Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
Today is Blog Action Day. More than 8,000 blogs around the world have banded together to talk about one cause:
Poverty.
Consider this.
- One third of deaths - some 18 million people a year or 50,000 per day - are due to poverty-related causes
- Every year nearly 11 million children living in poverty die before their fifth birthday
- 800 million people go to bed hungry every night
- There are over 100 million street children worldwide
- Source: Wikipedia
Today, you can make a difference on this blog.
All you have to do is leave a comment telling us about any charity you like which helps the poor. Not only will this help expose other readers to new avenues of tackling poverty, but I will make a donation based on the number of comments on this post.
- 0-10 comments : Friedbeef’s Tech will donate USD 10
- USD 10 gift will feed one person in need for a month. For the hungry, every day is about finding enough food to simply survive. This prevents these individuals from pursuing any other opportunities for self-sufficiency.
- 11-20 comments :Friedbeef’s Tech will donate USD 20
- USD 20 will provide 10 families with enough seeds to begin household farming activities throughout the world. This ensures that families have food security during the off-season by allowing them to grow fruits and vegetables that they can both consume and sell for additional income
- >21 comments : Friedbeef’s Tech will donate 50 USD
- 50 USD will provide an in-school breakfast to 10 hungry children for nine months and help the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) fight hunger in the most impoverished regions of Mauritania.
I will close this donation drive on 22nd Oct 2008, but don’t let that stop you from commenting even after it closes.
ps. If you’re interested, check out our charity page to see our other efforts.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:57 am
Great idea!
October 15th, 2008 at 4:51 am
This is lovely. I think the Salvation Army do a fantastic job of helping the poor. I would rather give things to them that I no longer need, instead of selling them, because I have been in need before myself!
October 15th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Good luck!
October 15th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Excellent way to donate James, Hope you get as much support as you need.
October 15th, 2008 at 10:04 am
James, can I drop several comments? :P
October 15th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Thanks everyone for their encouraging words thus far
@Kay: Yes - but please talk about several charities if you’re planning to drop several comments :) More than plain ol’ commenting - this is a way to expose other readers to new avenues of tackling poverty.
October 15th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I’m a fan of Kiva–which is where I saw the link to your site. I also sponsor a child through Children International. I prefer Kiva, where I know all of the money goes to the loan, but it is rewarding to watch “my child” grow up across the world, even though I know that some of my money goes to Children International’s MANY ad campaigns and appeals for more donations.
This is a great idea! I’ll check back to see where others are donating!
October 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
World Hunger Year co-founder Bill Ayers will be my guest on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com at 5 PM New York time today to talk about World Food Day.
Please go to my blog at http://www.garybaumgarten.com and click on the link to the show to talk to Ayers.
Thanks.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
I goes to the http://www.freerice.com everyday to donate the rice grains.
October 17th, 2008 at 12:36 am
I think this is an awesome venture. I do hope more blogs join the cause and make this an even bigger event!
October 17th, 2008 at 3:49 am
My favourite non-profit organisation for children care and protection is UNICEF. Thank you, James, for a commendable initiative.
October 18th, 2008 at 12:06 am
i have a friend who sponsor an African kid too via the community..
As for me, i donate to WWF :)
October 18th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
The first website that i open when i come home from my work is:
http://www.thebiblesite.org
I am a persecuted christian and i know how it feels.
So,in all my respect to all my persecuted brothers and sisters in Christ i open that website and donate 1 bible.
Please visit http://www.thebiblesite.org everyday and click on the button -DONATE BIBLES.ITS FREE.
One click in a day and one of our brothers or sisters in Christ will receive 1 Free Bible.
Its free.Just click and sponsors will pay for your click.
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said us to love each other,so lets love each other in deeds.
Thank you.
God bless you and protect!
Slava
October 19th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Hey James!
I love your blog, and I’ve been a subscriber for quite a while. Your donation-comment challenge is a terrific idea. I’ll see if I can’t help scare up a few more comments to get your total over 20.
All the best! –Paul
October 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
In my previous comment, I neglected to mention the favourite charity that comes to my mind. I like making donations of real food items to our local food bank. This is one way of helping alleviate a little of the very real poverty in my own community. We have a growing number of homeless people in our town, and the majority of them are women!
October 19th, 2008 at 11:33 am
We had a student blogging competition also writing about BAD 2008. Personally I have sponsored a child through World Vision ever since I received my first pay cheque over 30 years ago.
October 19th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Great idea - I hope you get dozens of comments! We have a link on our blog to http://www.freerice.com but my favorite charity for giving money too, as opposed to time, would be either the Red Cross or Salvation Army. I think both do a great job not only in times of disaster but also on an everyday basis.
October 19th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Hey James, Kiva is cool and great to learn it from your blog :)
October 19th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Inspired by America: The Making of a Nation, we would like to let YOU voice your opinion during this election season. Voting can be inspirational, fun, and educational too. It empowers you to make a difference in the world!
Check out the topics below and vote on them to help make a difference. For every 10 votes cast here, you will help readers because Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is donating a book to First Book to help a child in need. Can you help us reach our maximum goal of 86,000 books donated?
http://www.lbkidsbooks.net/america/vote.php
October 19th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
What is ippimail?
