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Every day you click on this site, the European plastics industry will donate 10 cents to help WaterAid deliver clean, safe water and sanitation to people in Ethiopia. If we reach 1.5 million clicks by 22 June 2005 then a total of 150,000 euro will be donated to WaterAid.
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clicks so far
Reservoir tank
The community is laying the pipework for the gravity flow scheme
Please it's kinda important, it takes you 10 secs of your time, Thanks
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why would they want people to click in order to donate money? it doesn't make any sense at all.
They will reach way more than 1.5 million, for sure.
Me too!
why would they want people to click in order to donate money? it doesn't make any sense at all.
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Promotion and advertising. Sure, they can write a hefty check and send it off to WaterAid, and maybe that brings some good karma. But doing something like this, they can still make the donation, help people out and also get a few hearty pats on the back for being good people and possibly catching the eye of potential customers or investors that they wouldn't reach otherwise. And lest anyone feel cynical about it, realize that the more money they make, the more they can donate to good causes. Philanthropy is a tougher sell to the shareholders than marketing is...
Well, it's a registered UK charity, so it's all above board and in good cause, John. And as Vermilion says, the companies who are helping promote this will also be getting their own free advertising in this way...
That way we'll all get two clicks.
today it's "c) Over 50 years"
and though i'm sure it's goin to rub someone the wrong way... I find it stupid to criticize people in non-third-world countries for how much water they may or may not use. They're paying for it, if they feel like spending their own money, let them