April 22, 2009
Posted by Ryan Graves
Library for Laos: Social Web Changing The World
Friends,
I’ve never written an email like this before. Mainly because the lack of personalization, and also because I usually don’t like receiving them, please forgive me. I’ve recently been inspired by two phenomena on opposite ends of the spectrum: Impoverished illiterate children in the country Laos & the leveraged power of the social web. I’m excited to combine those things to see what an impact we can make on people who need it much more than we do. I want to humbly ask for your participation in helping me help someone else. If you’re compelled to donate, wonderful, if not your participation is critical to this mission so please, read further and share with others.
The Goal
My good friend Allen Burt has been traveling through Southeast Asia over the last few months and has hooked up with an awesome organization called ‘Big Brother Mouse ‘. Their goal, and ours, is to provide literacy opportunities for the children of Laos. We have organized a world wide campaign to raise funds for this organization!
My good friend Allen Burt has been traveling through Southeast Asia over the last few months and has hooked up with an awesome organization called ‘Big Brother Mouse ‘. Their goal, and ours, is to provide literacy opportunities for the children of Laos. We have organized a world wide campaign to raise funds for this organization!
Through LibraryForLaos.org & The $5K in 5 Days campaign, books will be purchased through the non-profit Big Brother Mouse, at an average cost of only $1.80 per book. With your help, we can provide thousands of books and fund reading programs for schools in rural Laos. Simply, contribute your lunch money or inspire 10 of your friends to contribute and share with 10 of their friends. This will take you only 3 minutes and YOU can help change the landscape of literacy in Laos!
When
During the final week in April we are going to launch a web wide effort to raise $5,000 US towards the children of Laos. Mark your calendars for Monday, April 27 – Friday, May 1. We’ll be accepting donation starting that Monday at 12:00am and going until Friday at midnight.
How can you help?
Easy…just go to LibraryforLaos.org and either go to the donate page to contribute monetarily. Or, use these links to share LibraryforLaos.org with all your friends, listservs, Twitter followers, or even stalkers on the web! Again, this sharing will only take you a minute so please help us spread the awareness of this cause!
– Share Libary for Laos with Twitter followers!
Why Laos?
The country of Laos is in a devastating state of poverty and the children of rural villages are suffering. Of a population of roughly 6 million, over half are under the age of 21. Increasing opportunities for literacy NOW, will have a substantial impact on the Laos’ future. Just as China and India have experienced a boom in education and thus impact on the world, Southeast Asia is next in line. With such a large number of children the potential impact is enormous.
Thank you so much for helping us raise funds for LibraryforLaos.org and Big Brother Mouse! On Sunday May 3rd we’ll send out an email letting you all know what dollar amount we reached! Your help and support is very much appreciated!
Cheers,
Ryan
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