Ippimail is a FREE email service. We provide you with an email address and a means to read and write your email over the internet.
I already have an email address. Why would I switch to an ippimail address?
Because we raise money for the charities you care about and make it easy to change your email address. You can forward email sent to your ippimail address to any other email address or your mail can be collected from another address and placed in your ippimail inbox. Easy!
If the service is free, where does your income come from?
Every time you read an email on the ippimail site, you will see a conventional banner advert, just like the ones you see on most websites. The sale of these adverts is where our income comes from.
What proportion of income is going to charities?
45% of our income will go to charities and an additional 10% will go to the Open Source programming community.
https://www.ippimail.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Hunger Fighters
Hunger Fighters is a triple bottom line hunger-fighting portal committed to fighting hunger of the whole person in earth-friendly ways. This means that we are concerned about people and the planet in the process of providing high quality, value-added services that will make profits to sustain the business. We provide daily opportunities for you to make a difference by clicking on hunger buttons to donate free food to the hungry.
http://www.hungerfighters.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Free click to donate a website in poland language:
http://www.pajacyk.pl/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
One more free click to donate a website in poland language:
http://www.okruszek.org.pl/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
This website too in poland language.Please click
DODAJ button:
http://www.zmilosciserc.pl/donate.php
October 19th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
In this website please click KLIKNIJ TU :
http://www.polskieserce.pl/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Please help us in feeding the hungry children of Argentina. Each click will donate a ration of food to a child. This donation will not represent any cost to you, it will be paid by the companies that sponsor Por los Chicos.com
http://www.porloschicos.com/PorLosChicos.NET/index_english.htm
October 19th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
In this website please click IK DONEER… :
http://www.voedselhulp.nl/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
If you knew that you could fight hunger and poverty, conserve the environment, empower women, combat AIDS, and improve labor standards - all with just two clicks a day - would you do it?
http://www.povertyfighters.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Woord en Daad is an organization motivated by the biblical task to take care of our poor neighbor. Woord en Daad is aware that the fight against poverty takes place in a sinful world. Woord en Daad’s work is deeply connected to the anticipated advent of the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness (Matthew 6:33a). Woord en Daad regards its activities as signs of this Kingdom.
Please click this button :
Doneer gratis voor gezondheidsproject in Tsjaad!
http://www.straatkind.nl/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
For each click, YN will donate $.01 - up to $1,000 to those who is in need:
http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=2335
October 19th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Click to Cure Cancer.
All ad revenues generated by the “Click to Cure Cancer” program will be donated by Craig Research Labs to fund cancer research. Funds will be stipulated for research only — it is our intent that this money be used for research to find a cure, and not for administrative purposes, public relations, or any other purpose.
http://www.craigresearchlabs.com/cancer.html
October 19th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Help make a difference everyday - click here to save The Stop HIV Site as your home page.
http://www.thestophivsite.com/.
October 19th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Clicking on the banner TARAHUMARA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
results in one minute of health care provided by generous advertisers.
http://www.giveaminute.org/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Take action.Click to donate.
http://www.care2.com/click2donate/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Mexican click to donate website:
http://www.donarsindesembolsar.net/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
Another mexican click to donate website:
http://www.accse.net/delvalle/delvalle.html
October 19th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
One more click to donate website in mexican language :
http://www.accse.net/chias/donacion-chia.html
October 19th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Give free a cup of staple food to a chronically hungry Indian.
Someone reported this website attacks computers.
I dont know why someone said that,because my cocmputer did not find any bad programs from this website:
http://www.bhookh.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hungry Children’s mission: to assist one child at a time, with YOUR click
- 100% of the donation goes directly to our sponsored child and our sponsoring company, LEXXtech.com, matches all donations
http://hungrychildren.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Click once to freely donate euro .05 cents:
http://solvepoverty.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
Feed South Africa webiste:
http://www.feedsa.co.za/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
You Can!…
take a hunger quiz and make a free contribution to help hungry people.
http://www.worldhunger.org/contributefood.htm
October 19th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Free corn.
This website owners give 1 kernel of corn for every 25 this website unique visites:
http://freecorn.org/index.php
October 19th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Ripple generates money for charity in two unique ways:
Click to fight poverty.
Search to fight poverty.
http://www.ripple.org/
October 19th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Chinese free click to donate website :
http://www.chintai.net/contribution/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Help to pay for surgery to repair a mother’s obstetric fistula.
Click worth 2 cents (1 cent from each sponsor).
http://www.matercare.org/lifesaver.asp
October 19th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
One more Chinese free click to donate website :
http://www.able.co.jp/company/contribute/new-action/clickable/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Chinese website with 8 free click to donate pictures
http://www2.cosmo-oil.co.jp/kankyo/charity/ :
October 19th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Each time you answer a question correctly we donate an amount of money equivalent to one spoon of flour to multiple charities. They use your donations to: Buy food for the hungry. Take food to the hungry. Help the hungry feed themselves. Make sure food arrives in the right place, at the right time.
