The Nata Village blog was set up two years ago and aims to raise awareness for the African way of life and the needs of the village - according to the founders donations to Africa often do not reach remote parts of Botswana like Nata. In particular HIV/AIDS is having a devastating effect on the people living in the village, which has a population of just 5000.

Since then the site has brought attention from all over the world to the village of Nata. The main focus is on AIDS/HIV prevention and treatment activities, but there are also many stories and photos showing Nata’s people, their customs and how they live. In the picture local school children are enjoying the chance to play with pens and paper after a donation of supplies.

Life with a 20-something IT support technician from the Philippines in MMMiii! (try saying that out loud, she suggests).

Mi joins the globalisation discussion in her latest post, where she mentions how some customers she deals with prefer to be answered by agents in the USA instead of the Philippines or other countries. As long as you do the job and solve the problem, Mi says, it shouldn’t matter where you’re located. Unfortunately, some customers don’t feel this way.

The site has an Asian feel and Mi decorates her posts with animated Manga cartoons images such as the one above.

Scandinavian design is very distinctive, and Hei Astrid is full of inspiration. Other favourite topics of Astrid, who is a journalist and copywriter, include fashion, food and photography, as well as snippets of Norwegian life and culture.

Photo by Astrid

A group blog written by a team of local Chinese and expats living in Shanghai, Shanghaiist writes about listings, news and other snapshots of life in Shanghai and Chinese culture in general.

An example article: Your plate isn’t clean unless it’s been wrapped in plastic.

Different sides of Shanghai: photos from Shanghai Daily Photo by Jing

Shanghaiist is part of a series of city-ist blogs from different cities around the world.