Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising

Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising: "4
Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. For every dollar donated it will donate $2.

The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the Children and U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The money will be donated to Network for Good, which will distribute the funds to the NGOs.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Why Americans are giving so little money to the Red Cross for Ebola relief - Quartz

Why Americans are giving so little money to the Red Cross for Ebola relief - Quartz: "To date, the American Red Cross has raised $3.7 million for the Ebola relief effort in West Africa. That’s a very small figure, compared to donations for major natural disasters. In general, Americans donate several orders of magnitude more to the Red Cross for disasters than they do for serious diseases like Ebola, measles, and malaria."



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