Twitter is finally being used for good, rathering than just being annoying. Twestival is a worldwide event being held on Twitter to raise money for "Concern WorldWide"an organization that will use the money to help over 72 million kids worldwide get an education. The event will also help raise money for building schools, getting clean water to villages worldwide and help train people to become teachers. Twestival is in its second year and had already raised $208,000, and last year they raised $250,000.
When I first read about it, I didn't really get how it worked, but after looking at the website it looks like a great way to help out less fortunate people in the world. There are many ways to get involved in this event some of them following the typical volunteer format like organizing local groups to raise money and awareness, and bidding on celebrity auction items on Ebay. One of the less conventional ways to help involves downloading music from the radio site TwestivalFM and changing your avatars on social networking sites to ones they have designed. The main and most popular way to get the movement across is to tweet about it in your personal Twitter by using "@concern" to bring people to the site and have them give donations.
Its really refreshing to see something that it usually used to follow what self-deprecating thing some celebrity has to say for something that can actually make a difference in the world, so check it out.
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