Friday, September 24, 2010

V-Day

V-Day is a virtual organization that works globally to end violence against women and girls. "In 2010, over 5,400 V-Day benefit events took place produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating millions of people about the reality of violence against women and girls." V-Day has opened up women's shelters in Iran and Egypt, have collected satellite phones for Afghan woman and have raise $75 million over the past eleven years.
Because of today's technology V-Day is able to keep administrative costs very low - putting the majority of donations towards directly ending violence against women/girls - referring to themselves as a "virtual organization." While the site doesn't elaborate any further on operations, one could see the the site provides information for getting involved in specific V-Day events/campaigns. The site is also easy to navigate - I could quickly find information on their mission and how to donate.

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