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Videos
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KAUZBOTS Donates First Water Well in India
On December 11, 2008, I was given the privilege of donating our first water well in India alongside our co-founders – David Trotter and Keith Page. It was a bit muddy that day so they carried me the entire way! We were greeted by children from a neighboring orphanages and given leis on our necks as flower petals were tossed in the air. What an amazing greeting! As we entered the village and saw all the mud huts with thatched roofs, we were reminded of the need to continue making an impact. We heard from village elders about the contaminated drinking water that they’ve had to endure and the sickness that comes along with it. You should have seen their eyes light up as we dedicated the water well. For years to come, this well will provide clean drinking water for this village with over 500 families.
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Aerobics Flash Mobs Energize Colorado
Seemingly spontaneous aerobics astounded lunch-goers across Colorado on Wednesday, September 30, when flash mobs broke out at 12:10 p.m. on the streets of Denver, Greeley and Grand Junction. More than 100 flash mobbers exercised their enthusiasm for healthy eating and active living in each city when they suddenly disrobed to display retro, 1980’s-inspired workout gear and performed a coordinated aerobics routine. LiveWell Colorado (http://www.livewellcolorado.org), a non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity by inspiring healthy eating and active living, coordinated the flash mobs to ignite enthusiasm for the launch of its statewide “Challenge,” campaign which encourages Coloradoans to challenge each other and their communities to live well.
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The Center For Healthy Communities
The California Endowment's Center For Healthy Communities currently offers a variety of public programs and trainings, as well as conference center facilities in downtown Los Angeles. For more information on projects funded by The California Endowment visit us on the web at www.calendow.org.
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Do 1 Thing Animated Short Trailer - Do1Thing to Help Homeless Youth
Pasquale Chieffalo, a graduate student in the Communications, Design & Technology department at Parsons, The New School for Design produces short animated promo for the Do1Thing project. Chieffalo animated the short as well as composed original music for the project. Using Aftereffects software to convey a simple but clear message, Do1Thing to help homeless youth. A NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION www.do1thing.org There are more homeless people today than at any previous time in U.S. history. Right now, more than 1.3 million of them are children. Do1Thing is our call to action to make a difference. We believe that by focusing our efforts on highlighting 1 Cause while asking people to do 1 Thing for that cause, great change will come. More than 30 Pulitzer-prize winning photographers and some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a “face” on teenage homelessness while asking you to put a “face” on activism and do 1 thing to help. Why focus on teenage homelessness? Three out of every 10 homeless adults admit to a history in foster and with 25,000+ children “aging out” of the foster care system each year, many will end up experiencing homelessness. The issues surrounding homelessness are gigantic. The solutions offered are endless. But what if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help this 1 cause? PROJECT PARTNERS It is the goal of Do1Thing to not only raise awareness for teenage homelessness, but also to promote and support the work of those non profits who have a long history of providing education, health care, job training and temporary housing to them. Through sustainable projects they are moving children from a life on the streets to permanent housing and a future. We are proud to partner with the following organizations. Covenant House International www.covenanthouse.org The largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. Stand Up For Kids www.standupforkids.org Their mission is to help homeless and street kids. They do this, every day, in cities across America through volunteers who go to the streets in order to find, stabilize and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives. All facets of their mission are guided by the mandate that their volunteer’s tell kids they care about them and then, at every point, prove it. Do1Thing is a project of The Heart Gallery of New Jersey, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to raising awareness about foster children available for adoption. Through the volunteer efforts of some of the country's most prestigious photographers, portraits are taken that help capture the individuality and spirit of each foster child who is eligible to be adopted. www.heartgallerynj.org To view more of Pasquale Chieffalo's work, visit his website: http://www.pasqualechieffalo.com/
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StandUp for Kids - Street Outreach - Reaching Homeless Kid
StandUp For Kids Miami mentors kids every week at a shelter, helping them learn life-skills so they one day they'll have what they need to stay off the street. Their street outreaches have expanded to new neighborhoods and receive calls from many parts of the County from kids and adults who care about their well-being. Learn about how they take to the streets to help homeless kids. Produced by Chuck Fadely for the Do 1 Thing project. To view more of Chuck's work: Visit http://chuckfadely.com
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This video by freelance photojournalist David Peterson was originally produced for Drake University to document the sights and sounds of Reggie's Sleepout, a university-hosted event designed to educate the public about homelessness. It includes the voices of organizers and participants, as well as selections from songs played during the event to help raise awareness. In March 2001, Reggie Kelsey aged out of the foster care system, became homeless and was found dead in the Des Moines River two months later. Reggie's Sleepout was organized to create awareness of and provide support for more than 3,000 homeless youth in Polk County, Iowa. David Peterson has been a photojournalist since 1975, having worked at the Topeka Capital-Journal and the Des Moines Register. He currently owns his own freelance photography business, specializing in documentary, sports, corporate and travel photography. While at the Des Moines Register, Peterson won two Pulitzer Prizes. The first was in 1987 for Feature Photography when he documented Iowa's farm crisis. The second was in 1991 for Community Service.
