ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease by raising public awareness. ONE and its partners, have played an important role in persuading governments to support effective programs and policies that are making a measurable difference in fighting extreme poverty and disease. As a result of those programs, [...]
Tags: (RED)·Africa·AIDS·Bono·disease·extreme poverty·Malaria·musician·ONE Campaign·public awareness·U2
Last night on Facebook, (RED) ‘The Lazarus Effect’ film Directed by Lance Bangs, Executive Producer Spike Jonze, streamed The Red Carpet live from the screening at MoMA in NY. You can see the film’s Premiere on May 24 th on HBO, YouTube & Channel 4. I originally saw the campaign commercial on Homorazzi.com (LOVE IT) a new [...]
Tags: Africa·Alek Wek·antiretroviral·ARV·Bono·Champaign·Claire Danes·Dakota Fanning·Don Cheadle·Facebook·film screening·Gabourney Sidibe·Gwen Stefani·HBO·HIV·homorazzi.com·Hugh Jackman·Iman·Jane Lynch·Lance Bangs·Lucy Liu·NY·Orlando Bloom·Penelope Cruz·Precious·Spike Jonze·The Lazarus Effect·The Red Carpet·Youtube
Our Svaha Spirit Series is meant to be Inspirational. I love music and was inspired while watching Annie Lennox’s video ‘Sing’. To quote directly from her website SING, “When people get together to sing, they become encouraged and inspired.” Isn’t that true! Annie Lennox teamed up with 23 of the world’s most acclaimed female superstar [...]
Tags: Africa·Annie Lennox·Celine Dion·Dido·HIV/AIDS·Inspiration·Madonna·Nelson Mandela·Pink·Sing·Svaha Spirit Series~Sunday
Vancouver’s very own Robson Street was hit by imagine1day’s official ‘Dancing in the Street’ flashmob on Saturday! If you knew about this event in advance you were able to rehearse on line if you wanted to take part in this choreographed dance! It wasn’t just about keeping the party going that the Opening Ceremonies of [...]
Tags: Africa·athletics·competition·dancing·disciplined·education·Ethiopia·flashmob·gold metal·imagine1day·nonprofit·olympics·opening ceremonies·participate
African Tattoos or Scarification~ The history of tattooing in Africa dates back thousands of years. Until Otzi the Iceman was discovered, the oldest known tattoos belonged to the mummy of Amunet, a priestess of the goddess Hathor somewhere between 2160 BC -1994 BC. The designs found on her mummy, were believed to be symbols of fertility and [...]
Tags: Adinkra Symbol·Africa·Amunet·braille lettering·bravery·childbirth·cicatrisation·clan·evil spirits·goddess Hathor·graphic·learn from the past·magic symbols·national geographic·Otzi the Iceman·puberty·return and get it·Sankofa·scars·Tattoo·tracy westerholm scarring·tribal·village
“So You Want To Be A Safari Guide. It’s what I thought when I was twelve, now I am forty one. Let’s find out. This is a loose record of my experience at ENTABENI NATURE GUIDES six month guiding course.” Ryan Ennis This is how Ryan In Africa starts. That was the hook for me. [...]
Tags: Africa·blogs·course·Entabeni·ENTABENI NATURE GUIDES·hilarious·Ryan Ennis·Ryan In Africa·Safari Guide·Stunt coordinator·stunt man·Vancouver film Industry
“Queues of people start lining up at my house to charge their mobile phone. I could not get rid of them. And the reporters came too, which lead to bloggers and which lead to a call from something called TED. I had never seen an airplane before. I had never slept in a hotel. So, [...]
Tags: Africa·Inspiration·The boy who harnessed the wind·William Kamkwamba
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