GDay World 361 – Livewire Launch
Summary: Today my guests are Omar Kalifa, Managing Director, and Cinnamon Pollard, Partnership and Marketing Manager, of a new social networking site that is bring officially launched today called <a href="http://www.livewire.org.au">LIVEWIRE</a>. According to <a href="http://www.livewire.org.au/about-livewire/">their site</a>: Livewire is a wholly owned subsidiary of the <a href="http://www.starlight.org.au/" target="_blank">Starlight Children’s Foundation </a>and is supported by funding from the <a href="http://www.dbcde.gov.au/" target="_blank">Australian Government </a>under the Clever Networks Program and in-kind contributions from <a href="http://www.livewire.org.au/partners/">Starlight and Livewire partners</a>. Together we are working towards keeping children & young people living with illness or disability connected It’s estimated there are over 400,000 children and young people aged 10-21 years old coping with the impact of living with a serious illness, a chronic condition or a disability in Australia. <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/cameronreilly/3291631830/"></a> While I think a social networking community for young people with serious illnesses is a good thing, I am concerned that this site has cost $14.7 million to set up, with half of that money coming from the Federal Government. I asked Omar and Cinnamon where the money went. <a href="http://tpn.thepodcastnetwork.com/pledge">PLEASE SUPPORT THE TPN PLEDGE! </a>
