WASHINGTON (AFP) – Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, launched a new venture on Tuesday to promote charitable causes.

Jumo.com, which launched in beta, or test mode, said its mission is to connect the “millions of people working to improve the lives of others” with the “millions more who want to help, but don’t know how.”

The Jumo website features tools that allow users who join via Facebook to find issues and organizations they care about, to receive news and updates and to contribute time, money and skills.

Hundreds of non-profits and charitable organizations are featured on the site specializing in health care, education, the environment, poverty, human rights and other areas.

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We want to make it easy for you to connect online with other people in the type 1 diabetes community. To start, we created regional Groups on Facebook.  Become a member of one of these groups, share fundraising ideas for the Walk, helpful resources for life with type 1, and begin to make new friends in your community.  Contribute to the Group page by posting your photos and links to videos.

A list of the Groups can be found on the Connect Online page on the Walk website. http://www.curetype1.org/walk/connect-online.html

JDRF also offers Parents’ Networking Support Groups around the Bay Area.  These groups are run by JDRF volunteers and are open to the public.  For a list of dates and locations go to http://www.curetype1.org/walk/outreach-events.html