Quote from: xhomerx10 on February 19, 2020, 07:24:17 PM

Quote from: Kakmakr on February 19, 2020, 09:04:21 AM

I was watching a video last night on this powder that can be placed in filthy water and it binds all the solids and also disinfect the water within 30 minutes. This got me thinking, if someone could get some Blockchain project running to help with the funding for a bunch of these packets, then we can make a real difference in people's lives. Demo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG90QjiAWTg

It should be something similar to this : https://www.gcfdn.org/Giving/Funds-of-the-Foundation/Procter-Gamble-Charitable-Giving/Childrens-Safe-Drinking-Water-Fund

A human can go for more than three weeks without food, but the maximum time a person can go without water seems to be a week.

We saw what massive difference the Pineapple fund made to charities, but I think a project like this will make an even bigger impact, because the water sources for many people are filthy around the world and a few packets like this will provide clean drinking water for 1000's of people for a whole year.

Do you have any interesting projects that can be linked to donations for charity projects like this? Please find a way to include this in your projects or to start something new. Huh

We can also crowd ask that P&G fund to accept donations in Bitcoin to also boost that project, if we cannot start something on our own. Wink

They currently only accept Credit card payments. Sad

- $7.50 - give a child clean water for a year...

If there is already a charity for safe drinking water and you feel you would like to help, why not donate your fiat currency? It's not necessary to recreate the wheel. Also, existing charities can't use Bitcoin in it's digital form; they must convert it to fiat first at further expense which is a waste of your donation. Accepting Bitcoin will not boost any charity - especially Proctor & Gamble's - with Bitcoin's total value at less than 0.2% of the world's money, it's not logical to think it would. Seriously, use your gov't controlled cash for charities. Keep your Bitcoins for yourself.

I think what a lot of people do not understand about this, is the fact that donations done with other payment options are lining the pockets of the Banks, with all the fees that are charged. The whole idea from the beginning was to reduce the cost of these transactions and to put the whole amount donated into the pocket of the charity. Wink

The other thing that are beneficial with a project like this is that we are creating a "reason" for people to use Bitcoin as a currency. It adds to the utility of the token, when you add use cases for the coin.

I could care less if Proctor & Gamble was a multi Billion dollar company or a coffee shop on the corner of the street, because we are not competing with them. We as a Bitcoin community are adding our own value to the charity and well being of children and people suffering all around the world.

I cannot believe that a few $1000 in bitcoin donations, would not make a difference in some people's lives and that it will not have a positive contribution to this world. Roll Eyes

Contaminated water can transmit diseases such Diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, and polio. Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause 485 000 Diarrhoeal deaths each year. By 2025, half of the world's population will be living in water-stressed areas. - Source : https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water

Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with faeces.- Source : https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water

We can help to reduce those statistics by only making a small bitcoin donation. Imagine if you made 1 donation of say $7 and you saved the live of 1 child. Wink