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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  This morning, I received an alpha sign for one of these intentions. It involves a charity project. Details later. |
I have a certain blog which focuses on social issues in my country. It is very popular and regularly quoted by the newspapers etc. I run it under a pseudonym. Monthly readership is about 60,000 (okay that is peanuts compared to Steve's blog, but it's big for a blogger in my rather small country)
One of the intentions I formed yesterday was that I would stick clearly to a new theme, something along the lines of "constructive change for society". The idea is that I would write nothing unless the article helps in some way to make a difference in society.
So anyway I went to office this morning, and there was an email sent by a colleague in another department. He sent the email to a whole bunch of people. Apparently in his free time, he is a committee member of a certain charity in my country, and does a lot of volunteer time. I only found out today.
He's going on a long biking trip through a 3rd world country (Laos), to visit the most poverty-stricken areas. His finishing point, after cycling for hundreds of miles, will be a home for orphans / abused women that his charitable organisation has built / sponsored.
Anyway he sent the email to ask us to donate money, as support for his biking trip which is meant to raise awareness of the problems of these orphans / women.
I emailed him to suggest some ideas. If the technology is available from Laos, I'll let him blog about his long biking trip, on my blog, as he travels through the country. And I'll ask readers to make donations to show their support.
He replied to say thanks very much ... There are some technical details he needs to check up first. We'll see how it goes.