There were a lot of good speakers and 5 minute presentations at last night’s Ignite Seattle, but one that stuck with me in particular was Jonah Burke’s Darfur Wall project.
From O’Reilly Radar:
Jonah Burke left Microsoft to found the The Darfur Wall with his father and brother a couple of weeks ago. If you’re not aware Darfur is in a crisis. The Burkes have created a novel website for collecting money. There are 400,000 subdued numbers on the site; each time a dollar is donated a new number is lit. All of the monies go to Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children and others. In just 21 days, they have raised $5052 from 445 donors. Buying a number is fast and easy; consider it. (Blog).
When I look for donations to make during the holiday season, I always try to look for both local and global causes. In some ways, this accomplishes both. Helping someone locally who is trying to affect change globally seems like a perfect mix.
Jonah – I didn’t get to meet you last night, but I really appreciate the work you are doing to help this troubled region.
2 replies on “Darfur Wall”
Thanks, Randy.
Awesome project. I just donated and will promote it throughout my org at Microsoft. Many thanks to Jonah and his family for not only creating a beautiful mechanism to raise funds, but for picking such a needy part of the world.