Help the Needy

Continuing from the spiit of the previous post, here is a list of sites that help the needy. Please visit them to help for free:

≡≡≡≡≡≡ Promote Health : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡≡

http://breastcancer.care2.com - Prevent Breast Cancer!
http://matercare.org/lifesaver.asp – Help Surgery!
http://www.giveaminute.org/ – Give Healthcare!
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com – Stop Breast Cancer!
http://www.thechildhealthsite.com - Child Healthcare!
http://www.thestophivsite.com – Stop HIV/AIDS!
http://www.craigresearchlabs.com/cancer.html – Stop Cancer!
http://www.freerice.com – Free Rice
http://www.freeflour.com – Free Flour
http://www.freepoverty.com – Free Water
http://children.care2.com/
http://www.bhookh.com/ – Help feed chronically hungry Indian children
http://www.porloschicos.com/PorLosChicos.NET/index_english.htm – Provide food to children in Argentina for free
http://www.definition-of.com/
http://www.savetheworldwithmusic.com/
http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/50.html
http://www.feedsa.co.za
http://www.hungerfighters.com
http://www.hungrychildren.com
http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/floq.html
http://www.OneClickOneMeal.com
http://www.pajacyk.pl/

http://www.thehungersite.com
http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2335
http://www.okruszek.org.pl/
http://www.chintai.net/contribution/index.html
http://www.kct-uk.org/click/
http://www.worldhunger.org/contributefood.htm
http://www.spendu.org/beta/index.php

≡≡≡≡≡≡ Help Stop Poverty : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡≡

http://www.ripple.org/give.php?p=food – Start a Crop!
http://www.ripple.org/give.php?p=money – Help Finance the Poor!
http://www.povertyfighters.com – Help Raise Money!
http://www.solvepoverty.com – Help Jobs!
http://dsmith11.tripod.com – Help Health and Poverty!
http://www.accse.net/rasa/donacion-rasa.html – Help Agriculture!

≡≡≡≡≡≡ Promote Safety : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡≡

http://stopviolence.care2.com – Stop Violence against Women!
http://www.clearlandmines.com – Stop Land mines!

≡≡≡≡≡≡ Clean Water for All : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡≡

http://www.ripple.org/give.php?p=water – Give 6 days of clean water!
http://www.cliquesemiarido.org.br/eng/default.asp – Free Clean Water!

≡≡≡≡≡≡ Save the Animals : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡≡

http://babyseals.care2.com/ – Save the Seals!
http://bigcats.care2.com/ – Save the Big Cats!
http://primates.care2.com/ – Save the Monkeys!
http://bigcats.care2.com/front.html?c=1&p=&iID= – Help Tigers!
http://bigcats.care2.com/front.html?c=2&p=&iID= – Help Jaguars!
http://bigcats.care2.com/front.html?c=2&p=&iID= – Help Leopards!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com – Feed Starving Animals!
http://pets.care2.com/ – Help Homeless Animals!
http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/_donate_species.html – Protect Wildlife!

≡≡≡≡≡≡ Help Education : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡≡

http://www.buildaschool.org – Help build a School!
http://www.e-inclusionsite.org/en/clickDonate.php – Promote IT!
http://www.theliteracysite.com – Free Books to the poor!
http://www.ripple.org/give.php?p=education – Help Educate!

≡≡≡≡≡ Save the Environment : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡

http://stopglobalwarming.care2.com/ – Offset Carbon, Stop Warming!
http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/_donate_pol.html – Reduce Pollution!
http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/_donate_coastal.html – Save a Coast!
http://oceans.care2.com/ – Save the Dolphins!
http://www.therainforestsite.com - Protect Habitats!
http://www.clickforgreenland.com/_us/_en/home.aspx - Save Melting Greenland!
http://www.theenvironmentsite.org/donate.php – Help the Environment!
http://cannecy.free.fr/solar/index.php – Create Free Solar Energy!

