BluMail Launches “Help Someone in Need” Initiative in Time for Holiday Giving Season
BluMail’s “Help Someone In Need” is a new Web site connecting people in dire need with those who want to help. Anyone, anywhere can make a request – for air travel, car repair/replacement, clothing, computers, day care, medical and dental assistance, education, utility bills, employment, funeral arrangements, furniture, groceries, home repair, housing, legal aid, etc. People who are moved by these stories can contact those who are asking for help and designate how their gifts get used.
Washington, DC, October 09, 2009 --(PR.com)-- BluMail (http://www.blumail.org) – the leading online portal that helps people, especially in developing countries, find information and resources for improving their lives – now offers a unique Web site that matches individuals in need directly with those who want to help them.
BluMail’s Help Someone In Need (http://www.blumail.org/help-someone) is the organization’s latest "make a difference" initiative. Founded in late 2008 at the United Nations, with initial support from U.N. organizations and the Cisco Foundation, BluMail provides free email accounts, educational content, employment leads, and information on entrepreneurship, networking, mentoring, and volunteering to people in developing countries who are new to using the Internet.
To see Help Someone in Need in action, visit the program’s homepage at http://www.blumail.org/help-someone and view the heart-wrenching story of Nazar Joodi, an Iraqi refugee whose hand was cut off during imprisonment under the Saddam Hussein regime. Forced to flee his country for safety, Joodi now lives in Washington, D.C, with his wife and four young children but is homeless, unemployed and dependent on government assistance.
So often, people read a touching newspaper article or watch a moving television news report and say to themselves, "I can't believe what this person is going through, I wish there was some way I could help." But the coverage typically doesn’t include information or suggestions on how to assist and make a huge difference in someone’s life. Until now.
"There are millions of us who do care, who do want to make a difference but don't want to write a check to an organization because we never know how our funds will be used and even whether they specifically helped that one person whose story moved us and inspired us to donate,” said Dr. Sarah McCue, founder and Chair of BluWorld, the parent organization of BluMail. “Help Someone In Need is unique because you can connect directly with the person you want to assist and change his or her life.”
Help Someone In Need is a caring place for anyone facing hardship to tell his/her story and ask for help. Anyone, anywhere is welcome to submit a request. Every month, the Web site will feature an individual or a family seeking assistance. Requests can be for air travel, car replacement, car repair, clothing, a computer, day care, medical assistance, dental work, education, utility bills, employment, funeral arrangements, furniture, groceries, home repair, housing, legal assistance, or any other needs.
People who are moved by these stories can: 1) directly contact those who are profiled and asking for help; and 2) designate how their gifts will be used. For more information, to request help or to offer assistance, please visit http://www.blumail.org/help-someone.
About BluMail
BluMail is an online community for anyone, anywhere, especially youth in developing countries, to find information and resources for improving their lives, local communities and countries. BluMail offers free email accounts as well as “make-a-difference” content and a networking and activism portal for the millions of people gaining access to the Internet in coming years as well as for those who are socially responsible in any country. BluMail partners with U.N. groups, other NGOs, nonprofits and technology companies to provide support and Web site content to raise global awareness of their missions. For more information and to register for a BluMail email account, please visit http://www.blumail.org.
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BluMail’s Help Someone In Need (http://www.blumail.org/help-someone) is the organization’s latest "make a difference" initiative. Founded in late 2008 at the United Nations, with initial support from U.N. organizations and the Cisco Foundation, BluMail provides free email accounts, educational content, employment leads, and information on entrepreneurship, networking, mentoring, and volunteering to people in developing countries who are new to using the Internet.
To see Help Someone in Need in action, visit the program’s homepage at http://www.blumail.org/help-someone and view the heart-wrenching story of Nazar Joodi, an Iraqi refugee whose hand was cut off during imprisonment under the Saddam Hussein regime. Forced to flee his country for safety, Joodi now lives in Washington, D.C, with his wife and four young children but is homeless, unemployed and dependent on government assistance.
So often, people read a touching newspaper article or watch a moving television news report and say to themselves, "I can't believe what this person is going through, I wish there was some way I could help." But the coverage typically doesn’t include information or suggestions on how to assist and make a huge difference in someone’s life. Until now.
"There are millions of us who do care, who do want to make a difference but don't want to write a check to an organization because we never know how our funds will be used and even whether they specifically helped that one person whose story moved us and inspired us to donate,” said Dr. Sarah McCue, founder and Chair of BluWorld, the parent organization of BluMail. “Help Someone In Need is unique because you can connect directly with the person you want to assist and change his or her life.”
Help Someone In Need is a caring place for anyone facing hardship to tell his/her story and ask for help. Anyone, anywhere is welcome to submit a request. Every month, the Web site will feature an individual or a family seeking assistance. Requests can be for air travel, car replacement, car repair, clothing, a computer, day care, medical assistance, dental work, education, utility bills, employment, funeral arrangements, furniture, groceries, home repair, housing, legal assistance, or any other needs.
People who are moved by these stories can: 1) directly contact those who are profiled and asking for help; and 2) designate how their gifts will be used. For more information, to request help or to offer assistance, please visit http://www.blumail.org/help-someone.
About BluMail
BluMail is an online community for anyone, anywhere, especially youth in developing countries, to find information and resources for improving their lives, local communities and countries. BluMail offers free email accounts as well as “make-a-difference” content and a networking and activism portal for the millions of people gaining access to the Internet in coming years as well as for those who are socially responsible in any country. BluMail partners with U.N. groups, other NGOs, nonprofits and technology companies to provide support and Web site content to raise global awareness of their missions. For more information and to register for a BluMail email account, please visit http://www.blumail.org.
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