by Barney on 17 October 2008

I’m ashamed of myself. I failed to post on Blog Action Day!
Now, I’m sure that the absence of a post by me on any day of the year about eliminating poverty isn’t going to make a whole heap of a difference to the world’s poor. But I had made a commitment and I should have [...]
by Barney on 15 August 2008

Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
It’s that time of year again. It’s the launch of the lead-in to Blog Action Day 2008. Last year’s theme was the environment. This year it’s the equally pressing theme of poverty.
As the worldwide press release about Blog Action Day 2008 says:
On October 15, 2008, [...]
by Barney on 16 November 2007

This is what the Free Rice site says about itself:
FreeRice has two goals:
Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.
This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site.
Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor [...]