 veces más susceptible de morir que una mujer de Europa occidental en las mismas condiciones. Por todo ello, es fundamentar trabajar en proyectos de salud, educación y trabajo para asegurar un mejor futuro a las mujeres y, por tanto, de los niños.
World Vision realiza muchos proyectos en el continente africano ¿Quieres conocerlos?
By Justin Douglass
La foto muestra Emuria Losekon y a tres de sus hijos.La historia de Emuria es ´la realidad de cientos de personas en Kenia, Somalia o Etiopía.
Conoce parte de su historia. Antes de la sequía, Emuria vivía junto a su marido, eran ganaderos y aunque no tenían lujos, podían alimentar a toda la familia. En poco tiempo todo cambió, su marido murió, 7 de las 10 cabras que tenía en propiedad murieron y Emuria entendió que si no abandonaba su casa sus hijos morirían de hambre. ¿Te imaginas lo que es ver morir a tu hijo de hambre?
By Abby Metty
I have entered this image in to the Flickr group Charity Print Auctions:
www.flickr.com/groups/charityprintauctions/
for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
The print that is for auction is approximately 8 x 8 inches (20.5 x 20.5 cm) and will be printed on Epson Professional Archival Matte photo paper using my inkjet printer with pigmant inks.
To bid you need to comment below the image with the amount that you would like to bid.
When the auction closes, the person who has bid the most wins the print.
The auction will close on Sat. Jan. 23rd at 10 pm, California USA PST.
The winning bidder has to pay that amount to the Red Cross or to www.worldvision.org/
When you do this, you MUST make a screen grab of the donation confirmation page to send to the photographer, me. This is the only way i can know that you have paid and can arrange for the print to be sent to you.
I will pay the costs of printing and the postage to the winning bidder.
PLEASE COMMENT ONLY IF YOU ARE BIDDING. I'LL DELETE OTHER COMMENTS. sorry.
this is a squared version of the image here: www.flickr.com/photos/57336354@N00/4229889643/
10 inch by 15 inch print by © Michael J. Kulyk (printed at MPix labs)
I'm auctioning this print to help the people of Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
June via Facebook wins with a winning donation of $100. Thank you very much!
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 15 April, 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
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
Mpumeleo Fuzwane es la directora de un centro de preescolar en Bulawayo, Zimbabue. El centro de Mpumeleo hace las veces de orfanato para niños que padecen VIH. Gracias a su incansable trabajo, muchos de estos niños, tienen la oportunidad de alimentarse a diario y de obtener un tratamiento adecuado para sus enfermedad.
El centro está financiado por World Vision, por ello Mpumeleo dice "Deseo que World Vision continúe ayudándome porque yo quiero que estos niños tengan un buen futuro".
By Jon Warren
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.
shot for Macro Mondays theme: Generosity
2nd place winner in the Lakeshore Camera Club 2011 Spring Pictorial competition.
In Canada we can help by donating generously to these and other reputable organizations:
Care Canada: www.care.ca
Doctors Without Borders: www.msf.ca
OXFAM-Canada: www.oxfam.ca
UNICEF Canada: www.unicef.ca
World Vision Canada: www.worldvision.ca
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
台灣世界展望會
i-payment.worldvision.org.tw/offering.php?op=offeringitem...
紅十字會
tw.charity.yahoo.com/project_donation.html?project_id=179
紅十字會小額捐款，遠傳和中華電信和台灣大哥大 直撥 55135 ，有 100 300 500 三個選項可選，會記在這個月的電話帳單中。
(朋友有去各大新聞網和中華電信emome 確認過這個簡碼 也操作過了)
愛心捐款、物資寄送管道一覽
udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT2/5069114.shtml
志工及物資需求
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
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
One of many quilts donated for a fundraising event. Read more about it here and find out how you could win one!
© 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
Forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself. It is not as much something you do for someone else.
Forgiveness challenges you to give up your destructive thoughts about the situation and to believe in the possibility of a better future.
