Wednesday, October 8, 2008

why so many?

ok i'm not quite sure why I realized it now but as i was on charity.com I started to wonder and realize that there are so many charities around the world and definitely in each country that some or a lot of them are working towards the same cause. Now my question is why are they working so separately from each other? is it an ego thing? is it disorganization? corruption? these questions pop into my head and now I am more sure of my grad project than ever. 

There is a need out there for some form of organization between people, charities, receivers, donors and much everyone because most of us are working towards the same thing and maybe all that is lacking is a network that can cross the globe and connect everyone. 

After talking with Don last week I have come to the realization that 2 of my ideas needed to be combined together to come to my solution. A network is needed to put everyone on the same field and a tool to communicate effectively the information, to inspire and to know what you are giving to. So from that my main objective now is to build a website site will be modeled after the google earth platform. 

Things it will have:
A globe that's rotatable
Profiles that can be created
Connection then be made through profiles
Profiles can be viewed and the Stories through the profiles will be the main driving factor
Inspiration from these stories capture people interest
Links will direct people to make similar contribution
Lists of people that were inspired to act from your story appear
These lists of links can also be activated and a web created to those donating
Charities can also create profiles.
This will allow charities to connect with one another on certain initiatives
Filters can be created that will allow one to sort through stories by different causes
News tickers maybe to inform on causes (good and bad) fed from different news sources around the globe.
The receivers of charity can upload what the contribution has done.
It can also include good deeds as well as monetary.
connects to you through email informing of people who have followed your actions
more to come.

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