What – Getting Fit + Social Media + Blogging = Social Good: Raising funds for orphans & refugees who have been affected by genocide and civil war. [more > About]
Why – Genocide and civil war are having horrific consequences at various locations around the world. We feel strongly that it is time to take action. [more > Humanitarian Crises]
Who – bloggers brought together via their shared vision to help others. [more > TFH Team]
Sponsor our Blogger Athletes
Leo Babauta, Dan Clements, and Mark Hayward are the Train for Humanity pilot project bloggers and ‘regular’ athletes in training for various endurance events hoping to raise $50,000 for Darfur Peace and Development Organization.
Our MISSION - unite the training efforts of everyday regular athletes and the power of social media and blogging to help raise funds and awareness for those who are suffering. [image source: Daniel Cima/IFRC]
Greetings friends,
I hope you are all well and surviving in these crazy economic times!
We have just overcome a major hurdle in the progression of TFH Phase 2, which is the scaling of the website so that it can handle more participants (all of our work is done on a volunteer basis).
Jarkko Laine has kindly offered [...]
(Editor’s note: If you know of anyone who might be able to assist, TrainforHumanity.org is searching for a volunteer WP designer that can help us scale the site for phase two.)
After approximately twelve weeks of Train for Humanity and with two events down (read about Dan’s race and Mark’s race), we have one more endurance event to [...]