Forgiveness builds confidence that you can survive the pain and grow from it.
Forgiveness is an act of the imagination. It dares you to imagine a better future, one that is based on the blessed possibility that your hurt will not be the final word on the matter.
Choice is always present in Forgiveness.
You do not have to Forgive but there are consequences to that:
Refusing to Forgive by holding on to the anger, resentment and a sense of betrayal can make your own life miserable.
A vindictive mind-set creates bitterness and allows the betrayer to claim one more victim.
Best summarized by Mahatma Gandhi:
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
To Forgive is a Divine act.
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I have entered this image in to the Flickr group Charity Print Auctions for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal:
www.flickr.com/groups/charityprintauctions/
The print that is for auction is approximately 13 x 13 inches (33 x 33 cm). It will be printed on my Canon Pixma 9000 (pro printer) on archival matte photo paper using pigmant inks.
To bid you need to comment below the image with the amount that you would like to bid.
When the auction closes, the person who has bid the most wins the print.
The auction is for 5 days and will close on Friday Feb 5th at 10 pm, East Coast US time.
The winning bidder has to pay that amount to the Red Cross or to www.worldvision.org/
When you do this, you MUST make a screen grab of the donation confirmation page to send to the photographer, me. This is the only way i can know that you have paid and can arrange for the print to be sent to you.
I will pay the costs of printing and the postage to the winning bidder.
PLEASE COMMENT ONLY IF YOU ARE BIDDING (OR TO INVITE THIS TO A GROUP WHERE YOU THINK IT WILL GET MORE EXPOSURE FOR THE PURPOSES OF BIDDING). TO MAKE IT EASIER TO BID I'LL DELETE COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT BIDS FOR THE AUCTION.
IF YOU WANT TO BID BUT YOU AREN'T A FLICKR MEMBER AND SO CAN'T COMMENT...PLEASE EITHER JOIN (IT'S FREE) OR EMAIL YOUR BID TO ME AT gideonansell@gmail.com
. gideon
Cranberry Orange Scones with Cranberry Jam for Thanksgiving Morning
Recipe on my blog, Baking is my Zen
bakingismyzen.blogspot.com/2011/11/cranberry-orange-scone...
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I think all of you guyz know what happened in Japan. It happened a while now (when I was in Costa Rica), but I didn't want to act like nothing happened because it does. I felt it wasn't too late, because the disaster and wasted lives are still there. In this moment, people are still searching for their family, friends...someone.
It's in moments like this I realize how much lucky I am to have everything I have. House, clothes, money...and I'm not talking about material stuff. I talk about my family, friends, and alos you guyz. Healthy and alive. Next time you're complaning about your little problems, just think about what happened in Japan, or Haiti. Right, we ar elcuky guyz and we have to appreciate what we have...and what we don't.
Pray For Japan <3
DONATION LINKS :
Red Cross : www.redcross.org/
Save The Children : www.savethechildren.org
World Vision : www.worldvision.org/
Citizen Effect : www.citizeneffect.org
American Humane Association : www.americanhumane.org
My friend Tony is donating to Haiti for every shot that gets added to his new group Hats for Haiti, so join and do it.
you want to help further? The following organizations raise money and provide aid for disasters like the one in Haiti as well as provide ongoing support around the world:
Boy in a classroom in Huye, Rwanda.
We were there celebrating the opening of a new clean water pipeline, within feet of this school. Clean water means these kids will be healthier, and more sanitary. I was working with World Vision-- their goal is to provide clean water to the entire nation within four years.
On this day World Vision brought fresh milk to the kids, and later, the children all joined in the celebration.
