I’ve arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh and things aren’t nearly as scary as I’d expected! I’m staying at a great B&B where the owner has practically become my PA for the day and has me all set up with a new phone and I’m even online with it! I can pay monthly for unlimited web browsing for something like $15 and no contract. Bangladesh might be the surprise country for online workers.
I’m heading down to the volunteering place tomorrow morning early. I just wanted to do a bit of begging before I go. I’ll be working with Hands On Disaster Response and on their website they say that they can build a family a house for $425. I thought it’d be a good idea to try and raise enough for a house so I’m hoping some of you might want to help out.
Donations can be made on their secure donations page. If you’re a web nerd like me and have a site to promote I will add a link to Wanderstruck on a permanent sponsers page (that I have yet to create) for anyone who donates $25. Help a family, get that warm, fuzzy feeling and get a cheap permanent link to boot! It’s win win win.
This will be a bit of a test to see if I can use my websites to raise money for volunteering projects I participate in. The sponsers page will be linked straight from the homepage so I think in the long run it will turn into a valuable link. The idea is to keep adding links as more people donate… sort of like a wall of fame, I guess.
The only issue is that the donations go straight to the organisation so you will have to email me to let me know that you’ve sent them money and how much. Just stick my name (Kirsty Henderson) in the ‘on behalf of’ box so I can verify and then email me with your link and anchor text. No dodgy sites please!
That’s it for now. I was planning on being offline for the next five weeks but it looks like I’ll be sticking around after all thanks to Bangladesh’s surprise internet infrastructure. I’ll post a spending update for The Philippines shortly.
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