We have been very busy at ammado over the past weeks. Most of our efforts have been focused on improving the look and feel of our site. We are really excited to release this improved version to the public! We provided a sneak peek last week but now you can take a look at the site revamp for yourself!
If this is your first time visiting ammado, allow me to give you an overview:
ammado is the global online community of people who care. This is our blog where we provide a running commentary and news about our community. ammado connects socially engaged individuals and organisations dedicated to positive change on a global and local level.
ammado has a vision to build a community that will change our world. Individuals on ammado can share their interests, upload their photos and videos and meet like minded people. They can also show their support for and donate to their favourite organisations and campaign for causes in which they believe. Organisations use ammado to reach a large interested audience, engage volunteers, increase awareness of their brand and engage new supporters and volunteers.
On ammado, organisations are able to upload information about themselves and the work they do, publish news and articles, share photos and videos with their network, create polls and petitions and communicate instantly with their supporters, potential partners, within communities setup on ammado and other organisations from around the world. Organisations on ammado include charities, sports clubs and universities.It is completely free for everyone to join ammado.
We hope you like the new and improved ammado website!
Young people are a powerful voice with a key role to play in the promotion and protection of human rights.
In this podcast interview Sarah Atkinson, International Youth Coordinator for Amnesty International, talks about her recent visit to Hong Kong and the launch of the Asia Pacific Youth Network - a community connecting young people in the Asia Pacific who want to make change happen. This network is open to all individuals desiring social change; aiming to connect them to issues of interest and to open doors to new opportunities for action.
Sarah discusses the importance of social media to such a network and the human rights movement generally and underlines young people as valuable advocates for tolerance and peace. Looking ahead to the campaigns the network will be focusing their energies on, she sees that the scope for local and global engagement will not only include, but be driven by young people.
Episode 2 - Sarah Atkinson from Amnesty International [13:54m]:
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For more information please visit the Asia Pacific Youth Network profile on ammado.
The ammado podcast brings you regular news stories, comment and interviews from around the world in the area of social change. Our blog complements the podcasts with analysis and further discussion to give you a true understanding of what’s going on in this area. Please visit our subscription page for information on how to subscribe to the ammado podcast.
Over the last few months we have been busy colouring in the ammadowebsite! We have moved some things around, splashed some paint here and there, and now we are nearly ready to open the doors to the public. The new and improved ammado site will greatly improve your user experience, enhance the site usability and make it easier to navigate ammado.
The redesign will introduce a:
- New homepage.
- New member profile design.
- New organisation profile design.
- New communities design.
- New everything!
The ammado redesign will be launched as part of our 1.0 release which is due within the next two weeks! Until then we will be busy crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s to ensure that everything goes to plan. So without further adieu, here are some screenshots of the forth coming redesign (click to enlarge). We hope you like them 
Member Private Profile Page
Organisation Private Profile Page
Member Public Profile Page
Organisation Public Profile Page
Communities Page
The redesigned ammado website brings many enhancements over the current site:
- Vertical menus on all profiles instead of horizontal ones to improve general layout issues and localisation.
- Better inline editing for components such as ‘About Me’ , ‘My Interests’ , ‘Organisation Overview’…
- ‘What’s New?’ widget is more prominent and is moved to within the cleaner looking passport on private profiles.
- The improved layout brings more content to the top of the pages which in turn reduces scrolling (a little bit!).
- Improved icons for videos, photos, articles, etc..
- Better display of photos within photo albums.
- Improved photo upload functionality.
- Sections are colour themed to emphasis where you are on the site.
- Improved handling of localisation (switching between languages and how ammado displays multiple languages).
- We have enhanced the display of confirmation and error messages.
- Improved navigation across the entire site.
- And finally the removal of the word beta from our logo!
This post is also available in Polish and Italian
60 years on, government responses to the terrorist threat are undermining key rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Torture, illegal detention, rendition flights to secret sites– the ‘war on terror’ is using the threat of terrorism to violate fundamental human rights.
Amnesty International is using the month of June in which the International Day of Support of Victims of Torture occurs to create awareness of these human rights violations, mobilise people and support them to take action.
We invite everyone to participate in Amnesty’s Online Action Centre Launch and the public demonstration in Dublin and take action to prevent further abuse of human rights.
Sunday 15th June
Online Action Centre Launch
E-Times Internet Café
37-39, Wellington Quay
Dublin 2
11 AM
On the day, Amnesty members and volunteers dressed in orange jumpsuits and face masks will be taking online action at an Internet café under a spotlight to symbolise the light of collective pressure that can dispel the darkness surrounding such human rights abuses. The volunteers in jumpsuits will be inviting people on the streets to participate in this launch by taking action at the Internet café.
If you cannot join in the launch, please go to the Online Action Centre on www.amnesty.ie/actioncentre or to Amnesty’s profile on Ammado and sign up to the petition to close Guantánamo.
Thursday 26th June - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Public Demonstration
Daniel O’Connell Statue
O’Connell Street
Dublin 1
6 PM
A mass demonstration to shine a light on torture in the ‘war on terror’ will take place on O’Connell Street. We invite you to wear orange clothing (the colour of Guantánamo detainees’ jumpsuits) on the day to show your support.
If you wish to become a volunteer for any of these events, send an email to sub_editor@amnesty.ie or join Amnesty’s volunteers community on ammado. All are welcome.
Around 250,000-300,000 people in the UK have a communication disability directly as a result of a stroke, the most common of which is called Aphasia. Although this equates to around one third of stroke survivors, there is little knowledge about these conditions and the availability of effective support.
Today The Stroke Association launches the Lost without Words campaign which seeks to highlight the impact that communication disability has on stroke survivors whilst lobbying for more long term support that can result in huge benefits.
The human impact of having a stroke related communication disability includes not only the loss of communication skills such as speaking, reading, writing, understanding language but also the loss of independence and confidence as well as an increased risk of isolation and depression and more pressure on carers.
We are encouraging everyone to get involved in the campaign, whether you are or have been directly affected by a communication disability, are related to someone who has experienced this, or just feel strongly about the issue.
Please go to www.stroke.org.uk/campaigns and use the online facility to email your local politician. You don’t have to know their name as the email will be directed straight to them and there is some suggested text to save you time. It really is as simple as clicking a few buttons to get involved the campaign.
For more information on the work of the Stroke Association please visit their profile on ammado or their website
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is holding a unique event in London’s Trafalgar Square to raise awareness and funds for Darfur’s refugees.
This is an all-day event designed to illustrate a mock refugee camp on the border of Chad and Darfur.
UNHCR is looking for self-motivated and enthusiastic volunteer fundraisers and tour guides to help run the exhibition. Tasks will include collecting donations and details from the members of public and providing information on every aspect of the exhibition. Training will be provided.
If you are friendly, an excellent communicator, enjoy working in a team and most importantly have a genuine passion for the causes that UNHCR represents, we would like to hear from you.
Ideally we are looking for people who are available for the whole day.
Exhibition times are from 09:00 - 17:00.
To volunteer at this unique event, please send a copy of your CV with details of your availability at: jonesian@unhcr.org.
Visit the Experience Darfur profile to keep up to date on the event
For more information on UNHCR UK visit their profile on ammado or their website
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