sensibilid(ad): July 2007

Friday, July 27, 2007

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Foundation Nicolas Hulot

"Our destinies are linked. Protect biodiversity"

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

BlogCatalog Community Organ Donation Awareness Campaign

Original letter
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Queridos hijos,
Ramon, Daniel y Mauricio

Aunque a veces son tristes las despedidas, es momento de decir adios por ultima vez, y alcanzar mi viejita en el cielo.
Quiero que sepan que estoy orgulloso de ustedes, y que es mas facil partir sabiendo que mis pequenos ya pueden volar solitos. Los quiero mas que a mi vida. Cuidense muchachos.

Hasta siempre.
Papa.

Cut-out text
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Mami
con mi nuevo corazon te podre querer mas.

Subtitle
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Donar tus organos puede hacer milagros

TRANSLATIONS

Original letter
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Dear sons,
Ramon, Daniel and Mauricio

Though sometimes goodbyes are sad, it's time to say goodbye for the final time, and begin my little journey in heavens. I want you to know that i'm so proud of you, and it's much easier for me to leave knowing that my little ones will be able to fly alone. I love you more than my own life. Take care little ones.

For ever,
Your Dad

Cut-out text
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Wife
with my new heart i will be able to love you even more.

Subtitle
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Donating your organs can do miracles

NOTE: i ripped and translated the original text personally. If you think there are any mistakes feel free to comment the post with your corrections

UPDATE:
thanx to aldo for his corections.check the comments

USA http://www.OrganDonor.gov
USA http://www.organdonor.gov/donor/index.htm
WW http://www.unos.org/
USA http://matchingdonors.com
UK http://body.orpheusweb.co.uk/lnks.html
GREECE http://www.eom.gr

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Make History on Wednesday

Announcement from blogcatalog.com

"Everyone at BlogCatalog hopes you will join us and blog this Wednesday in the first world wide blogger social campaign to raise awareness about organ donation and the issues surrounding organ donation.

To help make it easier, the BlogCatalog team has searched come up with some ideas.

Here are a few that stood out. Use them or find something similar for inspiration.

• Stop The Black Market!
Slate Magazine took a hard look at a growing problem around the world. Organ donation is so great, some poor people are being convinced to sell their organs on the black market. In Pakistan, 40 percent of the people in some villages are turning up with only one kidney. There is only one way to stop it and that is encouraging more people to become donors. See the article! http://slate.com/id/2164177/

• Success Story! Alex Pratt of Los Angeles suffered from kidney disease for over 20 years. It was a huge burden on his wife and two children until he received his first transplant in 1993. Unfortunately, it only lasted 9 years, so he had to wait another four years for a second transplant. He would have never gotten a second chance if not for http://www.MatchingDonors.com and a paired donation program at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

• Donors Needed! In Australia, more than 1,700 people are waiting for organ transplants. In Latin America, more than 50,000. In Europe and the United States, more than 95,000. In China, more than 2 million. In Africa, there isn’t enough organization to really know. Without an organ transplant, these people will die. There are many statistics and links to find a good story at Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_donation

• Campaign Promotion! You can blog about BlogCatalog's effort to do good and how hundreds of bloggers are coming together on BlogCatalog to do good. If this campaign is successful, then we will continue to organize and inspire BlogCatalog Community Awareness Campaigns every other month.

It is a great opportunity to show that bloggers can come together to do good in the world, raising awareness and asking tough questions about causes and issues that do not always get the attention they deserve.

Here's what the National Business Community Blog ran about us last time.

http://nbcb.blogspot.com/2007/05/blogcatalog-employs-social-media-for.html

We really hope you will join BlogCatalog and hundreds of bloggers around the world on Wednesday July 18th and blog to educate the world about organ donation."

check here for more:
http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/make-history-on-wednesday-1