The more you play, the more you help cure world hunger.
http://www.freeflour.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Every time you play this website make a donation, that brings water to the developing world:
http://healthcareeducation.gpehosting.com/mod4/game
October 19th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Help to children:
http://www.aidtochildren.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
This website donate 10 cups of water for each correct answer:
http://www.freepoverty.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Save the world with music is a free online music quiz. Every correct answer on our quiz provides clean water for one person for a day in the third world.
http://www.savetheworldwithmusic.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Answer the green questions below. For each 10 correct answers, we will plant one tree in a deforested area of Africa. Together we can save the world.
http://www.jogogreen.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
When you use Clicks4Cancer.com as your homepage,
commissions from your surfing and shopping activities will go
directly towards the search for a cure. With your help and
support, we will make a difference!
http://www.clicks4cancer.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
GoodSearch is a search engine which donates 50-percent of its revenue to the charities and schools designated by its users. It’s a simple and compelling concept. You use GoodSearch exactly as you would any other search engine.
http://www.goodsearch.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Chinese website with 24 click to donate buttons:
http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Chinese help for children website:
http://www.nippn.co.jp/csr/unicef/oneclick.html
October 19th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
CLICK FOR CHARITY… Everytime you click here, Greiner-Maltz contributes to worthwhile charities in the New York Metropolitan region.
http://www.greinermaltz.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Click and build a house:
http://www.habitat.pl/en/aktualnosci.aspx
October 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Click to donate website:
http://www.clickajuda.com.br/default2.asp
October 19th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
This site will be dedicated to Health Care, Volunteer Fire Departments, and Poverty related charities. So, with that being said, if you would like to make a donation please click on the link below.
http://dsmith11.tripod.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Click for pet food:
http://www.giveusahome.co.uk/banners/banner1.htm
October 19th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Click to donate website:
http://www.doneergratis.nl/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Chinese click to donate website:
http://wapnavi.net/click/template/pc/index.html
October 19th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Click to donate a milk:
http://www.bebaleite.com.br/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Click to donate:
http://www.clicenfance.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Chinese click to donate website:
http://www.dff.jp/aikawashima/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
One more chinese click to donate website:
http://www.daiichisankyo.co.jp/csr/clickdonation/index.html
October 19th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Click to donate website:
http://www.filantropia.org/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Click to donate website:
http://www.geefsamen.nl/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Build a school with your clicks:
http://www.buildaschool.org/index.cfm
October 19th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
With your visit to this site you are enabling 4 minutes of education in a Two Wings Project.
http://www.twowings.or.at/index.php?sprache=en&seite=klickspende
October 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Every time you use Windows Live™ Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail®, our free webmail service, Microsoft shares a portion of its advertising revenue with an organization of your choice from a list of some of the world’s most effective social cause organizations.
http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Causes/Default.aspx
October 19th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Save precious rain forest and our planet with every email you send out. That’s what you do when using your free Planetsave.com webmail account. Your-name @ planetsave.com allows you to help our planet while doing something you would be doing anyhow.
http://communitymail.net/planetsave/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Click to donate website:
http://www.dameunacasa.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Search Kindly lets you donate money for free just by using Google from this page instead of any other. All of the money that we make through advertising is donated to charities that you select.
http://www.searchkindly.org/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Pick Your favorite charity from above
Search like you do on Ask™, Google™, MSN™ or Yahoo™
Your searches make money from advertisers
Most of that money supports your charity
http://www.searchgive.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
MagicTaxi gives 50% of its advertising revenue to charity. Each day
we feature a different charity on our homepage. If you prefer you
can support just one of our partners.
http://www.magictaxi.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Join the Internet’s Fastest Growing Breast Cancer Support Network!
Be able to track your progress to see how greatly your support has helped!
Have your name listed on lookPink as a special contributor.
Be inducted into lookPink’s official league of supporters.
Be able to dedicate your contribution in honor of a loved one.
Raise money with virtually every action. Have access to many more free ways to give!
Click here to download the pink ribbon toolbar for more free and easy ways to give!
http://www.lookpink.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Helpuu-the website ,that helps:
http://www.helpuu.com/
October 19th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Search The Web
Use Isara’s one-of-a-kind Google search and each search you make helps create more charity projects.
http://www.isara.org/
October 19th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
My favorite charity is Christian Children’s Fund. I sponsor 4 children. I also support Feed the Children.
The children are our future, we need to make sure they have a future.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:26 am
Great Idea!! Hope you make your goal!
Patrick
October 21st, 2008 at 8:42 am
I like this site because, not only can you help feed the poor but you can learn something at the same time. http://www.freerice.com/
October 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am
I load money through Kiva to those that want to help themselves. I realize this is not a true giving charity but I also donate to the organization to help in their efforts.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:44 am
I loan money through Kiva to those that want to help themselves. I realize this is not a true giving charity but I also donate to the organization to help in their efforts.
October 21st, 2008 at 8:48 am
The world food program is a worthy cause that I donate to.
wpf.org
October 21st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Thanks everyone - I’m really encouraged to see this go past way beyond the 20 comment mark I originally targeted :)
November 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Hi guys,
If anyone know any muslim kid charity which we can make donations too?
Thanks everyone.