When a disaster strikes, caring people all over the world seek ways they can help. Usually that means giving funds to a global relief organization like the Red Cross. But in the age of crowdfunding, giving to relief efforts takes on an entirely new flavor. You can see that in action on our portfolio company CrowdRise’s service this morning.
Crowdfunding means you can target your giving with more granularity.
You can give to this family in the US raising money to help their relatives in Nepal, who are now living in a temporary tent and are in desperate need for help.
You can give to this campaign where CrowdRise employee Mallory is raising funds to go to Nepal and help.
You can give to this campaign that celebrates Google engineer Dan Fredinburg who was killed while climbing Mount Everest this weekend.
You can give to this campaign that benefits a local relief effort.
The Gotham Gal and I have given to all of these campaigns and I hope you will consider giving to something as well.
All of the Nepal relief efforts on CrowdRise can be seen here.