The tragic situation in Darfur has cost the lives of 400 000 people. In an attempt to raise money and awareness the Darfur Foundation have created a striking demonstration and collection method. They have created The Darfur Wall. This is 400,000 dark numbers spread over 40 pages. Each number represents one of the 400,000 people who have been killed in the Darfur genocide.
Each visitor can pick a number and, by donating one dollar, the number is lit up.
The founders carry the administrative costs so, aside from the Paypal fee, the money is divided equally between the four organizations supported by this foundation, allocated specifically to Darfur relief efforts.
Since the wall went up in November:
Numbers lit: 12270 of 400000
Total amount donated: $12,542
Number of donations: 848
Average donation: $14.79
Percent lit: 3.07%
Pages fully lit: 0 of 40