August 28, 2007 - 1:34pm — Anonymous
Waiting for food
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The flood victims, rural poor are waiting in line at flood shelter embankment for food relief in Sirajgong , Bangladesh. The relief distributors gave the ticket one day before. In the day twelve hours has already passed but the distribution not yet start….
May 31, 2007 - 10:33am — Robinbird
RightRides
I recently heard about this cool organization, RightRides, based in NYC. It was started in 2004 as a response to assaults on women walking home by themselves late at night.
The founders believed that by offering a free ride home, the risk of sexual assault would decrease. They got a cell phone to use as a dispatch phone, printed flyers and started driving riders home. They were able to get others to volunteer to help operate the service.