Archive for the ‘Donation’ Category

How Rich Are You Compared to the World?

Monday, March 9th, 2009

There are 6.5 billion people, so would you wonder how rich you are compared to everyone else out there compared to everyone else? The global rich list lets you enter in your income and determine where you stand on the global rich list compared to everyone else. Of course this is just a silly game and not necessarily accurate at all, still it’s designed to make you think about how rich you are compared to everyone else.

In fact using the rich comparison program you can only be the 107,565th most richest person on the planet, it seems to stop at that number no matter how many 0s I enter.

The main point is to get your to donate. They throw in a few facts like 1. $30 could buy you an ER DVD Boxset OR a First Aid kit for a village in Haiti or 2. $2400 could buy you a second generation High Definition TV OR schooling for an entire generation of school children in an Angolan village.

Where did I stand on the global rich list, I estimated to be about 51,263,593 on the list. Keep in mind that we judge richness based on people around us, not by someone living in Indonesia or anywhere else…

Nick gets a Doener!

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Thanks to Scott, I have been donated 4 dollars towards the purchase of a Doener. In Germany where I live now, thats equivalent to 2 Euros 91 cents, and just about the price of a Doener. Read about exactly what a Doener is on my other blog: http://www.thelifeingermany.blogspot.com/.

Scott visited me a few days ago and arrive at 6 am in the morning looking like he hadn’t slept in a few days. He hitched a ride from Dresden to Stuttgart during the middle of the night, but had to wait in Stuttgart before he could reach me. Being the nice friend I am, I woke up at 6 am to pick him at the Tuebingen train station when he arrived. We spent two days walking around Tuebingen and planning our next business venture, opening a Hostel in downtown Detroit. A good idea? We think so. Look for it in 3 years…

Currently Scott keeps a travel blog at http://www.scottstravelblog.com/. I really benefited from most of the tips there.

A new way to donate…

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Besides for writing this blog, I also write a travel blog. I am earning enough money to survive, but sometimes my mind just goes blank and I have no idea what to write. I know the world is immensly large, but I have only been to so many places. Therefore brain freeze occurs daily. What I am asking is very simple: If you could just write me upto 200 words about your favorite place, then I might get some great ideas about what to write next on one of my travel blogs… Thanks for the help!

I would also like to thank Ira for donating some money to my help Nick eat campaign. With that money I was able to buy some fruit (apples) and a chocolate candy bar. Yummy! Thanks Ira!

Thats me and Ira in the Yekaterinburg Airport ->

Help Me Eat!

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Nick is getting rather hungry… Won’t you treat him to something? Simply donate some money and tell me what I should eat with it. How about a Doener Kehbab?