Helping Darfur
A father and two sons have come together to ask 400,000 people to donate $1 each. 100% of the donations will go to Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, Save Darfur and Sudan Air Fund to help the poor people in Sudan. Why 400,000? It is the number of people killed in the genocide of Sudan…
How I learned about this? Jonah Burke, one of the sons, sent and e-mail to me informing about their website.
(This is the number of my donation; you will get a similar box when you donate a dollar)
Dear Blogian,
I develop and run a web site called The Darfur Wall —
http://darfurwall.org
— which raises money for four Darfur relief organizations in a unique
way:
by asking 400,000 people to donate $1 each. I noticed you are a member
of
the Coalition for Darfur, so I hoped you'd blog about and link to the
site.Here is a description of The Darfur Wall from
http://darfurwall.org/about:"400,000 dark numbers cover the 40 panels of The Darfur Wall, each
representing a person killed in Darfur. By donating $1 or more, you can
light a number, turning it from dark gray to brilliant white. As we
light
the wall, we acknowledge the importance of each life lost, we cast
light
upon a tragedy too many have ignored, and we overcome one barrier to
peace."I hope this project will encourage many people to do something small
for
Darfur. But I need help spreading the word. Please consider blogging
about
The Darfur Wall and adding it to your list of links.Thanks,
Jonah Burke
The Darfur Foundation
Seattle, WA
Will a dollar make a difference? YES! Please send a buck if you can.