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CALIFORNIA: YEAH, a youth homeless shelter in Berkeley, CA
Ken and Melanie Light visit the YEAH, a youth homeless shelter in Berkeley, CA, as part of Do1Thing. Ken Light: Ken is a social documentary photographer whose work has appeared in books, magazines and exhibitions. Light has spent much of his 35 year long photographic career working in a black-and-white documentary mode, with the hope that photographic evidence will make a political difference. He has worked with many NGO's who have used his images to tell the story of the communities he has documented in brochures, posters and on-line, trying to impact social conditions. His work has been focused on America. As well his work has been published in book form by Aperture, The Smithsonian Institution and University of California Press. His seven books include Coal Hollow, Delta Time, Texas Death Row, To The Promised Land, With These Hands and the text Witness In Our Time. His new work was exhibited last year in a one-person show at the International Center for Photography. He is represented by the Barry Singer Gallery. Melanie Light is an author and multi-media dabbler. She is a co-author of “Coal Hollow” and the founding executive director of Fotovision, a nonprofit that provides community and education for documentary photographers. She has written about documentary photographers in catalogs for exhibitions at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, SF Camerawork and the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, among others. Produced by Ken and Melanie Light for the Do1Thing Project http://do1thing.org
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Salt Lake City Homeless Portraits
In 2008 the Homeless Youth Resource Center in Salt Lake City experienced a 150% increase in visits from homeless youth needing assistance. This staggering spike is indicative of the growing problem of teenage homlessness in the United States. Watch the stories of three different homeless teens who currently live in the Salt Lake City area. About the photographer: Mike Terry is a 26 year old photojournalist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. He works for the Deseret News as a photographer and multimedia producer. In his relatively short career Mike has emphasized on documenting the unique religious culture of the American West as well as the color and peripheral culture of rodeo and the western lifestyle. Produced by Mike Terry for Do1Thing.org http://do1thing.org
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Causecast featured organization Drop in the Bucket is an all-volunteer run organization dedicated to combating the deadly water crisis in sub-Saharan Africa by constructing water wells and sanitation systems at rural villages and schools. This video explores the initiation process of a water drilling project in Mozambique.
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Causecast featured organization Drop in the Bucket is an all-volunteer run organization dedicated to combating the deadly water crisis in sub-Saharan Africa by constructing water wells and sanitation systems at rural villages and schools. This second part of the video shows the drilling process and success it brings to the community.
Articles
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The Killers "Goodnight, Travel Well" Video Addresses Human Trafficking
The Killers have joined forces with MTV Exit for their new video, "Goodnight, Travel Well," which features a young victim of sexual trafficking.
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Charity:Water: Scott Harrison's September Birthday
Last year, Scott Harrison’s birthday pledge to accept donations instead of birthday presents helped build a wells in Kenya, bringing clean drinking water to ... -
Socialite Asks for Donations Instead of Presents
When most people think of socialites, a spoiled rich party girl comes to mind. However not all socialites have chosen to take the same path as Paris Hilton. ... -
Waterkeeper Alliance vs. Chevron: Round 1
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Waterkeeper Alliance, is asking Chevron Gas to re-inject their wells in order to help the residents and b... -
West Virginia Woman Walks For Cancer
Young healthy people would have a hard time walking for 3 days straight — but that didn’t stop Sharone Jones from doing it. Last year Sharone walked for 3 da... -
A recent study has shown that bipolar disorder may very well be linked to the paternal age of the man. The researched, based off of Swedish government’s heal...
