Update: Charity auction for Africa

Posted on August 20, 2011 | 1 Comment

Only 3 days left of the auction. Come on, people!!!! Remember that ALL the proceeds will be donated to Save the Children´s effort in East Africa.

The worst humanitarian crisis in the world today continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa, where 12.4 million people are now in acute need of food assistance. Some areas in the region are experiencing their worst drought in 60 years, with no chance of improvement until at least next year. Seasonal rains have failed for the past two or three years, hitting hard in communities already severely affected by poverty, climate change, conflict, and skyrocketing food and fuel prices. Many very poor people, including pastoralists whose herds have been devastated by drought, have been forced to sell their few assets in order to buy food.


(Photo from RedCross.org)

You can place your bids on the photos by Anny Langer and Annailo HERE.

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Update: Charity auction day 6

Posted on August 17, 2011 | 1 Comment

More than 12 million people in East Africa are in need of food aid because of the severe drought. The U.N. says 2.8 million of those are in need of immediate lifesaving assistance, including more than 450,000 in Somalia’s famine zones.

They need your help NOW!

We are into the 6th day of our charity auction to raise money for Save the Children´s effort in East Africa, with photos by Anny Langer and Annailo. Both photographs are size 30×40 cm.

Anny Langer – Norway
Høst i Oslo

Annailo – Norway
“Blue hour”

You can become the owner of these two photographs, and in the same process support a worthy cause by placing your bids HERE.

ALL proceeds will be donated to Save the Children.

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Charity auction to help East Africa food crisis

Posted on August 13, 2011 | Leave a comment

Over 9 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa. Millions of children are hungry, thirsty and desperate. They are in danger of becoming critically malnourished and, without help, many in the worst hit areas could die. Not having enough food has severe consequences which affects the child for the rest of his or her life. It significantly increases the likelihood of premature death, and those who do survive are at much greater risk from a variety of afflictions including heart disease, diabetes and kidney damage, and are far less able to withstand infection.

Life is Art is starting a new charity auction to raise money for Save the Children´s effort in East Africa. Anny Langer and Annailo have donated two photos for this auction.

Anny Langer – Norway
Høst i Oslo

Annailo – Norway
“Blue hour”

(Both photographs are size 30×40 cm. The auction will stay open for 10 days.)

You can place your bids HERE, and ALL proceeds will be donated to Save the Children. We also ask for your help to spread the word about the auction on twitter and Facebook. Remember that every dollar counts for a child in need!

You can also donate money directly to help children in East Africa at savethechildren.org

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Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that

Posted on July 25, 2011 | Leave a comment

“If one man alone can show so much hate, imagine all the love and humanity a whole nation can give.”

The world is grieving with the victims of the terror attacks in Oslo and Utøya, Norway, their friends and their families. <3


Copenhagen, Denmark

London, Uk


Stockholm, Sweden


San Francisco, USA


Oslo, Norway

(Photos from dagbladet.no)

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Today we are all Norwegians

Posted on July 23, 2011 | Leave a comment

Our hearts go out to the Norwegian people and those who are affected by the attacks in Oslo and at Utøya.

So far, 91 people are confirmed dead – most of them being young, political engaged people at a peaceful summer camp.

As former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt said: “Today we are all Norwegians”.

This is a time for unity and love, not hatred and fear.

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Somalia: malnutrition brings children to the brink of death

Posted on July 17, 2011 | Leave a comment

The nutritional state of children under five years of age in central and southern Somalia is a cause for great alarm.

Levels of malnutrition have reached a new peak and are currently the highest in the world, said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today. In some parts of Somalia, the number of children with severe acute malnutrition has almost doubled since March.

“A dramatic increase in cases of malnutrition can be observed even in the Bay and Lower Shabelle regions, usually described as the country’s breadbaskets, where nearly 11 per cent of children under five suffer from severe acute malnutrition,” said Andrea Heath, the ICRC’s economic-security coordinator for Somalia.

The ICRC assessment includes data from 39 clinics and 18 outpatient therapeutic feeding centres. The facilities are run by the Somali Red Crescent Society with support from the ICRC.

Read more at the International Committee of the Red Cross…

You can donate money to help children through the East Africa Food Crisis at Save the Children.

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Guest blogger: How would you feel?

Posted on July 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

Life is Art will present guest bloggers here on our website, to give you recommendations about art, life, awareness and charity. If you have any ideas, images or words you would like to share with us, please send us an email at liaproj@gmail.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Here are some thoughts from Annailo:

Lights on or off?

There were a lot of discussions going on around the time of The Earth Hour in March. Some were consistently against it, since “it wouldn´t help Mother Earth to turn the lights off for ONE hour”. Which is true, it won´t. But the whole idea was to awaken engagement for our planet, and spread awareness of the environmental challenges we are facing. No matter if you turned the lights off, or if you protested by keeping them on because “you would rather turn them off all other days of the year” – then mission accomplished.

My question is pretty simple. Today is one of those many other days of the year. Do you keep your lights on?

Annailo

How would you feel if someone turned you on

- and then left?

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Donation to Save the Children

Posted on July 7, 2011 | Leave a comment

The proceeds from our charity auction for Save the Children´s Japan Earthquake Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund has been transfered today. You can see the confirmation below.

Thank you again for your support and donations!

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Life is Art Online Community

Posted on July 6, 2011 | Leave a comment

Due to an increasing problem with spammers, we have sadly decided to close our message board. Our conversations about art and life will continue at our newly started Facebook-group. Everyone can join, all you need is a Facebook-account.

You can also join (like) our Facebook-page, where we keep you posted about our news and updates.

Hope to see you on Facebook!

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Ended: Charity auction for Japan – part II

Posted on June 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

Our second charity auction for Save the Children´s effort in Japan has ended. We received 27 bids, the highest reached 51 $. We have also received a donation of additionally 60 $, and we will shortly transfer the final amount of 111 $ to Save the Children´s Japan Earthquake Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund.

A warm thank you to all the bidders, and everyone who helped us spread the word about the auction. We know we cannot save the world, but we can make a dent – and we are!

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