| Aligning with
Worldwide Causes |
| Sharing global
development achievements, and human interest stories, |
| while promoting |
| Individual
Empowerment & Social Entrepreneurship |
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By far the most moving event in our own human history has been the Ethiopia
famine of 1984. The film images of Mohamed "Mo" Amin and narration by
Michael Buerk watched by an estimated 450 million
people was
so impactful, it moved nations the world over. It was the haunting
images of countless starving, dying humans.
Mo Amin realized they were witnessing a disaster of catastrophic
proportions. and he knew it was their duty to document and bring it to
the attention of the world. There was mass outpouring of humanity's
compassion. |
| Mohamed
"Mo" Amin |
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| Michael
Buerk |
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Perhaps for the first time in the history
of the human race - acted in concert for the benefit of their
fallen human beings.
It effect upon him was so profound it moved Bob Geldof an
Irish singer, songwriter, that with Midge
Ure wrote "Do
They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise funds for famine
relief in Ethiopia. The song was recorded by various artists under the
name of Band
Aid. They went on to organize the charity super-concert Live
Aid the following year and the Live
8 concerts in 2005. |
| Bob
Geldof |
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Following Band Aid's "Do They Know
It's Christmas?" project in the UK, an idea for the creation of an
American benefit single for African famine relief came from activist
Harry Belafonte, who, along with fundraiser Ken
Kragen, was instrumental in bringing the vision to reality.
USA
for Africa |
| Harry
Belafonte |
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| "We Are the World"
is a song and charity
single originally recorded by the super group USA
for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael
Jackson and Lionel
Richie, and co-produced by Quincy
Jones and Michael
Omartian for the album We
Are the World. |
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| A
tremendous 16-hour Live Aid marathon screened worldwide - one billion
people watched this biggest pop concert in the world which went on
record as |
| the
greatest single charity event ever. |
| A
monumental amount of support came from all over the world in the form
money, grain, transport, labor, medical supplies. |
| The
world's financial floodgates had been flung wide open. |
| Such
was the outpouring that |
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scale of giving had never occurred before, nor has it since. |
| 3
million people almost died from this famine, however, through humanity's
intervention, 1 million died. That 1 million fellow humans should die of
want in a world where there is a surplus of food is a reflection of our
tendency to close our eyes to the suffering of others. |
| Our
role is to do our part in whatever ways we can to support others. |
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| "Empower
with Art" is doing our part by means of |
| Individual
Empowerment & Social Entrepreneurship |
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| “Personal transformation can and does have global
effects.
As
we go, so goes the world, for the world is us.
The revolution that will save the world is ultimately
a personal one.”
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| Marianne Williamson
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| The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation |
| Guiding Principles: The
Gates family's beliefs about the role of philanthropy and the impact
they want this foundation to have. |
| www.gatesfoundation.org |
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| Richard Branson's Virgin Unite |
| We unite people to tackle
tough social and environmental problems with an entrepreneurial
approach. Our aim is to help revolutionise the way businesses and the
social sector work together – driving business as a force for good.
This is based on the belief that this is the only way we can address the
scale and urgency of the challenges facing the world today. Virgin Unite
also works on behalf of vulnerable young people across the globe. |
| www.virginunite.com |
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| Oprah Winfrey Foundation |
| Oprah Winfrey established her
foundation in 1987, with the aim of helping women, children, and
families who are in need. Also their aim is to support, empower and
educate women, children and their families all over the world. Also she
opened one national database of child abusers in 1991 and initiated a
campaign against children abusers. She also established Oprah’s Angel
Network in 1998 which raises money for charitable causes all over the
world. |
| http://www.oprah-winfrey.org/oprah-winfrey-foundation/ |
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| The 25 Best Givers |
| http://online.barrons.com/article/SB125935466529866955.html |
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| Global Philanthropy Group |
| http://www.globalphilanthropy.com/ |
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| Skoll Foundation |
| http://www.skollfoundation.org/ |
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| The Generosity Index
Portfolio.com |
| Top 50 Charitable Foundations |
| http://www.portfolio.com/executives/features/2007/12/17/Top-50-Charitable-Foundations/ |
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| The Chronicle of Philanthropy |
| http://philanthropy.com/article/Chart-Top-50-Donors-from-2010/126165/ |
