Month: October 2018

Digital City Brings Attention to the Devastating Impact of Illiteracy in the United States

Stuart Mitchell

A powerful visualization of the extent of illiteracy in the United States has been unveiled today in the form of ‘IlliteraCity’. Supported by Actor and Activist, Idris Elba, in conjunction with Project Literacy a global campaign founded by digital education company Pearson, the city has been launched to bring to light the many real world problems that people who cannot read and write face. ‘IlliteraCity’ was constructed from real-world demographics and statistics around literacy, and was created to provide a startling representation of the ramifications illiteracy can have on a city…

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Social Misfits Media Joins Freuds Network 

Stuart Mitchell

The specialist social media and digital agency Social Misfits Media has become the tenth brand in The Brewery Group, the parent company of global communications agency freuds. Founded by social entrepreneur and CEO Carlos Miranda in 2012, Social Misfits Media has an impressive track record of helping NGOs, charities and foundations find their voice and have a positive societal impact, building on its mission of turning “social media into social good”. Clients in its global portfolio include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Amnesty International and Lumos. The announcement of…

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Fareshare Launches new campaign to shout about our incredible food

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Fareshare has launched a new Campaign to talk about how we use surplus food, they talk aboput it here on their website (copied below): One of the most common misconceptions about surplus food is that it’s out of date or ‘gone-off’. If you step into our enormous fridges, full to bursting with incredible fresh fruit and veg, meats, cheeses and yogurt you’d see that nothing could be further from the truth. It’s all in date, and exactly like the food you’d eat at home. Surplus happens for all sorts…

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25 Years of Empowering Girls and Young Women

Stuart Mitchell

In 1993, the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED) was founded with a mission to educate marginalized girls in rural and remote sub-Saharan Africa. What started with a bake sale to support 32 girls in Zimbabwe to go to school has grown into a movement which, 25 years later, has educated 2.6 million children, and launched young women across five countries into entrepreneurism and leadership roles. To celebrate a quarter century of empowering girls and young women to break the cycle of poverty and inequality – at the root of so…

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Kmart® and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® Launch ‘Care to Dream’ to Give All Patients’ Dreams a Fighting Chance

Stuart Mitchell

Honoring its distinction as one of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s longest-standing corporate partners and commitment to bettering the lives of all St. Jude patients, Kmart announced today a movement created in collaboration with St. Jude called Care to Dream. The program aims to unite people in giving St. Jude patients—of all backgrounds—a chance at having their hopes and dreams become a reality by way of acts of kindness, generosity and storytelling. Through patient engagements, dedicated events and compelling content, Kmart and St. Jude seek to establish and grow a…

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