IMG_4861
Two years ago, Fawaz was kidnapped by militia in Iraq. He was held hostage for 21 days whilst his family got the money together to pay for ransom. Now, living in exile in Jordan, 9-year old Fawaz, like 200,000 other Iraqi refugee children, is denied schooling. He keeps his school bag packed in the hope that one day he will be allowed to go to school. But sadly for the Iraqi refugees, that day has not yet come...
find out more about the situation faced by Iraqi refugees: www.iraqichildrentrapped.org
interestingness: May 4, 2007
Chosen as an Honourable Mention by Charity In-Focus
See more on refugee children here
January 1st 2008 was the annual Courage Brothers' Polar Bear Dip. This years event had over 400 "polar bears" and raised more than $59,000... WOW!!!
The dippers were allowed to run out as far as the fire fighter with the orange vest, then run back onto shore. Brrrrr!!!
What a great event this was. The money raised, goes to World Vision to help with water projects in Sudan
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World Vision can be found here... www.worldvision.ca
I had a MEDIA PASS for this event so I have many more pictures to post from this event, stay tuned.....
Four boys hang by the roadside in Huye, Rwanda.
We were there to document the celebration of a new water pipeline into a community that previously had to bring water into their home from the contaminated local well. World Vision is the organization that brought water to the community. Their goal is to provide clean water to the entire nation within 4 years.
Humanitarian mission with WorldVision in January 2013, a humbling experience meeting with great inspiring people.
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our daily challenge : zipper
had a rough time with this theme! didn't want to go with a zipper macro or something like that so it took me pretty much all day to come up with something!
i also wanted to let Danbo in for another shot because she looks being in the spotlight and reading your comments! what can i say, she loves you all :)
finally it struck me though and this idea came about. i remembered a sponsor challenge i used to participate in at school called "zip your lip" and it's still going strong.
Zip Your Lip is a project from World Vision dedicated to raise the issue of childeren dying of malnutrition / starvation. 9 million childeren die each year because they don't have enough to eat. 99% of those live in third-world countries! As a participant you find as many sponsors as you can to aid world vision in their battle against this and in return you do not eat or drink anything for 24 hours except water.
internationaly thezse events are called Famine Events
Mother of three. All suffered from malnutrition during last year's drought, treated at World Vision clinic: "All of us got thin from the shortage of food and water. We were just bones."
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www.bap.de/start/musik/songtexte/titel/verdamp-lang-her --- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghi2xReyFYA&feature=related --- www.worldvision.de/unsere-arbeit-wie-wir-arbeiten-entwick... ---
Bap Colognian (Kölsch) pronunciation: [/bap/] is a German rock group. With ten albums reaching the number one in the German record charts, Bap is one of the most successful rock acts in their home country.
Nearly all of Bap's lyrics are written in Kölsch, the dialect of Cologne, or more precisely in a Kölsch-influenced derivation of Eifelplatt, a regional variant of the Ripuarian language spoken in the nearby rural Eifel. Niedecken's most prominent musical influences, especially early in his career, were Bob Dylan, the Kinks, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and Wolfgang Ambros.
The group was founded in 1976 under the name Wolfgang Niedecken's Bap in Cologne, Germany by Wolfgang Niedecken and Hans Heres. In 1981 they released their most famous song "Verdamp lang her" (English: Damn long time ago), in which Niedecken describes regrets he has about his relationship with his then recently deceased father. The band's name "BAP" derived from "BAPP", both, a play-on-words on the Kölsch word "Papp" (related to the German word Papa for dad), but pronounced differently, and Niedecken's then-times nickname. BAP ist eine Kölschrockband um den Frontmann Wolfgang Niedecken und gilt als eine der erfolgreichsten Rockbands deutscher Sprache. Von den 23 BAP-Alben erreichten 19 die Top 10, zehn wurden sogar Nummer 1 der Charts.Die Gruppe um Sänger und Songschreiber Wolfgang Niedecken besteht seit 1976. Die Band traf sich zu Beginn in wechselnder Besetzung, um „einen Kasten Bier leerzuproben“.[1] Der erste Auftritt erfolgte 1977 im Mariensaal in Köln-Nippes mit zwei akustischen Gitarren (Wolfgang Niedecken, Hans Heres) und Perkussion (Afro Bauermann). Das erste Album, Wolfgang Niedecken's BAP rockt andere kölsche Leeder. erschien 1979, die Band bestand zu dieser Zeit aus Wolfgang Niedecken, Hans „Honçe“ Heres, Wolfgang „Gröön“ Klever, Manfred „Schmal“ Boecker, Wolfgang „Wolli“ Boecker und Bernd Odenthal. Die zweite LP Affjetaut folgte 1980, wie die Debüt-Platte noch unter der Bezeichnung „Wolfgang Niedeckens BAP“, da Niedecken sich bereits als Solo-Künstler mit Gitarre und Mundharmonika als „Bob Dylan der Südstadt“ einen Namen gemacht hatte; beide Platten wurden noch beim Kölner Independent-Label Eigelstein Musikproduktion veröffentlicht.
