Making Good Things Happen: OMIDYAR.NET
"I expect to pass through this life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again." ~ William Penn, 1644 - 1718
OMIDYAR.NET is a humanitarian global online community based on the belief that one person can make a difference in this world. And their mission is to enhance that more and more people have the power to make good things happen.
As a new member of this innovative and creative social experiment, I have discovered kindred spirits collaborating to uplift causes to help mankind: i.e. anti-genocide, world peace, world water crisis and tackling the waterborne diarrheal illnesses (3 million deaths yearly from WDI), counter-human trafficking, mental health awareness, grassroots, children and elderly issues, global connectivity, to name a few. People from all walks of life, various creeds, races, cultures, socio-economic groups merge into one global community. The site is based on respect, trust and giving feedback to each other.
The founders of Omidyar.Net are also the founders of e-bay. Pierre and Pam Omidyar believe that if more than 150 million people are able to trust each other through the feedback mechanism in e-bay, then perhaps this same concept can facilitate the same trustworthy collaborations regarding altruistic and humanitarian endeavors.
Omidyar.net is very much like a global think-action tank. A place where ideas for the good of one or many are incubated. A place where people teach what they know and then learn from one another's expertise. It is a place where one encounters many social entrepeneurs, professionals (physicians, lawyers, teachers, artists, social workers) the wealthy and the poor, information technologists, media experts, writers and authors, CEOs and founders of NPOs, and the list goes on - all, interacting to brainstorm ideas born from compassion and a desire to be of service to the world.
I am thankful for this site and the bigheartedness of the founders and members.
Come and join us to make good things happen in this world at Http://www.Omidyar.Net/home
OMIDYAR.NET is a humanitarian global online community based on the belief that one person can make a difference in this world. And their mission is to enhance that more and more people have the power to make good things happen.
As a new member of this innovative and creative social experiment, I have discovered kindred spirits collaborating to uplift causes to help mankind: i.e. anti-genocide, world peace, world water crisis and tackling the waterborne diarrheal illnesses (3 million deaths yearly from WDI), counter-human trafficking, mental health awareness, grassroots, children and elderly issues, global connectivity, to name a few. People from all walks of life, various creeds, races, cultures, socio-economic groups merge into one global community. The site is based on respect, trust and giving feedback to each other.
The founders of Omidyar.Net are also the founders of e-bay. Pierre and Pam Omidyar believe that if more than 150 million people are able to trust each other through the feedback mechanism in e-bay, then perhaps this same concept can facilitate the same trustworthy collaborations regarding altruistic and humanitarian endeavors.
Omidyar.net is very much like a global think-action tank. A place where ideas for the good of one or many are incubated. A place where people teach what they know and then learn from one another's expertise. It is a place where one encounters many social entrepeneurs, professionals (physicians, lawyers, teachers, artists, social workers) the wealthy and the poor, information technologists, media experts, writers and authors, CEOs and founders of NPOs, and the list goes on - all, interacting to brainstorm ideas born from compassion and a desire to be of service to the world.
I am thankful for this site and the bigheartedness of the founders and members.
Come and join us to make good things happen in this world at Http://www.Omidyar.Net/home
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