Current Affairs Czechs out in front when it comes to SMS aid donations
The Czech public has responded overwhelmingly to the Indian Ocean disaster, giving 125 million crowns (around 5.5 million US dollars) to date. What is particularly interesting is how donations have been made, with mobile phone text messages by far the most popular method. Indeed, Czechs have made over one million SMS donations, very impressive for a country of 10 million inhabitants. I discussed this novel approach with Pavlina Kalousova of Forum darcu, or the Czech Donors Forum.
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