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FreeRice

5 month ago

Linkorama : FreeRice - For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

Tags : education gaming nonprofit philanthropy poverty

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plasticbag.org: On the OLPC Movement...

8 month ago

Linkorama : plasticbag.org: On the OLPC Movement... - I expect them to decry the project as (at best) utopianist folly and (at worst) some form of western naïve semi-colonial oppression. Most of these arguments make no sense to me at all.

Tags : collaboration education olpc poverty review technology

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Lagos: the megacity

9 month ago

nelson : Lagos: the megacity - Fascinating and frightening story of a chaotic 8 million person city

Tags : africa city cityplanning lagos nigeria poverty urban urbanism

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The Raw Story | CNN's Cafferty: Bush putting the poor out in the cold to fund war

12 month ago

deusx : The Raw Story | CNN's Cafferty: Bush putting the poor out in the cold to fund war - "No money for kids' health insurance, no money to help poor families pay their heating bills but President Bush wants $190 billion additional for 2008 for his wars in Iraq and Afghanistan"

Tags : bush iraq poverty war

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Luxury submarines

15 month ago

nelson : Luxury submarines - For when your yacht and jet aren't enough

Tags : affluenza luxury poverty submarine via:metafilter

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Teach A Man to Cellphone

24 month ago

Linkorama : Teach A Man to Cellphone - "One element of poverty is the lack of information. The cellphone gives poor people as much information as the middleman."

Tags : developingworld mobility poverty

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Being poor is...

38 month ago

jkottke : Being poor is...

deusx : Whatever: Being Poor - "Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs."

kayodeok : Being Poor... - Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs

philgyford : Whatever: Being Poor - Reality check.

Tags : economy poverty culture daily economics finance via:delicious/deusx via:jkottke top

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