Gunter Filho November 21 at 9:56am Reply
Dear Friend,

My wife Roberta and I are founding a revolutionary concept of a VEGAN RESTAURANT as a way of self-sustained activism. Now we need all support we can get, including yours, to make this happen. We applied for the “Free Range Youtopia Grant”, and are competing with lots of projects and need votes to win – this is where your help is needed! Please take some minutes to vote for us.

We want to change the cruel and unsustainable food industry by using the power of free market competition and by influencing our society’s eating behavior. We will prove that our revolutionary vegan foods can be much more appetizing that any unethical and unsustainable menus. As a social business, our profits will be used to develop a sustainable, ethical and healthy living culture in the communities we are involved with and to accomplish social and environmental missions, mainly at the Amazon.

You can vote on our project at the Youtopia Grant page:

http://youtopia.uservoice.com/pages/33754-socially-responsible-for-profit/suggestions/387091-tapioca-happy-food?ref=title

If this link doesn’t go straight to Tapioca Happy Food, go to:

http://youtopia.freerangeproject.com, “VOTE”, click on the “SOCIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR-PROFIT” section, and vote on “TAPIOCA HAPPY FOOD”.

Free Range Studios will give U$ 15,000 worth of design or strategic communications services to the winner. Please take a minute to vote and help our vegan restaurant to take off.

We would also appreciate if you could forward this message to your friends and ask them to support our project too.

For more informations about us, go to http://tapiocahappyfood.blogspot.com

Thanks for your support,

Gunter Filho


Who we are

In September of 1998, the Drive Against Malaria was launched from British Royal Navy vessel HMS Fearless by the First Sea Lord. This was David Robertson's one man mission to drive through as many countries as he could, creating the “Worlds Longest Journey.” The goal of this record breaking mission was to bring attention and raise money to fight Africa’s forgotten disease and the biggest killer of young children. David Robertson went on to drive through 27 European countries to show the importance of helping Africa’s poorest. Malaria causes extreme poverty, lost education, hospitalization and 3,000 young lives taken every day. He met Ambassadors, Lord Mayors, Secretes of State, Bishops, Prime Ministers, the press, radio with television. As he continued to drive from capital to capital.

David Robertson drove through a total of 27 European countries before shipping his Land Rover to South Africa where the African leg began in March, 1999. The African Drive was launched by Dr. David Nabarro of The World Health Origination’s Roll Back Malaria. The launch was at the MIM conference Durban before 800 scientists, Ministers of Health to 24 African Countries and the South African media. David Robertson then started driving though the southern African countries visiting hospitals, schools, health centers and holding press conference in each country.

The journey was both challenging and dangerous due to dreadful driving conditions, bandits, armed military, desert crossings and minefields, but this did not deter David Robertson’s mission with the Drive Against Malaria. In fact, it made him more determined than ever to fight malaria for the children of Africa.

In November 1999, David Robertson met Julia Samuel in Ghana while giving away nets to hospitals. Since that day, Julia Samuel has followed David to film every mile he drives, the children he meets and the life saving mosquito nets he gives away.

Support David and Julia who will be in Africa the next six months to fight malaria!

http://www.driveagainstmalaria.org/driveagainstmalaria.htm

use this as your profile picture on oct 17 worldpovertyday

Photo: worldpovertyday use this as your profile picture on oct 17 worldpovertyday by Hans L. (1002)

On World Poverty Day we are attempting to blackout Facebook by posting black profile pics - just a Facebook event no excuse not to attend!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12426039964

Today is October 17 World Poverty Day - we will attempt our next blackout of facebook by blacking out all the profile pics on facebook. This will be done to draw attention to the one million faces every year that die from malaria and to draw attention to the fact that malaria is a circular disease of poverty. It causes poverty and is caused by poverty.

SHOW THE WORLD WHAT ONE MILLION FACES DYING OF MALARIA EVERY YEAR LOOKS LIKE AND DEMONSTRATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO END POVERTY.

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It's Easy! All YOU have to do ► ► ►

1 ► Click "Attending" and the RSVP button.

2 ► Click on "Invite People to Come" from the menu on the right, below the black picture.

3 ► Select All of your friends.

4 ► Click on "Send invitation" & through a chain reaction influence awareness of the malaria catastrophe.

5 ► It's that easy!!!
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After you mark that you are attending the event please post a black profile picture for a 24 hour period. Doing so will familiarize yourself with the process and as importantly will help us with spreading the word about our group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4110666657
and this event.
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HOW TO POST A BLACK PROFILE PIC

put your cursor over the black group picture and then right click with your mouse

- then choose save image as black (or choose any name) and save it in "my documents"

- then go to your profile page - click edit (next to your profile).

- choose picture from the menu along the top

- then click browse and choose the black picture that you saved in my documents.

- click that you have permission to use it and it should be uploaded to your profile page
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After you post a black profile picture please make sure to change your status to: is posting a black profile pic as part of the malaria blackout of Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4110666657.

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After you change your status, please add your number AND the date you blacked out to the count here:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=4110666657&topic=4125

PLEASE DONATE $5 to buy a net and protect two children from malaria for five years!

100% of the funds donated at this page are used to buy nets.

http://www.AgainstMalaria.com/blackout

WHY CONNECT MALARIA AND POVERTY?

UN economists identified malaria as one of the top four causes of poverty. Every year it kills > 3 million people and is estimated to cost the African economy $30 billion per year (more than 500 million per year get malaria).

Professor Jeffrey Sachs (read the End of Poverty) believes ending malaria is the most important priority in lifting Africa out of poverty.

"Comprehensive malaria control in Africa is achievable by 2010 at the minimal cost of US $3 billion per year. Millions of lives can be saved, and Africa will be given vital help in escaping from the vicious cycle of poverty and disease that continues to grip the continent by saving the $30 billion per year that it loses in productivity and medical costs every year.

By joining malaria and poverty together we aim to educate people around the world of this vicious cycle. The comments below indicate people need to be educated about this connection. Black profile pics are used because they provoke interest and awareness.

One example of the nefarious connection between malaria and poverty is the sale of bad drugs to poor people. It is estimated by the WHO that 20% of the people who die from malaria, die because they took bad drugs. To learn more about this problem visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13378950417&ref=ts

and sign the petition to say NO MORE BAD DRUGS FOR POOR PEOPLE.

This PDF analyzes the effects of malaria on the US economy in the 19th century - http://www.cpe.uchicago.edu/publication/lib/Hong-Malaria-Economic-Burden.pdf

Namasté
Hans Lak
ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

What you can do

Until now, PLAN International, World Vision, Kindernothilfe (Germany) and ChildFund Germany have not felt prompted to protect the sponsored girls from FGM. One reason for their ignorant attitude is the fact that donors mostly do not consequently demand the protection of their sponsored children.
As long as you, as a donor, accept the organisations' policy of FGM-tolerance and silently continue to wire money to their accounts, you encourage them to retain this policy.

But if you think that it's time for a change you can play an important part in this – and it does not cost you any money, but only a few minutes of your time and a few clicks:

Simply sign one, several or all of the following letters and send them to the board of PLAN International, World Vision, Kindernothilfe (Germany) and Children's fund CCF / ChildFund Germany.
By signing these letters:

- you call for the stipulation of the safety and protection from FGM of the sponsored girls in the preconditions for support for the communities,

- you call for a careful selection of the project partners, means that only those communities are supported who respect the most fundamental children's and human rights and and so proof their will to develop,

- you call for an investment of donations in the most economic and effective way.

Thank you for all that you do

Hans Lak

One Person Can Make a difference