Donate $5 for Swat Pakistan IDP’s From US Cell Phones
Posted on May 21, 2009 under Current Affairs, General, News, World News | No Comment
Pakistan Refugees
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived at the State Department promising what she called 21st century tools to meet global problems. It turns out you may have one of those tools in your pocket right now.
Tuesday Clinton enabled every American with a cellphone to help some two million Pakistanis driven from their homes in and around the Swat Valley in the battle against the Taliban. A quick text message from your personal phone sends in a $5 donation. This is in addition to the $100-million U.S. government aid package Clinton went to the White House to announce on Tuesday.
“Now, Americans can use technology to help, as well. Using your cell phones, Americans can text the word “swat” — to the number 20222 and make a $5 contribution that will help the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees provide tents, clothing, food, and medicine to hundreds of thousands of affected people,” Clinton said Tuesday in the White House briefing room.
Clinton tried it out herself, off camera. “And before I came over here, we did that in the State Department. So we are making some of the first donations to this fund.”
For details visit
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/19/clinton-text-aid-straight-to-pakistan/
http://riseofpakistan.blogspot.com/2009/05/good-work-by-clinton-for-swat-relief.html#links
