[Alundra]

Hey, some of you have seen me posting here, and some of you have read my intro topic. I run a forum called Alundra's Conundrum, and we are planning to run a charity drive where people can donate money for the charity we have chosen (African Well Fund). In preparation of this, we have started a topic with a free way to help this charity out, if you have a spare 2 minutes, please see this topic on my forum.

I ask that you post your link over there, as we have linked the charity to that topic to show them our honest interest and intent in helping them out. You do NOT need to sign up to my forum to post or participate, and you all have full permission to use an @jades-world.com address for email on both my site (for posting), and Twitter.

When we launch our donations drive, if we are accepted by the charity in the end, and I have permission, I will update you all here so you can join in if you like .

Thanks to all who participate, or even consider it
And thankyou BrJimC for letting me post this

[Jim]

You're welcome.

[Alundra]

We have 20 links now altogether...so that's 20 people I've managed to get to help out

I think that's including me, I forget to be honest.

[elji]

Im sorry to say but this is a good example of how Gods word is twisted by men and used to push a hateful agenda. No doubt "someone" will benefit from such a campaign.

This post has been edited by elji: 26 May 2008 - 11:39 AM

[fatima2003]

Im sorry to say but this is a good example of how Gods word is twisted by men and used to push a hateful agenda. No doubt "someone" will benefit from such a campaign.

why did you write this? can you further explain?

[elji]

why did you write this? can you further explain?

haha this has been posted in another post. It was supposed to be this thread

http://islamfactor.org/index.php?showtopic...amp;#entry10071

im quite confused as to how it got here now

[Alundra]

That was kinda weird....but thanks for looking

[fatima2003]

haha this has been posted in another post. It was supposed to be this thread

http://islamfactor.org/index.php?showtopic...amp;#entry10071

im quite confused as to how it got here now

its the jinn.....

[elji]

its the jinn.....

mmm yea lol probs

[MagnaCarta]

Excellent effort Alundra. This information is powerful:


Here are some facts (from their website):

• More than half of Africa's people lack access to safe drinking water (UN)
• Of all the renewable water available in Africa each year, only 4% is used -- because most Africans lack the wells, canals, pumps, reservoirs and other irrigation systems (Africare)
• In developing countries, one person uses an average of ten liters of water per day. In the United States, one person uses an average of 75-80 gallons in the same time period (http://www.epa.gov/)
• Each flush of the toilet uses the same amount of water that one person in the Third World uses all day for washing, cleaning, cooking and drinking (www.whrnet.org).
• In the past ten years, diarrhea has killed more children worldwide than all the people lost to armed conflict since World War II (Water Aid)
• Twelve million people die each year from lack of safe drinking water, including more than 3 million who die from waterborne diseases (WHO)
• Over 80% of the disease in developing countries is related to poor drinking water and sanitation (WHO)
• 1.5 billion people in the world are suffering from parasite infections, which can cause malnutrition, anemia and delayed growth, due to the presence of solid human waste in the environment. Many of these infections could be controlled with improved hygiene, clean water and sanitation. These (www.whrnet.org).
• The average distance a woman in Africa and Asia walks to collect water is 6 km (3.75 miles) (www.whrnet.org)
• The weight of water that women in Asia and Africa carry on their heads is equivalent to the maximum baggage weight allowed by airlines – 20 kg, or 44lbs (www.whrnet.org)
• Women are the primary caretakers for those who fall ill from water-related diseases, reducing their time available for education and productive economic efforts (http://www.unfpa.org)
• One-third of women in Egypt walk more than an hour a day for water; in other parts of Africa, the task can consume as much as eight hours (www.unfpa.org)
• Medical research has documented cases of permanent damage to women’s health as a result of carrying water, such as chronic fatigue, spinal and pelvic deformities, and effects on reproductive health including spontaneous abortion (http://www.unhabitat.org)
• In some parts of Africa, women expend as much as 85% of their daily energy intake on getting water, increasing incidences of anemia and other health problems (www.unhabitat.org)

Put this all into some perspective by looking the thread I posted about what "oil wealth" is building in Dubai, UAE...and it really makes you wonder about what the human values on the planet.

[Runic]

should support then

[Alundra]

PLEASE do....you dont even have to sign up for my site

[Jim]

its the jinn.....

Yeah.. It was like a scene our of the exorcist. Elji began speaking in a harsh raspy voice

[MagnaCarta]

should support then

No problem...whoops...spoke to soon!

Will have to try again later...


Twitter is over capacity.
Too many tweets! We'll try to lighten the load and have things back to normal soon.

[Jon]

Here is a great place where your voice can be heard against the ongoing genocide in Darfur against Black Muslims.

http://www.savedarfur.org/

[Alundra]

I just wanted to let everyone know, Matt got enough followers and AWF got $600 for winning!!

Thanks to all who helped

[Coexist]

Awesome!!!!

[Westwind]

Here's a group of website links (just click on the box) that may interest you.

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The links lets you click a button to support these causes, at no cost to you. There are tabs across the top for the other sites, as well as the . They have advertisers, but also sell many different items (even some fair-trade stuff) to raise money for the various causes. I've been clicking and buying gifts there for years, and they seem to be decent organizations that work with other organizations as well.