StoryLink is a global charity platform where all children in need can anonymously share their story, and people from all over the world can donate funds to buy the products these children need with just a few clicks. Behind the online portal stands the first Slovenian non-profit start-up, which wants to ensure a happier childhood for children from socially disadvantaged families with the help of technology.
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Philanthropist pioneer Andrew Carnegie once said, "We cannot get rich unless we make others rich." The fact is, it's not a shame to get rich, it's a shame to die rich, as the father of philanthropy also argued. And Santa Claus may not really exist, but the following 20 most generous people in the world are a great substitute.Check out who the most generous people in the world are.
Europe is facing its worst refugee crisis since World War II. Hundreds of thousands of people - most of them from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - are forced to leave their homes because of the war. In Europe, they are met with both support and hostility. And while leaders on the continent are still trying to resolve the refugee issue, major football teams across Europe are already helping to tackle the crisis. Football will always be a religion in Europe, but these days it proves that some things are simply more important than what happens in ninety minutes on the pitch.
Are celebrities anything like us? Are we charitable, philanthropists? Then sure. In addition to the fact that some stars are really talented, they are also fair and philanthropic. Although Hollywood is full of divas and narcissists, we can be thankful for those who strive for selflessness. So who are the celebrities who used their fame in 2014 to do something good for the world?
Every year, L'OCCITANE Slovenia in its thirteen stores throughout Slovenia carries out a traditional charity campaign to collect funds to help the blind and visually impaired. This year, the entire amount from the sale of the charity bags will be donated to the volunteer center SLO-CANIS for the training of guide dog Loti for Mrs. Mira from Pameč near Slovenj Gradac, who was deprived of her sight by disease.
"Books About Town" is a wonderful project and a great mix of everything: fifty different artists have created fifty benches in different locations around London in homage to fifty works of classic literature. Londoners and tourists can sit on them until mid-September, when the benches will be sold at a charity auction.
For the homeless, cardboard boxes are a strong ally, as they are one of the few channels through which they can seek empathy from passers-by. But the cardboard with the inscription is not aesthetically attractive, even if it has graceful marks of the felt-tip pen. The range of the message is thus severely limited. But nothing more, because it was the font of the "Kings of the streets" of Barcelona that was the basis for the charity project of the Arrels Foundation and The Cyranos McCann agency, which turned the five into fonts.
With his work as a designer, costume designer and stylist, Zoran Garevski has made a strong impression on all areas of fashion in our country in the last seventeen years. During his career, he enthusiastically and completely unselfishly helped many young designers on their way to design, which he takes as a great honor. For his birthday, his friends are preparing a very special event for him, during which as many as 34 Slovenian designers will prove that even within a certain industry, individuals can come together and jump over all the boundaries of otherwise healthy competition.
Also this year, at the end of May, the capital of Vienna will be the center of one of the largest charity events in the world for the fight against AIDS, Life Ball. The red thread of the 22nd edition of this extravagant spectacle will this time be the "Garden of Delight", and it will be opened in front of the town hall by a hundred debutant dancing couples, including a homosexual couple.
Formatlon is a charity running event that will liven up Tivoli Park for the sixth time in a row. It runs for eight hours, and the winner is the one who runs the most kilometers in that time.
20th Century Fox offered filmmaker Casey Neistat $25,000 to produce a YouTube promotional trailer for the new feature film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which is said to be about dreams coming true.
Next Friday, Ljubljana's Tivoli will be full of red Santas, as well as red noses. The latter invite us to the 10th Santa Run and Walk.