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Pledge “chinaquake”

"I will give US$500 more to Chinese earthquake aid but only if 500 more people around the world will also donate at least US$20."

— Rebecca MacKinnon, Blogger, journalist, activist, teacher (contact)

Deadline to sign up by: 20^th May 2008
383 people signed up, 117 more were needed

More details
INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS:
http://donate.ifrc.org/
WORLD VISION:
http://www.worldvision.org
U.S. TAX DEDUCTABLE TO CHINESE RED CROSS:
http://www.givingchina.org/GiveNow.asp
IN CHINA/IN CHINESE:
http://www.taobao.com/cn/

Comments on this pledge

• Also please note: www.relief.asia will soon have a special fund for China quake relief.
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• For Canadians, the Canadian Red Cross ( http://www.redcross.ca ) has put up a separate fund entitled 'China Earthquake'
  Denis Yuen, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Also China Digital Times has useful information about how to donate directly to the Chinese Red Cross:
  http://tinyurl.com/4w2yo9
  (although their website is not working).
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• You can also donate through Jet Li One Foundation. (http://www.one-foundation.com/zhuanti/08... )
  Tangos Chan, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• One more link:
  http://www.give2asia.org
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Hong Kong Red Cross:
  https://www.redcross.org.hk/donation/use...
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• The Amity Foundation:
  www.amityfoundation.org
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Khamaid, focusing on the Tibetan communities:
  http://www.khamaid.org/programs/disaster...
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• just donated $100 on behalf of my family; we shall count for 5. :-)
  
  Thank you very much Ms. MacKinnon.
  cokelaker, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Bank Accounts listed by the UK China embassy:
  http://uk.china-embassy.org/eng/sghd/t43...
  Cathy Ma, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• I've compiled 24+ ways to give so you can decide which way is easiest for you (depending on your interest and your country):
  
  http://is.gd/gkw
  Elliott Ng, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Hi,Rebecca
  
  I created a presentation for this pledge,I share it on slideshare.net
  http://www.slideshare.net/OliverDing/ple...
  
  Would you mind spread it to all of signers?
  
  Many thanks for your kindness and love to China.
  小容(Oliver Ding), 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Dear Rebecca,
  
  Thank you very much for your generosity. Even though only 137 people pledged here so far, I am sure many many more have donated already or plan to donate soon. They did not pledge here because they did not know this web site, or they do not trust this web site, or they do not know how this web site works. (For example, if someone pledges here, does it mean that he or she can only donate to a few organizations specified by this web site?)
  
  Hence, please do not take the low response rate as an indication that only few people have donated.
  
  Many thanks again!
  Youxue Zhang, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Hi Rebecca
  Thanks
  
  Donate directly to the Sichuan earthquake victims
  Chinese Consulate in New York City
  http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/chn/t...
  jun yuan, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Slideshare team also blogged on it at their team blog:
  
  http://blog.slideshare.net/2008/05/16/sl...
  
  They also made China Earthquake as current Spotlight in homepage.
  
  http://www.slideshare.net
  小容(Oliver Ding), 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• To make this site more interesting, I will raise the stake. I will donate $5,000 more to Sichuan Earthquake relief (to a charity I choose) if 500 people (including those who already signed up) sign up here to donate at least US$20.
  Zhang, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Dear Zhang, you could create a new pledge and link it here:)
  小容(Oliver Ding), 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Thank you, dear Ms.Mackinnon, I am a Chinese working in America. I am going back to China for good this June. People in China are donating to the Sichuan earthquake area. I know some Chinese here in America have donated their money as well.
  My heart is warmed when I know people care.
  Thank you very much!
  jinyanbin, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Dear Oliver Ding,
  
  Thanks for the suggestion. I do not know how to create a new pledge. Furthermore, my purpose was simply to attract 500 people quickly to this pledge site. I am sure many more than 50,000 people have already donated or are planning to donate soon.
  Zhang, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Dear Zhang,
  
  It is easy to create a new pledge, just click on the menu "start a pledge".
  
