Social Media and Social Good

Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T. While I was on my way to the office and browsing through my mobile phone, I saw my friend Ryan Lee Cox, posted about how a Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T. The headline intrigued me and viewing the video of how a 15-Year-Old, Kelvin Doe,  an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators…

Your First World Problems Aren’t Real Problems WaterIsLife, the organization behind a portable filtration device designed to instantly provide clean drinking water from any source, together with DDB NY, produced the First World Problems Anthem which aims to make people realize that the so-called “first world problems” aren’t real problems. Living in a country where people complain about the smallest things like long queue at the fast food (not even considering that many people…

Turn 404 Pages to NotFound Bulletin to Help Find Missing Kids I’m a sucker for great campaigns and great advocacy, thus, Social Media and Social Good. It’s a rare thing that two of my interests intersect and when it does – it’s done so brilliantly! NotFound project is an collaborative initiative from Missing Children Europe and Child Focus, wants to raise awareness for missing and sexually exploited children in Europe by asking participating website publishers…

Ditched the Plan of Buying iPhone 5 for Clean Water Today, I was supposed to buy my very first iPhone – the iPhone 5. I was thrilled with the idea of having the hottest phone in town. Just like everyone who wants to get their hands on the latest Apple product; I woke up early in the morning so I could walk in to one of the phone centers here…

The Social Good Summit is a three-day conference where big ideas meet new media to create innovative solutions. Held during UN Week from September 22-24, the Social Good Summit unites a dynamic community of global leaders to discuss a big idea: the power of innovative thinking and technology to solve our greatest challenges. The most innovative technologists, influential minds and passionate activists will come together with one shared goal: to…