Der Bandname BAP entstand aus Niedeckens Spitzname, der seinen Vater so nannte. Diese Aussprache entstammt der Herkunft der Familie aus Rheinland-Pfalz, und weil sie vom kölschen „Pap“ abwich, entstand so Niedeckens Spitzname.[2] Als ein erster Auftritt geplant wurde, für den mit einem Plakat geworben werden sollte, musste ein Bandname erdacht werden. Hans Heres schlug dem Veranstalter vor, „BAPP“ zu nehmen.[3] Da sich die Bandmitglieder aber einig waren, dass „BAPP“ – mit zwei „P“ geschrieben – auf der Bassdrum nicht gut aussah, wurde einfach ein „P“ gestrichen.[4]
Der musikalische und inhaltliche Stil der BAP-Songs wird wesentlich von Bob Dylan, den Kinks und den Rolling Stones geprägt. Auch Bruce Springsteen, mit dem Sänger Wolfgang Niedecken eine persönliche Freundschaft verbindet, gilt als wichtiger Orientierungspunkt für BAP. Verschiedene BAP-Lieder, vor allem melancholische (z. B. Helfe kann dir keiner, Paar Daach fröher) zeigen in den Arrangements und der Stimmung deutliche Ähnlichkeiten mit Stücken von Wolfgang Ambros, etwa von dessen Album 19 Class A Numbers. Die Texte beschäftigen sich oft mit gesellschaftlichen oder persönlichen Problemen.1979 fanden unter dem Bandnamen "Wolfgang Niedeckens BAP" erste Auftritte außerhalb von Köln und der näheren Umgebung statt; so zum Beispiel auch anlässlich der Bundesgartenschau 1979 in der Bonner Rheinaue.[5] Im Mai 1982 machte BAP ihre erste professionell organisierte Deutschlandtournee. Im Mittelpunkt standen Songs des aktuellen Albums Für Usszeschnigge, das 1981 als erstes beim Major-Label EMI-Electrola erschienen war. Für den Wechsel von Eigelstein zur EMI mussten BAP in der lokalen Kultur-Szene viel Kritik einstecken, wurden jedoch mit Platz 1 in den deutschen Album-Charts prompt belohnt.
Im Sommer 1982 folgten verschiedene Auftritte im Rahmen von Großveranstaltungen und Fernsehproduktionen: Rockpop In Concert für das ZDF in der Dortmunder Westfalenhalle 1, Demonstration gegen die Nachrüstung der NATO am 10. Juni 1982 (Zehnter Juni) auf den Bonner Rheinwiesen, Vorprogramm der Rolling Stones am 4. und 5. Juli 1982 im Müngersdorfer Stadion in Köln und als erste deutsche Band bei einem Festival des WDR-Rockpalast am 28. August 1982 auf der Loreley-Freilichtbühne.
