Last Sunday, we shared with you our Favorites Tweets @womenforwomenUK and @WomenforWomen. Today we decided to share our Favorites Tweets from another organization: CARE. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and we think it’s important to support organizations helping women like CARE who is doing a amazing work empowering women and supporting events around the world.

As you may have noticed, we put online a new section on the Sama Gazette (right column): ‘The Sama Gazette supports…‘. We wanted to support CARE, partner of  Half the Sky,  a one-night-only event inspired by stories from the New York Times best seller “Half the Sky” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. 

About CARE (read more here):

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.

 
Our Favorites Tweets @CARE:

Join @CARE’s gender issues expert for a tweet-chat Monday. Submit your questions about ending violence against women. Use #stopgbv
about 14 hours ago 

Keep momentum of #HalftheSkyLive going. Join us Int’l Women’s Day (Monday) to participate in discussion re. gender violence #stopgbv
4:54 PM Mar 5th

UN “Children are not aware of gender equality”: http://bit.ly/cI64wT #beijing 15
12:31 PM Mar 5th

Please visit www.care.orgto add your name to @CARE’s Voices Against Violence petition. Speak out against gender-based violence.
8:33 PM Mar 4th

Follow @JoeIarocci as he tweets from his trip to CARE Bangladesh, where @CARE works on food security, sanitation, HIV/AIDS, literacy & more
7:21 AM Mar 3rd

More than a month after the quake, there are still tens of thousands of pregnant/breastfeeding women in #haiti who need special care
9:50 AM Feb 25th

CARE.org is NOT running outbound telemarketing for Haiti fundraising. If you receive a late-night phone call, pls be aware it’s not legit
10:36 AM Feb 24th

If you think gender equality is taken as a given, you’re wrong. Visit CARE Website, read the Stories and follow the organization on Twitter @CARE to learn more!

Our Twitter Sunday of today is about Women for Women International. The organization is helping women, and changes their fate: ‘From Victim to Survivor… to Active Citizen’. International Women’s Day is on March 8 and this year we mark the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day. On this occasion, Women for Women International will celebrate the strengths and achievements of women by taking part in Women for Women International’s Join me on the Bridge Campaign. More information on this page.

If you don’t know Women for Women International yet, here is an introduction to the ‘About Us’ Section (read more):

What We Do
From Victim to Survivor… to Active Citizen
Our Theory of Change: Women for Women International believes that when women are well, sustain an income, are decision-makers, and have strong social networks and safety-nets, they are in a much stronger position to advocate for their rights. This philosophy and our commitment to local leadership builds change and capacity at the grassroots level

Why Women?
Around the world, women face some of the greatest obstacles yet also represent tremendous opportunity for lasting social and economic development. Globally, women face the following challenges…

And here come the Tweets from Women for Women UK:

“There’s a woman dying in childbirth every minute…I have two healthy daughters.Everyone should have that right,” http://bit.ly/bOF3ZP
about 16 hours ago

59 Join me on the Bridge events have been organised around the world so far!! Go to… http://bit.ly/9KMaIk
10:05 AM Feb 25th

Lots of misfortune on the newswire today, here’s some good news – AL, OIC and UNAMID welcome Sudan-JEM peace agreement http://bit.ly/9FNYoZ
12:20 AM Feb 22nd

In the DRCongo with over 5 million deaths and hundreds of thousands of rapes, and a decade of brutal war…women are imagining peace
11:06 AM Feb 21st

when women are safely able to earn an income, they reinvest up to 90% in their families and communities.
7:33 AM Feb 21st

At the same time, studies show that women are the key agents of economic growth and poverty reduction.
7:32 AM Feb 21st

Women perform 66% of the world’s work, farm and produce 50% of the food, but earn 10% of the income and own 1% of the property.
7:32 AM Feb 21st

You may already be aware that 70% of the world’s poor are women, and 75% of the civilians killed in the war are women and children.
7:32 AM Feb 21st

We support any action taken by Women for Women International and we hope you will do as well. Follow the organization on Twitter @womenforwomenUK and @WomenforWomen. Also check Women for Women International’s Website.

