Dogecoin Foundation to Raise $50k for Kenya's Water Crisis
A $10,000 tweet, which many are calling 'the most valuable in history', has sent the Doge4Water fundraising campaign over its Ð40,000,000 goal using Twitter's dogecoin tip bot. @tipdoge tip @Doge4water 14000000 may we all drink water. let the wealthy fill your cup. #savethemhood. - Hood (@savethemhood) March 16, 2014 The Dogecoin Foundation, the nonprofit entity created by dogecoin's founders, has announced that its next fundraiser aims to collect 40m dogecoin ($50,000) as part of a month-long effort to fund the creation of two water wells. Held in support of World Water Day on 22nd March,....
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This is part 3 in a series about the BitGive Foundation's work in Kenya. Read an introduction or a photo essay about this project. In 2014, the BitGive Foundation led a campaign in the Bitcoin community to raise $10,000 in Bitcoin to fund a water well in sub-Saharan Africa with The Water Project. The Bitcoin community rallied and surpassed the goal, raising more than $11,000. The water well recently was completed in the western region of Kakamega, Kenya, and the BitGive Foundation was there to witness the community celebration. They wanted to capture the magic on film, and this short video....
Editor's note: To celebrate World Water Day, Bitcoin Magazineasked Connie Gallippi of the BitGive Foundation to write about a project the Foundation did in Kenya in partnership with The Water Project. To learn more about the BitGive Foundation, see part one of the series. Enjoy this story in Connie's own words and photos. After a long journey from the US to Nairobi, a short in-country flight, and about 2.5 hours of driving on unpaved and challenging roads, we arrived at the Shisango Girls Secondary School near Kakamega, Kenya. We traveled with The Water Project team and were also joined by....
Doge 4 Water met its goal early! Thank you, Hood, and everyone who makes a difference. A full week ahead of its self imposed deadline, the Doge-4-Water initiative met its fundraising goal of 40,000,000 DOGE (roughly $33,000 by today's exchange rate). Doge-4-Water is only one of many initiatives sponsored by The Dogecoin Foundation, a foundation conceived by the co-creators of Dogecoin to channel and protect the giving nature of the Dogecoin community. The Dogecoin Foundation takes no fees or commissions from any of its sponsored charities; it merely acts as a middleman between worthy....
Bitcoin proponents were thrilled to hear that the Water Project recently received an anonymous donation of 38 bitcoins — worth $23,000 USD at press time. The charity doesn’t know who sent the funds, but they are very grateful, as the money will go towards providing clean water and sanitation facilities to an entire school. Water Project Receives 38 BTC....
The event will include panels and presentations from Palmer, Litecoin creator Charlie Lee, and other entrepreneurs, activists, and investors in the Dogecoin community. Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency easily recognized by its Shiba Inu “Doge” meme on its logo, has much to celebrate since its inception in December 2013. In March 2014, the Dogecoin Foundation received over $30,000 worth of dogecoin for the the Doge4Water fundraising campaign to support NGOs providing clean water to people in need in Kenya. Furthermore, Dogecoin users, or shibes, raised money to sponsor the Jamaican Olympic....