Purple Hope, a charity initiative by Yahoo Singapore, has raised more than SGD $50,000 for the Children’s Cancer Foundation (CCF) through a campaign entitled “Hair For Hope.” Interestingly, ten employees went the extra mile to shave their heads, showing their dedication to the cause. The campaign, though small scale, is graced by Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo (NASQAQ:YHOO). This is Yahoo’s first project under the Purple Hope initiative. CCF was chosen after a Yahoo staff member made a personal pledge during the Hair for Hope campaign earlier this year. We reached out ...
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Three Presents Charity Program For Indonesian Knights
Indonesian mobile telco Three is partnering with Laziz Muhammadiyah (LazisMU), a charitable Muslim NGO, to create a social program called 3Satria Pantang Nyerah (Three Unyielding Knights). This program is a form of appreciation for inspiring Indonesians who dedicate their lives to helping humanity. Three has chosen a trio of people as ‘knights’ for this program. They are Endang Mintarja, who works with street children; A. Syarifudin, SH, a judge who chose to become an educator at a school for drop-out children; and Yulianti Muthmainnah, who works persistently to fight violence against ...
Apr 1 2011
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A Facebook Application to Help Japan
One more donation channel to add in the “How can you help” list for the Japan Earthquake relief. Socialbakers, one of the biggest Facebook portals covering a wide range of Facebook statistics, has been partnered with The Salvation Army to collect donations for Japan through Facebook. They launched a Facebook application called "Unite to Help Japan" where people on Facebook can donate using their PayPal account. The Facebook application allows users to invite friends and urge them to donate. The application also provides a global donation rank that can be categorized by ...
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Twitter, Twestival & Banners Ads #TWSG11
This coming Thursday is Twestival night and our team is glad to help spread the word! Besides our friends from U.S, the rest of you would have noticed the Twestival banner ad beside our logo. We'll run the ad on our site until the Twestival event ends. A little request: We hope all fellow bloggers (we know many of you are!) can place an ad on your blog or site to help spread the word. Besides the big and friendly 728 x 90 ad (click to enlarge), we also have the 125 ...
Mar 18 2011
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LivingSocial Matches Members Donations for Japan Earthquake Relief
Great, one more donation channel to add in the "How can you help" list for the Japan Earthquake relief. LivingSocial, the U.S daily deal site has partnered with The American Red Cross to aid relief efforts in Japan. When a LivingSocial member makes a $5 donation, LivingSocial will match that donation up to $1 million. In fact the amount has already hit $1 million. On the site, it states $1.2 million was raised so far with about 9 more hours to go. The campaign was a huge successful. "We talk about the ...
Mar 16 2011
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Japan Earthquake: How Can you Help? [LIST]
Want to help the Japan earthquake victims but don't know how? Rick Martin, our friend based in Tokyo has come up with a convenient list of donation methods for various countries. Some of the tech companies that have provided the infrastructure for donation include Apple iTunes, Groupon, Paypal and Amazon. China's Alibaba also provides donors with the option to donate items instead of cash. Catch the list below. If you're blogger, embed this list and share it with your readers. Every effort counts. Kudos, Rick.
Mar 15 2011
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29 Students Raised $18,000 for Rural India via Social Media
We previously wrote that a group of 29 students went on a social media quest to raise $10,000 for rural India. A pleasant surprise: The students ended up raising 79% more than their target as we receive news about their great achievement: "Penn Olson’s support and coverage of our initiative is indispensable to our success. We have finally raised a total of $17,900 after closing our campaign yesterday night," Yeo told us through an email. A total of $17,900 was raised by students.The trip which lasted from Feb. 18 – 27, relied solely on social media ...
Jan 5 2011
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How City Harvest uses QR Codes for Social Good
Today, everyone is leveraging technology to his or her advantage. City Harvest, a New York based food rescue organization dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children has taken a leap forward in its fund raising efforts. Back in November last year, City Harvest has reached out to potential donors via an innovative advertising campaign through the use of QR code technology. QR codes were incorporated in City Harvest’s print advertisements, phone kiosks, transit shelters, and even on Facebook. It functions like a barcode that can be scanned by ...
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Google wants to help 50 Million people in 2011 and here’s how
Google has started 2011 with charity in mind. Next year, the search giant has set its target to help over 50 million people. To make that possible, $20 million will be donated to these charity organizations: APC.org, ASHOKA, Bharti Foundation, Connecting Up, Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, LASA, NatureBridge, NPTech, NTEN, UNICEF. In general, Google’s effort will help improve education, health and technology infrastructure to various stakeholders in need. Most notably, 50 million children will be vaccinated against Polio. The video below is only available to those who have received Google’s newsletter. In ...
Dec 10 2010
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Mark Zuckerberg is a Role Model for Our Generation
Facebook Founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, together with 16 other America's richest people have pledged to give away huge proportion of their wealth. Giving Pledge is an effort led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett to commit the country's wealthiest people to step up their charitable donations. The Pledge has so far signed up 57 contributors, who include New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, CNN founder Ted Turner and film director George Lucas. Though not a formal contract, those who pledge are committing to give away at least half of their ...
Dec 4 2010
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@LadyGaga and More Celebrities Digitally Dead
Well-known celebrities like Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Usher, Serena Williams, Jennifer Hudson, and Elijah Wood have stopped updating on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. And it looks like they left a last message and testament video before they departed. Their last tweets direct fans to buylife.org where there are pictures of them resting in coffins. On 1st December, they have taken part in 'Digital Death' as part of World Aids Day to raise awareness and garner donations to save millions of real lives affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and ...
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Creative Fear Appeal Ads from WWF
You have heard of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and know that they work on issues related to the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. With the mission” to halt and reverse the destruction of our environment”, WWF tries their best to make this world a better place and currently has over 5 million supporters worldwide. The eye-catching advertisements make you think twice about the message they want to convey, and to arise the public awareness of the importance of protecting the nature. Among the third sector (otherwise referred ...
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