Here’s a great example of a RL nonprofit that is using Second Life to assist in educating, organizing, and networking.  FasterCures is working to accelerate the research and development of new therapies for the treatment of deadly and debilitating diseases and SL is an important part of their efforts.

“You can help people find a doctor, you can help people find patients if they are doctors or hositals. You can have whole sections explaining why, when you have a biopsy, should you donate some of the tumor to medical research. What does it mean? What are the ethical issues? What are the medical issues? “

Check out FasterCures now to find out how you can get involved. They’re located in the Nonprofit Commons – an SL collective dedicated to all sorts of interesting, pro-active, informative orginizations.