Facebook Causes and Save Darfur Launch Petition Application
Posted by Allison Fine on December 1, 2008
My friend, Qui Diaz of Livingston Communications just send me this very interesting new marraige of social networking and democracy tools:
Facebook Causes and Save Darfur just launched their new petition application for the campaign. The new Facebook petition will be a gamechanger for cause-based social media marketing. If you’re already using Facebook Causes, you can access and sign the petition at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/72?m=618c3fb4&recruiter_id=6746654. (As an incentive, Save Darfur is offering a free t-shirt to anyone who recruits 100 signatures.)
As of this morning, there were 2,022 signatures on the petition already! It’s one more way to let your voice be heard and magnified for causes that are important to you.
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Stephanie said
I apologize in advance for the blatant publicizing, but if you are interested in Save Darfur, you may also be interested in joining Camfed (the Campaign for Female Education)’s cause. I am a huge fan of the organization. Although Camfed’s cause may seem less urgent, as lives are not being lost as we speak, the importance of educating girls is gigantic if we want the African continent to no longer be associated with poverty, HIV, conflict, slavery, human rights abuses, and the likes. Providing education is an urgent need, as the sooner we provide girls with an education, the sooner African nations’ economies will improve and democracies will flourish, thus avoiding future potential conflicts. By giving rural families the right to be educated, we give them the tools to improve their futures, and fight for their rights, as they will have more to lose if there is war or tyranny. Moreover, girls’ education ranks among the most powerful tools for reducing girls’ vulnerability. It slows and reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS by contributing to female economic independence, delayed marriage, family planning, and work outside the home, as well as conveying greater information about the disease and how to prevent it. When girls get educated, they are three times less likely to contract HIV/AIDS.
If you find this interesting, or are interested in improving conditions in African nations, please check Camfed out. Allison, I would greatly appreciate it if you wrote an article about the organization. As someone who is clearly fascinated and involved in philanthropy, organizations like Camfed should be particularly interesting to you.
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Mr ben.khmais or five said
congralutations pour ta celebration.
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