Philanthropy just got a lot more accessible! A 25 year old British entrepreneur,
Tom Hadfield has started an online initiative to help fight malaria. He came up with the idea for
www.malariaengage.org after a trip to Zambia where he got a close-up look at the mosquito-born disease.
MalariaEngage.org connects people who want to help directly with researchers working in Africa on malaria prevention, treatment and capacity building projects. It was designed to give people a channel to do something in practice about that ethical value of solidarity, to mobilize a vast untapped pool of support – not just to raise funds but also to create a worldwide community of people committed to changing the face of global health, and thus putting social networking into good use.
The site encourages people to donate $10 or more to help support research projects in Tanzania, such as developing plants like lemongrass to repel mosquitoes.
Hadfield had made news when he created Soccernet, a sports Internet company that was sold to ESPN for $40 million when he was 17 years old.
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