We recently became a founding alliance member of BluMail, a nonprofit organization that, like us, is working to improve the lives of millions of people around the world. Please visit the BluMail Web site, sign-up for a free email account, and check out the very useful content and connect with others, and encourage everyone you know to do the same.

Launched in the fall of 2008 at the United Nations (U.N.), with initial support from U.N. organizations and Cisco Foundation, BluMail provides free email accounts and “make-a-difference” content to the millions of people, particularly youth, who are coming online in developing countries in the next five years.

The content on BluMail is so useful because it comes from alliance member organizations – other NGOs, nonprofits, foundations and socially responsible organizations – see them all – which produce thousands of Internet pages every year anyway. The BluMail Web site, which is instantly translatable into 10 languages (with more planned), aggregates a lot of this content into a one-stop resource with easy-to-understand information on just about every topic that matters to people in developing nations.

Visit BluMail to learn more about activism and volunteering, conflict resolution, global news from the world’s best sources, entrepreneurship, environmental issues, healthy lifestyles (e.g., AIDS and malaria prevention), human rights, religious understanding, women’s empowerment, youth leadership development and empowerment, mental health, employment, story sharing, networking, mentoring and volunteering.

We believe and trust you will agree that this type of information is more valuable than the content on other sites that offer free email accounts (e.g., Yahoo! and Hotmail) — the latest celebrity scandal, new ring tones for your cell phone, sports scores, etc. So sign-up today and also get your friends, coworkers and relatives using BluMail. Visit www.blumail.org.