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Suriko has OK'd this fundraiser, patterned after other reddit.com fundraising efforts:

http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/katawashoujo/wahaha

Donate for your favorite waifu! Provider 4 puts 100 quatloos on Rin.

I'd donate if I had money. I'm currently working a 42 hour 7 day week with no pay. =/ On the bright side, I'm on the forums while at work.

It's a great idea though, so you have my moral/ethical support.

What do they do with the money?

newnar wrote:What do they do with the money?

Free medical care to war-torn countries. I do need a good use for my college loan money...

Awesome. I'd chip in if I had spare money right now, but my dentist is going to end up taking it all and then some.

I'm already make monthly donations to Médecins Sans Frontières.

An extra kick from me to this worthy cause.

I know of doctors without boarders and they are both legit and a very good foundation. This firstgiving.com place though, I have not heard of before. Any confirmation the website collecting the money is safe and legitimate before I give them money? Much less important, Suriko gave the thumbs up for an independent fundraising effort with a Katawa Shoujo theme you say? Confirmation from Suriko if possible?

Atheists on reddit raised over $200,000 for Doctors Without Borders using this firstgiving URL:
http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/r ... m/ratheism
That made the papers:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/s ... 52146680/1
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/0 ... HT20111209
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technolo ... story.html

So yeah, firstgiving.com is legit.
Suriko can confirm, and I've asked if this topic can be stickied.

Doctors Without Borders is indeed a worthy cause, and all the volunteers there have my highest respect!

@Suriko: What made you change your mind after all this time of not endorsing any single charity?

Mirage_GSM wrote:@Suriko: What made you change your mind after all this time of not endorsing any single charity?

KS isn't endorsing it; I make a firstgiving.com page and asked Suriko if it was ok. The page says it isn't affiliated with KS.

I had a look at the TOS there, and I guess I'd rather donate directly to a charity.
That website collects more than 5% of the amount donated in fees. And no, that's without the credit card fee, which comes on top.