It’s only been nearly a week and the Haiti earthquake is said to be the fifth worst quake since medieval times, with an estimated death of half a million people, double the death toll of the deadly tsunami.
As aids come in from nations around the world, many organisations are doing their bids in helping as [...]
I have always been very fascinated by the potential of technology in improving lives but have never really looked into it, other than through my work with the Inspire Foundation, which uses information communication technology to improve the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
I remember first entering the non-profit technology circle and attended my [...]
I was at a function a few days ago and someone was there promoting their organisation. It was a great organisation I must say, and at the end of the night, the person passed around a paper for us to fill in if we were interested to be kept up-to-date with all the cool stuff [...]
Philanthropy has never been an interesting topic to me, because I thought it was a little bit silly to make the art of giving technical. However, since being involved with a number of fundraising events, I have come to appreciate the importance of these organisations to help social investors make informed decision in supporting charities.
A [...]
Thinking Internet Beyond a Web of Connected Computers
About thirteen years ago, youth suicide in Australia was one of the highest in developed countries. At this time, there was something known as the “internet” coming, and Jack Heath, at that time a speech writer for then Prime Minister Paul Keating, was in a meeting with Microsoft [...]
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