Thought Patterns
by Emanuel
February 11, 2009 at 17:36
filed under rant
As you might recall, last August I ran with the World in the Nike Human 10K Race. Other than a feel-good event aiming to get a million people to run a 10K together, we were also raising funds for one of three charities of our choice. Mine was the United Nations’ Refugee Agency nine million program and I recently received the news that $1 Million had been raised.
While this is infinitely small in comparison to the numbers thrown around these last months for bailouts and stimulus packages around the world, I believe that this million will have an impact on some of the children who most need it.
Again:
The ninemillion.org campaign was created in 2006 by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in partnership with Nike and Microsoft.
The goal of the campaign is to give more than nine million children better access to education, sport and technology by 2010.
The ninemillion.org website exists to raise funds, but also to give voice to those who often go unheard, allowing visitors to see pictures of the camps where children pass much of their lives, read refugee children’s stories and understand what refugee children’s lives are like.
Our community encourages people to talk about the issues and about how they are helping.
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