It’s always great to know that people are actively coming together on social media to do good. This coming Thursday, 25 March 2010, people from more than 175 cites around the globe will demonstrate the power of social media in raising funds for the needy at the second annual Twestival.
Last year, talents and resources went to providing clean drinking water to 17,000 people.
Amanda Rose, founder of Twestival commented, “At last year’s Twestival, more than 1,000 volunteers and 10,000 donors raised more than $250,000 to provide clean and safe drinking water for more than 17,000 people. We know this works—and we’re excited to make it work for every child in the world that deserves an education.”
To Give Every Child An Education
Hence, this year, all proceeds generated from the 2010 Twestival will support education (An estimated 72 million children worldwide are not enrolled in school), and be donated to Concern Worldwide, a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization that since 1968 has dedicated itself to reducing suffering and eliminating poverty.
100% Proceeds To Needy
Twestival’s all-volunteer organizers have partnered with PayPal to allow donations via widgets, and waiving all fees up to $1 million. Also, Citrix Online will donate GoToMeeting to all those who are organizing Twestival events, and Amiando will waive all credit card ticketing fees to Twestival events.
This means that 100% of the proceeds will go to the people in need.
Online Activities
Other than offline events, Twestival also has online activities such as TwestivalFM, allowing high-profile artists and musicians around the world to donate their songs to download for donations; Auction140, a global online auction of celebrity-donated items and experiences on eBay that will feature a live Twitter stream for the first time; an iPhone application; and live donations and results widgets that will enable real-time donations at local events. Twestival also has partnered with Ustream to live stream the day’s events, starting in New Zealand and ending in Hawaii.
Visit twestival.com to get information on how to get involved, and how Twestival donations would be used to help the needy.
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