Twitter Sunday is back! Last Sunday was Valentine’s Dayso we replaced our weekly Twitter Sunday with a special news: Valentine’s Day: (RED)Kisses & products, eCards… Back to normal with today our Favorites Tweets @oxfamamerica. We follow and support Oxfam’s work for a long time now, and Max Dana mentioned them in several of her posts on her blog (‘Darfur: a World Wide Role Playing Game‘ in 2008, and ‘Darfur, Congo, Burma: is ‘good will’ enough?‘ in 2009). We even invited Oxfam France to be part of the “60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary” Initiativebut the organization didn’t follow up to the invitation;  many others accepted and we sincerely regret Oxfam was not represented… Sometimes things don’t happen!

Since the earthquake in Haiti, the organization is directly involved and provides an amazing help to the Haitians. We had to mention Oxfam, their work and their Tweets on the Sama Gazette! If you don’t know Oxfam yet, here is ‘Who we are’ taken from their website:

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 100 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are an affiliate of Oxfam International.

Our vision: A just world without poverty

Our mission: To create lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice.

Here are the tweets!

What happens to oil and mining money? It’s hard to tell. Learn more and spread the word by sharing our new video: http://bit.ly/bSi5Nq
6:45 AM Feb 13th

 Rankin found humanity on his return to Congo in 09 when he asked villagers to tell him about the ppl & things they love http://bit.ly/cI8f2a
12:47 PM Feb 12th

 Providing emergency shelter materials to those who have lost their houses is one of Oxfam’s top priorities. http://bit.ly/aJzfrQ #Haiti
1:35 PM Feb 8th

Musicians from Southern California have created a great album of songs to give you for your donation to Oxfam America: http://bethedrum.com
7:00 PM Feb 6th

Watch our video “Follow the Money” about transparency for oil and gas companies’ payments to foreign governments: http://bit.ly/atXabH
2:31 PM Jan 26th

Oxfam “big heads” tell leaders at #Copenhagen: history will judge your actions. Photos at http://bit.ly/4PDQWJ
12:26 PM Dec 18th, 2009

We can follow them on Twitter @oxfamamerica, but also on Facebook (here) and visit their website. You will find very interesting information about the work they do at Oxfam, along stories and tools. Read the website and your Sunday afternoon will be fulfilled!

For this new Twitter Sunday rendezvous, we will share with you the tweets from a great singer. His name is Prince Rogers Nelson, a.k.a Prince. We were very happy to follow him when he started to tweet a few days ago but the pleasure didn’t last very long… Instead of interesting tweets about his work or even his daily life, we got hundreds of tweets and retweets polluting our Twitter page,  messing with all the others tweets we were following…

The reason? Prince was so happy to tweet, he asked everyone to tweet and retweet: ‘#Prince is now on twitter spread the word!! @PRINCE_OFFICIAL rt’. You can read on his twitter page dozens and dozens of messages such as (originally in caps lock…):

First 10 fans that send me a message with #prince in it i will rt thank u

Do my fans have anything to say? i will rt the first 10 fans with comments thank u

When i get 6000 followers i will follow 5 more fans thank u support!!! #prince is now on twitter spread the word!! @prince_official rt

Im going to follow the first five fans who rt follow @prince_official

Support!!! #prince is now on twitter spread the word!! @prince_official rt

I need my fans support!!! #prince is now on twitter spread the word!! rt follow @prince_official rt thank u

………..

Now you understand why the tweet frenzy (he already sent near 400 tweets!) and the retweet craziness surrounding his arriving on Twitter… We were quite exasperated about it and we even thought about stop following him for a while. Among all these self-promotion tweets, we eventually found out some more interesting tweets, inspired and a little bit ‘philosophical’ about what music means to Prince, and we are sharing them with you.

Here they are, selected tweets posted during the last 24 hours:

There are times when silence has the loudest voice
about 14 hours ago

do u think i tweet 2 much? im still new sorry guys
about 14 hours ago

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than

my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs
about 16 hours ago

Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world,

then it can only happen through music
about 20 hours ago

Music expresses that which cannot be said and

on which it is impossible to be silent
about 20 hours ago

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play

the black and the white notes together
about 21 hours ago

If you look deep enough you will see music;

the heart of nature being everywhere music
about 21 hours ago

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love
3:31 PM Feb 5th

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself,

incredible and inconceivable.
3:15 PM Feb 5th

We hope Prince will keep tweeting in a more interesting way, and share more about his work, music and projects than just promoting his Twitter page. We grew up with Purple Rain, Sign o’ the Times, Diamonds and Pearls… But please, stop the tweet spam!

