Photo by Meshl Nearly 1 billion people don’t have access to something we take for granted — clean, safe drinking water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable. Every week, nearly 38,000 children under [...]

Today is Blog Action Day. This annual event that unites bloggers across the globe in the shared act of posting about the same issue on the same day. The goal is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion. Last year’s  issue was poverty (my post from BAD 2008). This year the focus is on [...]