[Air-l] Internet as a tool for charity

[Dominic Pinto]

Chris

I'm not sure about research on use for relief efforts
as such. This was in reply to the earlier rquest
related to fundraising:
--- Steve Jones <sjones at uic.edu> wrote:

<snip>
> 
> Perhaps bringing this topic a bit back into the
> 'usual' air-l arena, 
> does anyone know if there has been any research on
> the effectiveness of 
> online solicitations for charitable donations
> (whether for disaster 
> relief or other needs), and/or comparison of them to
> non-internet 
> solicitations?
> 
> Sj
> 

Charities Aid Foundation in the UK has done some
research in this area - see 
http://www.cafonline.org/research/default.cfm

--- Christopher Helland <c_hella at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I know that the Internet and WWW where significantly
> utilized for fundraising and relief efforts when the
> tsunami hit SE Asia.  It appears that the Internet
> is
> again becoming an important tool for raising funds
> and
> distributing relief post Katrina.  Is anyone aware
> of
> any research done and published on the use of the
> Internet for charity and relief efforts?
> 
> Tks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> Christopher Helland, Ph.D.
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