Do me a favor — vote for Perla Ni on the Huffington Post
Huffington Post is looking for readers to vote for the ultimate game changer in Philanthropy. And I think the readers have so far voted Perla Ni, head of greatnonprofits.org, to be the ultimate game changer. I’d like her to keep that lead and to do so, I urge you all to consider throwing in a vote. She’s trying to create a Yelp for Nonprofits which is sorely needed in the nonprofit world. Any time I see someone promoting democratic oversight of nonprofits, I’m all for it.

Mobile phones to the rescue in Indonesia, Philippines and Samoa
From the UN Dispatch: Over the weekend a deadly tropical storm slammed into the Philippines, causing severe flooding in urban areas and affecting tens of thousands. Tuesday, a powerful underwater earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves 15 to 20 feet high that crashed into the Samoa islands, destroying homes and taking lives. Then yesterday and today two successive and devastating earthquakes struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, leaving thousands buried in rubble and in desperate need of aid. Groups funded by the UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership are deployed in all