Nach Erscheinen des vierten Albums Vun drinne noh drusse war die Band zwischen Oktober 1982 und Oktober 1983 sieben Monate lang unterwegs. Neben Deutschland standen auch Konzerte in Österreich, der Schweiz und den Benelux-Ländern auf dem Programm. Insgesamt wurden etwa 130 Auftritte gespielt. Die Tournee endete mit einem Konzert im Kölner „Stollwerck“. Das vom Abriss bedrohte Bürgerhaus Stollwerck erhielt die Einnahmen dieses Konzerts zur Finanzierung seiner weiteren Arbeit. Am 28. Mai 1983 spielte BAP auf einem Festival im niedersächsischen Schüttorf im Vorprogramm von Rod Stewart und am 22. Oktober 1983 auf einer weiteren Großdemonstration gegen die NATO-Nachrüstung im Bonner Hofgarten.
Für den Januar 1984 war – nach langen Verhandlungen mit der staatlichen Künstleragentur – eine Tournee mit 14 Konzerten in 13 Städten der DDR geplant. Im Vorfeld der Tour zeichnete das DDR-Fernsehen ein Interview mit Wolfgang Niedecken inklusive zweier Unplugged-Versionen von BAP-Liedern auf. Dieses wurde später jedoch sinnentstellend verkürzt gesendet. So entschloss sich Niedecken, einige politische Statements, die der Band wichtig waren, in einem eigenen Lied darzustellen. Es wurde als Deshalv spill’ mer he betitelt und erstmals auf dem letzten „West-Konzert“ vor der Tour in Wolfsburg gespielt. Als die Band bereits in Ost-Berlin im Hotel Unter den Linden war, gab es am Vorabend des ersten Konzerts heftige Auseinandersetzungen über dieses Lied mit der DDR-Seite. Als die Band sich weigerte, es von der Setlist zu nehmen, kam es zum Eklat. Die Tournee wurde abgebrochen, bevor das erste Konzert auf dem Boden der DDR gespielt werden konnte. In einer Sendung des DDR-Fernsehens war die Ansage eines Moderators während eines Konzerts im Berliner Palast der Republik zu sehen, zu dem BAP geladen war. Er nannte als Begründung ihrer Absage, die Band wolle „nicht unter dem Symbol der weißen Taube auf blauem Grund auftreten“.[6]
Die Tournee zum Album Zwesche Salzjebäck un Bier begann am 15. und 16. Juni 1984 mit zwei Konzerten im Archäologischen Park in Xanten. Sie wurden vom ZDF aufgezeichnet und später in einer Zusammenfassung gesendet. Die Tour dauerte bis zum Februar 1985 und übertraf von der Zuschauerresonanz her noch die von 1982/83.
Am 2. März 1986 begann in Lohmar bei Köln die Tournee Ahl Männer, aalglatt. BAP spielte zunächst einige Konzerte im ländlichen Raum, bevor die Band am 15. März 1986 in der Essener Grugahalle bei der 17. und letzten Rocknacht des WDR-Rockpalast auftrat. Die Rocknacht, bei der auch Jackson Browne und Big Country auftraten, wurde wie schon das Festival auf der Loreley 1982 via Eurovision von vielen europäischen Radio- und Fernsehstationen ausgestrahlt.
Von April bis Juli folgten zahlreiche weitere Konzerte. Wegen der anhaltenden Popularität wurden teilweise auch größere Hallen ausgewählt. So fanden die „Heimspiele“ der Kölner Band erstmals in der bis zu 8000 Zuschauer fassenden Kölner Sporthalle, der damals größten Veranstaltungshalle der Domstadt, statt. Bei dieser Tournee gab es mit Christian Schneider erstmals auf einer Tournee einen Gastmusiker, weil die zum Teil sehr komplexen Keyboard-Arrangements des neuen Albums live mit nur einem Keyboarder nicht zu realisieren gewesen wären. Schneider spielte neben Keyboards bei einigen Stücken auch Saxophon. Den letzten Auftritt der Tour absolvierte die Band am 26. Juli 1986; genau drei Monate nach der Atomreaktor-Katastrophe von Tschernobyl auf dem legendären Anti-WAAhnsinns-Festival gegen die Wiederaufbereitungsanlage von Wackersdorf in Burglengenfeld.
