Bloggers Launch TrainforHumanity.org Humanitarian Initiative
Over the past five years, 200,000 civilians have died due to violence, malnutrition, and disease in Darfur and an additional 2.2 million people have been displaced.
Fed up with watching humanitarian crises on the evening news and not doing anything to help, a group of bloggers (most notably, Leo Babauta of Zen Habits) have created and founded the non-profit Train for Humanity, which is an online humanitarian awareness and fundraising organization.
Over 150,000 new blogs are added to the Internet every day. Train for Humanity’s mission is to utilize the web, social media, and blogging, in tandem with athletes in training, to support organizations that help prevent suffering and alleviate the pain of children, orphans, and refugees who have been displaced due to genocide or internal strife and war within their country.
Quite simply, they believe that getting fit + social media + blogging = social good
The three pilot project athlete-bloggers, Mark Hayward, Dan Clements, and Leo Babauta are hoping to raise awareness for the current crisis in Darfur and funds for the organization Darfur Peace and Development. All three are training for endurance events of varying distances ranging from a triathlon to a marathon.
They hope to show people that with a little creativity and innovation, anyone can assist and make a difference in the world. If you would like to learn more, have a look at the Train for Humanity website and please consider sponsoring one of them or spreading the word.
I was planning to join these folks already – but I’ve got an idea to go a bit further. I’m going to email the founders and see what they think.
It might be a real opportunity for something big.
(will email you about it)
Brett Legree’s last blog post..viking fridays – tears in the rain.
Haha! Of COURSE you have an idea to go further! You wouldn’t be you otherwise, my friend! Can’t wait to hear about it!
Brett Legree’s last blog post..viking fridays – tears in the rain.
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