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This made me really misty eyed. It's a really good idea that will change peoples lives. I'm going to share this to everyone I know. Please share this on Reddit as well and make it viral. Nothing brings me down like seeing children with medical conditions and parents that can't afford treatment. It's so sad.
Great idea, seems like well executed as well. It might worth trying to get in touch with give well ( http://www.givewell.org/ ) to get a review, so transparency aspect of it will be much better documented.
May i suggest a "I just funded 's medical treatment with XYZ$ on http://watsi.org Facebook-share option? Or " just got new medical treatment from watsi.org", with a name and picture of that person.. Something like that to encourage people more to do the same as their friends do :)
We have a share option, we just don't have the pre-populated copy. We will work on that!
Beautiful. This site works on the same principle as ChildFund (Christian Children's Fund), but actually delivers the money where it implies it does. When faced with actual real people that are in need, it is difficult not to donate, especially that the donation process is so smooth and seamless. Not only made me reach for my wallet, it made me register on HH and comment, and that's much harder. Bravo! Keep on making…
ITYM 98.6% - 96.6% - £0.20 GBP of your donation directly funds treatment!
Or is there some awesome charitable PayPal fee structure that you are using?
Awesome guys, really nice and fast funding process (though if payment fails you are stuck with plain red message in blank page, you could improve on that one). The advice I can give you - steal best parts from Kiva, they have great and successful site. One of the things I missed was "tip" donation along with the treatment donation.
Great idea! Questions: how do you select who gets on the site? What protections are in place to prevent scammers listing fake illnesses? What proof is required before funding is handed over? Is funding handed to patient or doctor or someone else??
All great questions brador. 1) We work very closely with our Medical Partners to identify the lowest-cost, highest-impact profiles possible. Their Doctors identify the patients based on our criteria, and then we verify and accept the profiles as we receive them. 2) We only deal with our Medical Partners. Funds are sent directly to the partner to pay for the cost of treatment, and NEVER sent to the patient. The patien…
It would be even better if you integrated some way to fund sustainable projects related to the health and wellbeing of these people. Saving someone's life is an amazing thing. Helping a community develop programs to saves lives into the future is on another level.
Bravo You are doing a great thing, and I applaud you
The one thing you need to focus on above all else is transparency and preventing scams. Video of the actual person who needs the treatment would go a long way, as would video updates along the way. I'm thinking an Android app that the locals could use to document the process. If you solve that properly, this will really take off and do a lot of good. Also, you're going to eventually need to take a very small cut of t…