Comments on: World Malaria Day

By: Justin Kownacki - Sorry Guys: When It Comes to Your Audience, Size DOES Matter

Justin Kownacki - Sorry Guys: When It Comes to Your Audience, Size DOES Matter — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:04:06 +0000

[...] doesn’t mean everything she tweets is noticed by all 1 million people, but it does mean that what she tweets is, by definition, noticed by more people than what you [...]

By: The Constant Complainer

The Constant Complainer — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:12:57 +0000

I was impressed with how American Idol was focusing on malaria this year during their Idol Gives Back show. Very good cause!

By: Ending Malaria with 140 Characters « Cherita Smith | Social Media + Social Change.

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:02:31 +0000

[...] there are plans for some kind of coordination of these future social actions. I mean, iJustine randomly scrawling ?end malaria? on her hand in one of her videos whenever she feels like it [...]

By: Strawberry

Strawberry — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:28:22 +0000

No-vay, I’ll post a pic of my hand in DailyBooth. Yeah, you probably just want to see pics of sexy Strawberry! LOL. I did however text my donation… TWICE! I didn’t get a thank you confirmation after I sent my “Yes” response, so I submitted another. Goodness, my internet IJ crush phase will cost me mucho dinero. Thank god it’s just a phase. I guess I’m officially an IJ Lemming (whatever happened to that game?). Like the game, don’t jump off the cliff since Lemmings always obey their Queen! -ha-ha

By: Ghoster

Ghoster — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:47:30 +0000

This is a great and noble cause but how can we be sure that all the money will go where it needs to go for all the right supplies?
Politicians in foreign countries are infamous for taking the charitable funds and either locking it up in a mess of red tape or using for their own gain.
I call attention to the ill fated “Concert For Bangladesh”.

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“The concert raised US$243,418.50, which was given to UNICEF to administer. Sales of the DVDs and CDs of the concert continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF.

However, there were complaints about the high price of the album and allegations that there were delays in money from the album sales being sent to help the Bangladesh refugees. Allen Klein, then an executive at Apple Corps insisted the company made no money from the album or film and was only recovering its advertising and production costs. However New York magazine reported in 1972 that some of the proceeds remained unaccounted for. Klein denied it and sued the magazine for $150 million in damages.[4]

According to a June 2, 1985 article in the Los Angeles Times, by 1985 nearly $12 million had been sent to Bangladesh for relief. However, the money was tied up in an Internal Revenue Service escrow account for 11 years because the concert organisers had not applied for tax-exempt status.[5]

In a 1980 interview John Lennon (who did not participate in the concert) opined that benefits are “always rip-offs” and regarding the question where the money from the Bangladesh concert went, commented: “I can’t even talk about it, because it’s still a problem. You’ll have to check with Mother [Yoko], because she knows the ins and outs of it, I don’t. But it’s all a rip-off.”[6]

My suggestion: Look before you leap, people.

By: mike lucas

mike lucas — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:40:32 +0000

i think its so awesome how you and other youtubers are doing this, ive been tweeting all day about it and nobodys commented or done anything which REALLY irritates me!