White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "At the request of the Obama administration, crowdfunding site Kickstarter is hosting its first humanitarian campaign, aimed at raising money to help Syrian refugees, The New York Times reports. The weeklong fundraising event for the United Nations refugee agency was launched Tuesday, and by Wednesday morning had surpassed its initial $735,000 goal, an amount the agency said would provide immediate assistance to 3,000 people."



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Video: Facebook Says Thank You to Its Users for Donating Millions During Nepal Earthquake - India Real Time - WSJ

Video: Facebook Says Thank You to Its Users for Donating Millions During Nepal Earthquake - India Real Time - WSJ: "Six months on, funds worth more than $15 million have been raised through the feature, according to the social-media company, and on Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted a video chronicling how the money had been spent, from distribution of medicines to providing reproductive health services and surgical care.

According to the video, the donations allowed International Medical Corps to provide aid to 200,000 people in the aftermath of the two major earthquakes in April and May in the tiny Himalayan nation."



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