Thousands of volunteers in hundreds of cities around the world are coordinating their efforts in the name of education for Twestival Global 2010 next Thursday, March 25.
The Twitter Festival uses social media for social good. To get involved, just go to the Twestival website, where you can register your city, your school or sign up to volunteer. Twestival will contact you with more information. Organizers will get a handbook and an invitation to the collaboration workspace online. You can also follow Twestival on Twitter for updates. Twestival events are 100 percent volunteer-driven and 100 percent of ticket sales go toward projects.
The first Twestival Global happened just last year on Feb. 12, when more than 1,000 volunteers and 10,000 donors came together to raise more than $250,000 in 202 cities around the world for clean water projects. More than 17,000 people were helped and 55 wells were built in Uganda, Ethiopia and India.
The second Twestival event occurred in September last year, when 130 cities participated in Twestival Local which invited organizers to host events and select local causes to support.
This year, Twestival aims to help put a dent in the 72 million children in the world who don’t have access to education. All proceeds will go to the non-profit Concern Worldwide, which aims to help improve living conditions for people living in poverty. Concern’s education programs currently reach over 700,000 people in 25 countries across the regions of Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.
Each city and school hosting a Twestival will be given the opportunity to select an area of education to support. This will be recognized with a special icon on their website once they have set a goal. For as little as $28 donors can provide a uniform, books, pencils and paper a child will need to attend a full year of school. Concern Worldwide guarantees that 100 percent of Twestival funds will go directly to project costs. Not many fundraising campaigns can say that!
Check out Concern Worldwide’s YouTube page to watch some amazing videos about the work they do.
Photo by 7 Nation Army via Flickr.