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SMS donors give $20m
More SMS donation campaigns for tsunami relief: -- Organisers of Germany's biggest New Year's Eve party, to be held at the landmark Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, said party-goers could make donations to the UN Children's Fund by sending a text message to a special number, reports Associated Press. Every message featuring the word UNICEF sent to the number will raise 2.65 euro ($A4.67) for emergency relief. Up to a million people are expected to attend the event. -- In Spain, Telefonica moviles, mobile offshoot of Telefonica, announced it was inviting customers to send messages for 0.90 euros ($A1.59) to three non-governmental humanitarian organisations with the company donating the entire proceeds raised from the operation to the victims' fund. -- Singapore's three telecom firms said they would launch SMS-based services on New Year's Day for mobile subscribers to contribute up to 50 Singapore dollars ($A38.82) by sending a text message to a specified number. The largest company, SingTel, said in a statement that it would also open a hotline for donations. -- Pakistan's mobile operator Paktel will donate the entire income from its SMS services for the period December 31st, 2004 to January 1, 2005 to help the tsunami victims, reports Urban Pakistan. -- Australia's telecommunications provider Telstra will rebate all fixed, mobile, and Internet communications costs incurred over the next month by nonprofit organizations trying to communicate with anyone in the affected regions, reports Information Week. -- South Africa. A Johannesburg-based company has also come forward and "donated" an sms number for use in raising funds for tsunami victims, reports The Daily Dispatch. The number is 38727 and callers should send the word "help" at a cost of R10 per sms. Individuals can send as many SMSs as they wish to the number, which is being publicised by SABC radio broadcasts. -- And the South African cricket board is raising funds for tsunami victims. Cricket supporters are urged to SMS the words "Cricket Supporter" to a Hotline number, according to Indo Asian News Service. Related: -- Roundup of tsunami relief SMS fund raising campaigns around the world -- Links to all Tsunami/cell phone stories posted in Textually.org. |
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