I love seeing people getting involved in the world’s issues and creatively using what they have to make a difference. It is also especially inspiring when those efforts involve personal sacrifice.

A little while ago I got an email from Carl who has started a campaign called “Trade Your iPod for Life!“. Our advocacy manager, Beth, had sent him my way as he was looking to make contact with my former work place to try and promote what he’s doing. I put him in touch with Asher, the afternoon guy on Life FM… the extremely talented announcer who has taken over my show since I left… and they organized to have a chat on the radio.

The basic concept is about selling iPods and raising money that then goes to TEAR Fund to build wells in Orissa (India) with our partner in India, EFICOR.

I’ll get Carl to write something about the campaign for this blog in the near future, but in the meantime here’s the chat he had on Life FM’s afternoon show with Asher. If you want to find out more, visit the blog Carl has set up: http://tradeipodforlife.wordpress.com/

If you want to make a difference in the lives of other communities and have a fund-raising idea you would like to try, feel free to get in touch with us.

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