On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Snowdon, Ted wrote:
> At risk of being overly cynical - what is the connection to the
> UN. I just searched for 'thehungersite' on the main UN web page -
> and nothing was returned, suggesting to me at least it has nothing
> to do with the UN.
It's not a UN site but there is a connection. According to its
website:
The Hunger Site is owned and operated by GreaterGood.com
(www.greatergood.com), a for-profit
company based in Seattle, Washington.
The donations of staple food are paid for by The Hunger Site's
sponsors and are distributed to
those in need by the United Nations World Food
Programme, Mercy Corps and America's
Second Harvest. Donations are split evenly between
these organizations and go to the aid of
hungry people in over 80 countries, including those
in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle
East, Latin America and North America.
The Hunger Site was the first "click-to-donate"
site on the Web. To date more that 101
million visitors have donated more than 198
million cups of staple food. ... With over 3.5 million unique
visitors each month, The Hunger Site has become one of the most
trafficked sites on the Internet.
Comment: I've been waiting for a hacker to offer some sort of utility
that sends a "Donate Food" instruction automatically from my machine
every day--it can't be that hard!
By the way, the other major one-click activism sites are available
from the hunger site: buying rainforest land, children with AIDS, etc.
Maybe its the new postmodern activism--better than nothing, anyway.
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