  Try it, you could use pledgebank to do more things:)
  小容(Oliver Ding), 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• In cooperation with China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, the ministry responsible for disaster relief in China, Half the Sky Foundation has created the HTS CHILDREN'S EARTHQUAKE FUND. You may make a donation via GlobalGiving (http://www.globalgiving.com/pr/2100/proj...) or directly through Half the Sky (http://www.halfthesky.org/).
  Pam Han, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Why you are looking for 500 people's support to motivate yourself to donate?
  
  If you really want to help, just go ahead to donate!
  bijun, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Galvanised into action by twitter.com/jowyang and further by twitter.com/OliverDing. Will continue to do whatever I can to spread the word.
  Rachel Beer, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Bijun, Actually I already donated before I started the pledge. But I wanted to motivate as many more people as possible to donate along with me before I donate again. The intention is to increase the number of people who donate, beyond just myself. I think that makes sense... but if it doesn't for some reason, there is certainly no ill intent.
  
  Meanwhile, thanks to everybody who has posted good wishes and who has signed up on this pledge!
  
  Warmly,
  Rebecca
  Rebecca MacKinnon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Support!
  xin, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• bijun - the idea of having more people donate before rebecca does more is definitely noble - pledgebank is to:
  
  "help people get things done, especially things that require several people. We think that the world needs such a service: lots of good things don't happen because there aren't enough organised people to do them."
  
  Rebecca alone is just a fraction of us - but if we help support her we can do more for people in China :)
  
  For more information check out
  http://www.pledgebank.com/faq
  
  And the UK-China Embassy donation link has been updated to this: http://uk.china-embassy.org/eng/sghd/t43...
  Cathy Ma, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Doctors Without Borders currently has a small team working in affected areas. See http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/ne... for details.
  
  If you are in Hong Kong, you may make a financial contribution to the effort via: http://www.msf.org.hk/public/contents/ar...
  tsalon, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Dear all, I am updating the number of signers on twitter with twitter.com/rachelbeer about 30minutes
  
  Please join the mini campaign to support this pledge on twitter
  小容(Oliver Ding), 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• thank u everyone for your donation to Chinese earthquake aid.
  Han Yi, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• I just donated $1000 more to Half the Sky Children's Earthquake Fund behalf of our school. I'll hope you'll accept that from 50 the fifty kids, they're pre-schoolers, so unable to sign!
  Jenifer Weigand, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• short url for this pledge:
  http://tinyurl.com/6xo6nd
  
  Thanks to Jenifer, thanks to everyone.
  小容(Oliver Ding), 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• JPN 10000
  已完成。
  SinNeR, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Donated to Half the Sky children fund, will donate again to local fund raising events and my college alumni relief fund.
  
  If you are in Boston area, please also consider join relief walkathon or concert:
  
  Links on top of this page
  http://chinaearthquake.wikidot.com/
  
  Thank you.
  G. Chen, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Hi, Rebecca, this is POPO, I've forwarded your pledge to our community and was warmly responded, only too late.
  
  Actually, we're operating our own donation and will transfer to the matching donation initiated by government of Canada, here's a news link about it
  
  http://www.chinanews.com.cn/gj/bm/news/2...
  
  supposed you have no problem with Chinese reading :P
  
  Thank you, and bless my country and our world, pray for no pains, no fears, and no tears.
  POPOEVER, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Thank you, Jenifer and G. Chen, for your generosity and your trust in Half the Sky to ensure that the children benefit from your gifts. Thank you so much for your kindness and concern.
  Half the Sky, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Jenifer and G., we'd love to hear more about the 50 wonderful pre-schoolers and the walkathon/concert in Boston...Would you like to share more with us? If yes, please feel free to call us at 510-525-3377. Many thanks!
  Half the Sky, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• I donated US$5000 more to Wenchuan Earthquake relief as promised. I am sure a lot more than 500 people donated, although they did not come to this site.
  Zhang, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Rebecca: I am happy to join your list, made a contribution over 10 days ago to Red Cross, glad to multiply it by adding to your list. cheers, Allen Carlson
  Allen Carlson, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!
• Rebecca_ I am happy to join your list, made a contribution over 10 days ago to Red Cross, glad to multiply it by adding to your list. cheers, Allen Carlson
  Allen Carlson, 13 months ago. Abusive? Report it!