Future:Media:Change

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Oxfam America’s Coco McCabe is one of several Boston-based colleagues in Haiti to help with the relief effort. Here’s her latest update, dated January 27; this is part two of a two-part series.
Read part 1.
In December, about a month before the tragedy changed everybody’s lives, Janicia Dorval got a bank loan of 15,000 gourdes (about $370) to help her fund a used-clothing business. It was in full swing at the Petionville Club on Wednesday, with customers–mostly women–crowding around the shoes and purses heaped on plastic tarps next to the …

As Haiti erupts in chaos, digital tools are vital for sharing information, guiding relief efforts, and offering avenues to help. I have been, and will continue to be in touch with relief workers and journalists on the ground and en route to Haiti. I’ll keep updates going here with a focus on digital media links that provide updates. A liveblog is included in the post. Please share any useful links in the comments.

“Are all nonprofits the same?” If nonprofits in general conduct similar work, why do some people feel more inclined to donate to one over another? It boils down to the experience that organizations can offer to their community, but what next?

While the Polar Bears march through the Bella Center in support of “Saving the Humans,” African nations walk out over fears that the Kyoto Protocol will be put to rest.

Oxfam Australia, has taken a quintessentially Australian approach to their climate campaign, humour. By cutting up previous speeches made by the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, they have developed a tool that enables you to make your own version of his climate change speech and then share it amongst your friends.

More troops or not more troops, that is the question the international media has been obsessed with for weeks. As Obama announces the deployment of at least 30.000 more troops, ordinary Afghans are concerned that this will only mean more conflict in and around their villages. Will their voices be heard through the media maelstrom?

Bloggers and campaigners shone a light into the murky world of United Nations discussions on the Arms Trade Treaty last month. These sessions are usually fairly staid with diplomats and NGOs engaging in intense discussions about detailed wording and the placement of commas in resolutions. This year we shook things up by inviting bloggers from around the world into the UN to engage with the process.