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Marketwatch Picks Causecast as One of the Best New Sites at TechCrunch
Marketwatch has picked Causecast as one of the best new websites at TechCrunch50. They describe the site as “Empowering and Entertaining New Website Marries ... -
U.N. Hoping To Meet Anti-Poverty Targets
The United Nations is going to try to make an aggressive push” towards attaining the anti-poverty targets for 2015. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said “It pr... -
Get Sponsored To Travel And Canvas For Your Presidential Candidate
Have you ever wanted to travel and help canvas for a candidate, but couldn’t afford the time off work? Well now you can! On a new site, TravelForChange.org ... -
Save the Children Appeals for Public Support for Hurricane Ike Relief Efforts in Texas
Save the Children has dispatched an emergency response team to Texas to assist hundreds of thousands of children and families who are evacuating their homes ... -
Keeping Texas Children Safe from Hurricane Ike
WESTPORT, Conn. (Sept. 11, 2008) — Save the Children has dispatched an emergency response team to Texas to assist hundreds of thousands of children and famil... -
Setting up Safe Areas for Sheltered Children in Haiti
With tens of thousands of homes destroyed or damaged and a delay in the start of school, Haitian children may face a more lengthy stay in temporary shelters ...
Events
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- September Location: Everywhere!
- GO! Documentary Premiere Location: Nationwide
- Teen Wellness Project Sponsored by Crystal Light Location: Gertz-Ressler High School, 2023 S. Union Ave, Los Angeles, 90007
- Cause On The Rocks: "I Voted!" Party Location: The Edison
- Emergency Protest & Rally - ALL OUT! Overturn Prop. 8! Location: Corner of Sunset Blvd. and Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles 90029
- Bone Marrow Drive to Help Save Debbie Location: Village Presbyterian Church 6225 Paseo Delicias Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091
- 3rd annual charity: ball Gala Location: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NYC
- Stepping Up In the City Location: Social Hollywood The Ballroom 6525 West Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028
- Purchase Unique and Meaningful Holiday Gifts Today Location: Online at www.nextaid.org
- Farm Sanctuary Launches National Adopt-A-Turkey Project Location: www.adoptaturkey.org
- GINGERBREAD VILLAGE Location: The Pasadena Senior Center in Old Town Pasadena 85 East Holly Street
Organizations
People
- Annie Henley
- seanconnors Parker, CO
- Urban Zen New York , NY
- dylanfreak
- The Heyday Denver, CO
- BloomTrust International London, SURREY
- Randy Scott Carroll Lynchburg, VA
- aglimmerofhope Austin, TX
- Levi Felix
- Harmonious Torrance, CA
- Nate Israel Los Angeles, CA
- Amoises5 Aurora, CO
Blog posts
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Rock The Wells Jan 29th House of Blues
Veritas Artist Collective members SLEEPERSTAR will be headlining a benefit concert on Jan 29th at House of Blues Dallas. The event is titled “Rock the Wells” and its efforts are to raise funding t...
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A new well in Tigray, Ethiopia
January 14 At about one p.m. today, I had the distinct honor of officially opening a charity: water well in Tigray, Ethiopia sponsored through the Saks Fifth Avenue campaign. More than 600 pe...
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In preparation for the fall launch of our Water for Schools program, I had the pleasure of traveling to Ethiopia a few weeks ago with four fathers and five of their daughters, ages 9-13. One of the...
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In preparation for the fall launch of our Water for Schools program, I had the pleasure of traveling to Ethiopia a few weeks ago with four fathers and five of their daughters, ages 9-13. One of the...
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Watch us drill the first Twestival well from Ethiopia.
April 11th - April 14th Watch us drill the first Twestival well from Ethiopia. When people from 202 cities from around the globe came together in February to support our work through the Twesti...
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2009 WELL-BEING SPEAKER SERIES: A Focus on Nutrition
THE URBAN ZEN FOUNDATION INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE 2009 WELL-BEING SPEAKER SERIES: A FOCUS ON NUTRITION THURSDAY, APRIL 16 & FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009 THE “URBAN ZEN WELL-BEING SPEAKER SERIES: ...
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Clean Water at 176 feet. Watch the first Twestival well drilled.
Mai Nebri, Ethiopia. April 11, 1:30 P.M. It started with a 140-character tweet on January 8. And a few hours ago, in a remote Ethiopian village, hundreds cheered as clean water shot from the gro...
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Ah, college. Academia at its finest. Mahogany halls lined with bright young minds sipping cappucinos while studying for philosophy exams. Those four years are the stepping stones to a diploma, righ...
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Well.. its been interesting the past few months here at Causecast. I work with the most passionate, smartest and wonderful team I could have asked for. I get to spend everyday of my life, thinking ...
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Although social media for social good is one of my causes, I do have another. Recently, a friend of mine passed a long a video, The Girl Effect. After watching the video, I thought “Well, what now?...
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If you combine my day job of fixing computers, my constant thirst for new technology tools using web/mobile/personal computing, and the passion to help... you can imagine how excited I was to read ...
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My cause is in community building, the environment and mentoring young people to get to know themselves better by deconstructing the history taught to them by learning how to think, not what to thi...
