On 6/24/05, Gena Fleming wrote: > Currently, people in need of funding need to do quite a bit of sleuthing > to find funding sources. Can we create an alternative? I am imagining a > website which showcases a diversity of projects through photos and brief > descriptions (women's rights, sustainable water purification, > permaculture, medicinal gardens, etc.) so that individuals who want to > donate can get an overview of a diversity of sustainable projects around > the world and choose specific projects they would like to donate > directly to, without the mediation of individual foundations. I think > this would serve the dual purpose of offering a new vision of a > sustainable world, while helping donors feel more personally connected > and involved with projects to which they are donating financial support.
It is definitely a great idea. From my experience, it is precisely the 'alignment' that takes place with individual mediating organisations that results in some amount of dilution of purpose for the grassroots players: your 'marketplace' (souk, bazaar, eBay) model provides an alternative. However, even that bazaar needs support - hosting, design, bug-fixing, the main tech issues, and other broader issues like certification, ratings, ancillary commercial issues and the like. We should discuss ways and means of getting this off the ground in a workable manner. -- Vickram ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
