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Category Archives: Philanthropy

Give a Laptop, Get a Laptop

I’ve been intrigued by the One Laptop per Child initiative for several months. Some of my interest is philanthropic, though part of me suspects that if we’re really interested in helping the youth of the planet, these funds might better go toward clean water, health care, and more traditional education. The bigger reason that it [...]

Posted 03 October 2007 § Computers § OLPC ‡ Comments (2)

Buy Software, Help Cure Cancer

My good friend Seth Dillingham has started his annual fund drive for the Jimmy Fund, an organization dedicated to cancer research. Not only does he ride in the Pan Mass Challenge to help raise funds for the organization, but he also puts together some fairly large-scale auctions of donated software. There’s always a ton of [...]

Posted 20 August 2007 § Friends ‡ Comments (0)

Kiva

I’ve added a new item to the “Do Some Good” sidebar this morning: “Fund a Microloan”, which leads to Kiva, a brilliant organization that brings together donors directly with poor business owners who are in need of very small loans for their businesses. The gist is this: you can browse the site to find a [...]

Posted 18 June 2007 § ‡ Comments (0)