You Choose Which Classroom Deserves Your Money
A very novel concept has been created with this years DonorsChoose. The idea is simple, it’s in the same vain as micro-lending. Teachers ask for the specific things they need and then donors choose what they want to supply. Desires range from one school wanting to post a spring issue of their newspaper to a post-Katrina school that wants a digital piano.
Would you be more willing to donate specifically instead of donating in a more broad sense?
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For more on micro-lending see: http://causecast.org/org/kiva
For the full story, please visit http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/01/support-schools-dire.html
Photo / flickr/conspiratorMax
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- 10.01.08
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It's like wedding registry for charities.
Actually this is really good for the donor because they know exactly where every dollar is going and how much of a difference they're making (for those who usually avoid donating).