Nach Ende der Tournee 1986 legte BAP eine kreative Pause ein (u. a. bedingt durch bandinterne, künstlerische Meinungsverschiedenheiten), die Wolfgang Niedecken zur Veröffentlichung seines Albums Schlagzeiten und zu einigen Solo-Konzerten nutzte. BAP stand erst im September 1987 bei zwei Festivals wieder auf der Bühne, um sich auf eine Tournee durch China vorzubereiten. Diese Tournee ist im Buch BAP övver China dokumentiert.
Das Album Da Capo wurde von Oktober bis Dezember 1988 zunächst bei einer ausgedehnten Hallentournee präsentiert. Bei dieser Tournee legte BAP die Scheu vor den ganz großen Konzertarenen endgültig ab. So standen auch die Frankfurter Festhalle und die Münchener Olympiahalle auf dem Programm. Im Sommer 1989 folgten weitere Konzerte, teilweise auch im Rahmen von Festivals gemeinsam mit Joe Cocker. Eines dieser Events fand in der Berliner Waldbühne statt.
Auch die Tournee 1991 wurde in mehreren Teilen durchgeführt. Kurz nach der Vollendung der deutschen Einheit standen im Januar 1991 zunächst die ersten Konzerte der Band auf dem Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR auf dem Programm. Anschließend ging BAP in Westdeutschland auf Club-Tour und absolvierte eine Reihe von Auftritten in beschaulichem Rahmen, zumeist in kleinen Hallen. Das Konzert im Kölner E-Werk wurde aufgezeichnet und später auf dem Album Live – Affrocke veröffentlicht.
Im Mai und Juni 1991 folgte eine Tournee ausschließlich durch die größten deutschen Konzerthallen und bei verschiedenen Open-Air-Festivals. Als Gast bei den Konzerten trat Julian Dawson auf. Am 26. Januar 1994 startete die Tournee zum im August 1993 erschienenen Album Pik Sibbe. Nach wie vor war die Nachfrage in der BAP-Hochburg Köln groß, in einigen anderen Städten blieben die Zuschauerzahlen etwas hinter den Erwartungen zurück. Die folgende Tournee zum Album Amerika begann im November 1996. Der Tourneestart in Koblenz wurde für den WDR-Rockpalast mitgeschnitten und später im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt.
Mit dem Ausstieg von Bassist Steve Borg und von Gründungsmitglied Manfred „Schmal“ Boecker verließen zwei Musiker die Band, die BAP über viele Jahre mitgeprägt haben. 1999 stieg auch Gitarrist Klaus „Major“ Heuser aus, der während 19 Jahren Bandmitgliedschaft die überwiegende Zahl der Lieder komponierte. Außerdem verließ Keyboarder Alexander „Effendi“ Büchel die Firma BAP. Diese Abgänge und die darauf folgenden Neubesetzungen veränderten den musikalischen Ausdruck von BAP nachhaltig.
Zu den Gründen für den Ausstieg von Major sagt Wolfgang Niedecken rückblickend im März 2011:
„Der Major ist ein toller Gitarrist. Aber er wollte, dass BAP international ausgerichteten Radio-Pop spielt. Ich wollte beim Kölsch-Rock bleiben. Beide Positionen waren nicht vereinbar. Ich bin ihm dankbar, dass er selbst gegangen ist. Ich hätte ihn nämlich nie rausgeschmissen.[7]“
Als Neuzugang an den Keyboards stieg Michael Nass bei BAP ein, der zuvor in den 1980er Jahren in der DDR-Musikszene musikalisch sehr aktiv war, u. a. bei P 16 und später in Liselotte Rezniceks Frauenband Mona Lise. Gitarrist wurde Helmut Krumminga. Im Sommer 2001 gab BAP vor der eigentlichen Aff un zo-Tour ab Herbst 2001 zwei Vorabkonzerte, darunter das „Konzert an der toten Brücke“ (Soda-Brücke) in Euskirchen, das auch vom WDR aufgezeichnet und wenige Tage später in der Sendung Rockpalast gesendet wurde. Das Album selbst stieg wie der Vorgänger Tonfilm auf Platz 1 in die deutschen Charts ein.