You can follow him @PRINCE_OFFICIAL.

Dear Sama-Readers, we are pleased to present our Twitter Sunday Rendezvous! Today we decided to share with you our Favorites Tweets @UNICEF. The organization has been very active to help people in Haiti after the earthquake (Read our post about Haiti:Haiti: compassion, communication, occupation… Education? and Haiti: International aid mobilization on the way). But UNICEF also provides support in many countries: Senegal, Somalia, West Bengal, Syria, Liberia, Afghanistan…

The bio from UNICEF twitter page: Founded in 1946, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. It was hard to select our Favorites tweets among all the tweets from the UNICEF because they are all very interesting. Here is a small selection!

TONIGHT ON CNN’s LARRY KING LIVE: UNICEF Press Officer Kent Page from Port-au-Prince speaking about UNICEF’s actions on the ground in Haiti.
9:04 AM Jan 29th

Senegal: Saving underweight babies with human contact http://bit.ly/bvSEMj
7:29 PM Jan 28th

Somalia: Water and sanitation upgrades improve life for Somali children and women http://bit.ly/aQpWRo
7:29 PM Jan 28th

Charlie’s ride: London boy, 7, gets on his bike to raise £150,000-plus for Haiti appeal – read how he did it http://bit.ly/8X4WEl
8:00 AM Jan 27th

If you’d like to donate to help our efforts in Haiti: http://bit.ly/5Z6oUt
5:53 PM Jan 15th

West Bengal: Examples of ‘positive deviance’ in habits leading to malnutrition http://bit.ly/6Xf2Dc
5:33 PM Jan 12th

Syria: Adolescents find their identity through photography http://bit.ly/54P8AF
5:33 PM Jan 12th

Liberia: Liberian youths report on injustices of education system http://bit.ly/5YxzRe
3:21 PM Jan 11th

UK: Young people awarded the chance to join world renowned photographers on a trip to Ethiopia http://bit.ly/4nFNhm
3:21 PM Jan 11th

Shelter provides hope for abused women in western Afghanistan http://bit.ly/57VhBI
3:21 PM Jan 11th

If you don’t follow them yet on Twitter, then please do. You will learn a lot about their amazing work. We are very proud UNICEF is among the signers of Max Dana’s “60 Signers for the 60th Anniversary” Initiative.

Welcome to this new Twitter Sunday on the Sama Gazette. We are very happy to share with you our Favorites Tweets @tomhanks.We’ve been following him for awhile but unfortunately, his Twitter account was not updated until this January. Since then, we read his tweets and we appreciate he eventually decided to be more active on Twitter.

Tom Hanks is on our Top list of favorites actors, and if you look at Max Dana’s Biography page on her Official Website, you’ll see a picture of him in Forest Gump. She’s a big fan too

Here is Tom Hanks‘ bio published on his Twitter:

I’m that actor in some of the movies you liked and some you didn’t. Sometimes I’m in pretty good shape, other times I’m not. Hey, you gotta live, you know?

His website http://playtone.com is still under construction but we will check frequently and let you know when it will be launched. Let’s show you what you’re waiting for,  our Favorites Tweets @tomhanks!

Thanx to Sharon and Mel.  LAPD Capt’s who got me from Good-bye Conan (sniff) to Hope for Haiti without handcuffs or cherry tops!
about 17 hours ago

 Looking to help raise $ for Haiti with G. Clooney on Friday.

Pledge a few bucks with us. Hanx
2:43 PM Jan 21st

 A session on Toy Story 3 today. That gem is almost done and comes out in June. Btw: Woody is the tallest of all the toys. By far. Hanx.
5:16 PM Jan 20th

Copy 5 by 5 on those Back Tweets. I’ll try to keep these snappy.

2010 is KOOKS so far, no? Hanx
4:40 PM Jan 12th

Testing… testing… Is this thing on??
3:24 PM Jan 11th

We can’t wait to see his next movie and hear his voice in Toy Story 3. We saw him during the Telethon but we sadly didn’t get him on the phone! But we donated anyway