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More on bloggers and tsunami aid efforts

29-Dec-2004 By Jim

Xeni Jardin:
The total number of dead is now believed to be more than 80,000, and rising. In some places, one in every four citizens have lost their lives. Many of the areas hit were extremely poor to begin with, and some 1/3 of the dead are children. Following up on previous BoingBoing posts about fundraising and relief efforts kick-started in the blogosphere:

Scott Hanselman proposes that Google allow bloggers that use AdSense to donate ad proceeds to tsunami relief. Link (Thanks, Peter Provost).

Andy Carvin at Digital Divide Network says, “In response to this week’s devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the Digital Divide Network has created an online community workspace on disaster relief and emergency preparedness: Link. The virtual community can be used for posting online resources, documents, news, and articles about tsunami relief efforts. Users also may take advantage of the site’s Web bulletin board and post their own blog entries.”

BoingBoing reader Andrew Falconer proposes that folks who’ve received holiday gift cards convert them into donations to a tsunami relief charity. “I’ve emailed Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Swapagift.com… regarding gift card donations directly to tsunami relief charities. Amazon.com… has already implement

…excerpt from: www.boingboing.net…

Filed Under: blogosphere, Indian Ocean Earthquake, World