Help Haitian emergency relief by playing a game
A group of Mac and iPhone developers have joined together to help the emergency in Haiti by raising money and awareness of the victims of the terrible earthquake that hit their last Tuesday. They will be donating the proceeds of their app sales to Haitian aid organizations this coming Wednesday.
Inspired by Mike Piatek-Jimenez, developer of the Mac weather app Seasonality, who announced that he would donate 100% of his profits to Partners in Health for the earthquake relief through the end of January, a group of developers headed by Justin Williams decided to create a bigger effort.
Indie Relief currently consists of about 25 developers that will be donating all sales of their apps and games for the day of Wednesday, January 20, to a charity of their choice that will benefit the Haitian relief effort. The site will list the participating companies, what products will be part of the effort, and the charities they will donate to. Doctors Without Borders and Red Cross are two of the most popular for the relief effort, but any might be chosen.
If you want to participate and are a Mac or iPhone developer, you can email Justin at secondgearsoftware.com with your company name, product names, and the charity you will support. If you want to help in the donation, make sure to click on the site between now and Wednesday and decide which software you will buy, then start clicking that buy button on Wednesday. I’ll make another post on Wednesday to remind everyone.
BTW, the Mashable article linked above also notes that these are not the only two efforts to help the Haitians in this devastating time. The OmniGroup, which develops OmniFocus and OmniOutliner (both of which I use), are donating over $45,000 through company funds and employee contributions to four different relief organizations.
It’s just good to know that when the chips are down, you can always count on good people to stand up and help. Good people like Mac and iPhone users.
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[...] information regarding this excellent way you can help the Haitians in their desperate time of need, review my first post about Indie Relief. January 20, 2010 · Posted in Alert, Games, General [...]