≡≡≡≡≡ Help the Forests and Plants : Free Donation Clicks! ≡≡≡≡≡

http://cannecy.free.fr/iforest/en/ – Plant an Oak!
http://www.diewaldseite.de/ – Help the Forests, from Germany!
http://www.ettklickforskogen.se/engelska/ettKlickeng.asp – Help Old Forests!
http://www.tree4life.com/ingles/ingles.htm – Plant a tree in Brazil!
http://www.landcareniagara.com/ - Plant a tree in Niagara!
http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/_donate_rainforest.html – Save the Amazon!
http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/_donate_us.html - Save the Wilderness!
http://ecologyfund.com/ecology/donate_plant_tree.html – Plant a Tree!
http://redjellyfish.com/ – Help the Rainforest!
http://rainforest.care2.com/ – Help our Rainforests!

Suggestions from blog visitors:

http://www.freewebs.com/clickforcharity/environmentalcharities.htm

www.goodsearch.com
www.everyclick.com
www.searchkindly.com
www.ippimail.com

Happy Holi!!!

Happy holi to everyone!!! Have a safe and fun holi.

Holi is the best time to share your happiness with the less-fortunate. So go out there and do your major good deed for the day.

Please start by clicking for free here (I am not affiliated to these sites in any way and am not going to profit from any of these clicks):

http://www.bhookh.com/ – Help feed chronically hungry Indian children

www.thehungersite.com : Click for free to and they’ll donate free food to the needy

www.thebreastcancersite.com : Click for free and they’ll donate free mammograms

www.thechildhealthsite.com: Click for free and they’ll donate free healthcare for children

www.theliteracysite.com : Click for free and they’ll donate free books to children

www.theanimalrescuesite.com: Click for free and they’ll donate food and care for animals

www.therainforestsite.com : Click for free and they’ll donate help to save our rainforests

www.freerice.com : Donates rice for every word meaning you get right – great fun!!!

www.freewebs.com/clickforcharity : This site lists websites that allow you to donate help by clicking for free

http://www.freeflour.com – Free Flour

http://www.freepoverty.com – Free Water

http://children.care2.com/

http://www.definition-of.com/

http://www.savetheworldwithmusic.com/

http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/50.html

http://www.feedsa.co.za

http://www.hungerfighters.com

http://www.hungrychildren.com

http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/floq.html

http://www.OneClickOneMeal.com

http://www.pajacyk.pl/

http://www.porloschicos.com/PorLosChicos.NET/index_english.htm

The messy state of BMC workers

A shocking article that appeared in the Times the other day, appalled my friend and I to the core.
According to the latest data released by the BMC courtesy of the RTI act, twenty five BMC conservancy employees die every month on an average due to the inhuman work conditions they are subjected to! These include the municipal sweepers, the nullah cleaners, the garbage collectors, among others.Twenty five people! That’s twenty five families whose lives are changed forever each month. That’s twenty five lives that could have been saved if the state had done its job! That’s twenty five times we fail as a country as well as human beings each month.

Most of the employees do not have access to elementary equipment like gloves or facilities to bathe after they finish their jobs. These workers are exposed to the deadliest kind of filth and disease everyday. Studies like this prove that this plight is shared by cleaning staff all over the country.
To top it all, they are subjected to humiliation by everyone around due to the stench that stays with them the entire day.

A little search of our own brought up this interesting petition filed by the various rehabilitation organizations in 2004. It asks the Supreme Court to abolish the manual scavenging of garbage. It has been two years since the petition was filed.

How can we, in this day and age, subject our fellow human beings to such horrifying torture? India is one of the few countries in the world that still allows the practice of manual scavenging to continue.

We need to do something about this and we need to do it now! The blogging community needs to take up this cause and bring the plight of these helpless workers to everyone’s notice. We need to ensure that this is not forgotten as just another piece of news. We can’t afford to let them down again.

My friend Pankti has done quite a bit of research on the matter and you can read her views here.

For more information on how you can help, contact the Safai Kamgar Parivartan Sangh (the body which represents the BMC workers) at +91-22-24102694.