the uend idea
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A walk-through of the typical ideas why people don't want to donate to a charity and how UEnd.org is different.TRANSCRIPT
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3,000,000,000(billion)
over
live on less
people
half of the worldAlmost
than $2.50 a day
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I never did anything
because...
and...
about it
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I didn’ t know it was that bad
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at
exploreI decided to the issues
I found new causes I believe in
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of poverty every day
25,000 children die
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yet I never saved
I didn’ t think I could make a difference
a life because
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If I assume I can’t help
because a 2% diversion of Christmas spending would put $20 billion toward eradicating world poverty
So I my assumptionslet go of
then I never will
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Less than 1% of that could put every child in the world
in school
Almost $1 trillion per year is spent on holiday gifts.
yet it never happens
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I never gave because I’ m just one person
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nothing
That’s not logical.
If everyone does
cares
will change.
but...
then nothing
Everything will changeThen
EveryoneIf
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unable to read a book or sign their
names.
Nearly 1 billion people
entered the 21st century
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I didn’ t help
because I couldn’ t afford to give
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A little is better than nothing.
Some conceptions need to be destroyed. Slay the Sacred Cow.
Everyonecan afford to give
CreativelyThink
Something
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Most of the money goes to overhead and salaries.
But charities aren’ t efficient anyways.
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“ what concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way
people think things are ”
go directly to the project of choice
of donations through 100%
-Epictetus, Philosopher
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have inadequate access to water
1.1 billion people in developing countries
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yet I’ ve been too busy to give
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So I reversed my viewpoint
“ You can’ t see the good ideas in front of you by looking twice as hard at what’ s behind you”
Online gifting at
-Andrew Mercer, Innovator
takes less than 5 minutes to complete
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And I couldn’ t find a cause I believed in
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So I challenged the rules
There are almost 100 projects in
he can choose from
and gave to a friend
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gave a gift,
You can do the same
I changed the way I think. made a donation, and changed the world.
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Our MissionUEnd.org exists to inspire and empower North Americans to refocus a portion of their Christmas spending towards strategic and sustainable projects in the developing world to help them eradicate poverty.
visit us online at www.uend.org