Im Januar 2006 war die Kölnarena zwar anlässlich des Starts der Jubiläumskonzerte zum 30-jährigen Bestehen der Band mit 25.000 Zuschauern an zwei aufeinander folgenden Tagen fast ausverkauft. Bei anderen Auftritten hatte man sich von vorneherein durch die Wahl kleinerer Konzertorte angepasst.
Auch das im Mai 2008 erschienene Album Radio Pandora stieg auf Platz 1 in die deutschen Charts ein. Im Winter 2008 startete die Tournee dazu, am 2. Weihnachtstag gab es das Heimspiel in der Köln-Arena (Lanxess-Arena); sie dauerte (mit Unterbrechungen) bis zum Sommer 2009, wobei die Band von Anne de Wolff (Violine, Bratsche, Gesang) und teilweise von Rhani Krija (Percussion) begleitet wurde.
Für November 2011 war der Start der aktuellsten Tournee geplant. Aufgrund einer schweren Erkrankung Wolfgang Niedeckens wurde der Start der Tour auf Anfang Mai 2012 verschoben.[8][9][10]
Auslandsauftritte [Bearbeiten]
BAP ist im Laufe der bisher 35-jährigen Bandgeschichte in vielen Ländern der Welt aufgetreten. Nachdem sich die Bandmitglieder anfangs kaum vorstellen konnten, dass ihre kölschen Texte außerhalb des Rheinlandes verstanden würden, durften sie erleben, dass ihre Platten weit darüber hinaus gekauft wurden. Tourneen waren dadurch auch im Ausland möglich.
Die ersten Auftritte außerhalb Deutschlands waren im Dezember 1982 in der Schweiz (Basel und St.Gallen)[11] und bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre in Österreich, Luxemburg, Belgien und Dänemark (Roskilde-Festival). Seitdem gehören Auftritte in diesen Nachbarländern zum Bestandteil jeder Tournee.
Spätere Fernreisen wurden zumeist als Begleitung zu künstlerischen oder politischen Themen organisiert; häufig war nicht die komplette Gruppe unterwegs; manchmal auch nur Wolfgang Niedecken alleine oder in Begleitung von Musikern seiner Solo-Projekte:
Mit einigen Gästen tourte BAP im Oktober 1987 vier Wochen durch China. Acht Auftritte wurden in Peking, Shanghai und Kanton absolviert.[12]
Wolfgang Niedecken spielte 1987 auf Einladung der Kulturstiftung Casa de los tres Mundos (ein Projekt des Schauspielers Dietmar Schönherr, des Produzenten Peter Reichelt und des Kulturministers Ernesto Cardenal) mit seiner Complizen-Band in Nicaragua.
In ähnlicher Zusammensetzung spielten Wolfgang Niedecken & Complizen 1988 in Mosambik eine kleine Tour.
Die politischen Veränderungen in der Sowjetunion unter Gorbatschow machten es möglich, dass BAP im Mai 1989 je drei Konzerte in Moskau und Wolgograd gab.[13] Dort kamen die Musiker auch mit Fans aus der DDR ins Gespräch. Nachdem die BAP-Tour durch Ostdeutschland 1984 abgesagt wurde, war der Umweg über die UdSSR die einzige Möglichkeit, als DDR-Bürger mit der Band zu sprechen.
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Corazon dela Cruz (40) with her four children putting their lives back together after there home was destroyed. Her husband is out looking for food. The full scale of the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines is only now becoming apparent.
Photo Credit: Pio Arce/Genesis Photos - World Vision