Media, technology, and blogging allstars launched the largest online literacy and education experiment in history.
Timothy Ferriss, author of the New York Times Bestseller, The 4-Hour Work Week, has a new passion. Ferriss has recruited some of the world’s most successful and popular leaders in technology, media, and the blogosphere to conduct the largest online literacy experiment to date.
In conjunction with DonorsChoose.org and RoomToRead, LitLiberation is on the run to raise $1 million in 30 days, and in the process, help educate children around the world – and it starts now.
30-percent of rural children in developing countries aren’t enrolled in school. As one project, a group of people can choose to build a school for $17,000. When split among 10 friends, it breaks down to $1,700 each or $850 if 20 people contribute. Those involved will provide education to tens of thousands of children, have their names forever associated with the school, and also enjoy the opportunity to visit it in the future.
Described as a scalable education revolution, LitLiberation makes it incredibly simple for anyone to fund a specific project in developing countries or support U.S. public schools. It is the first time that anyone can, in five minutes, sign-up as a fundraiser and compete to raise money, winning world-class prizes in the process.
The first step is to decide whether to support education in developing countries, in U.S. public schools, or both. Then the next step is to choose a dollar goal based on that project, create on online registry, and then spread the word. Or, people can contribute to any one of the current campaigns already underway.
“LitLiberation is challenging people to take action now, bringing together citizen media and citizen philanthropy,” said Ferriss. “The wonderful thing about all of this is that we can help to fund something tangible, whether it’s a classroom, computer equipment, libraries or entire schools. Think about how incredible it would be to work with a group of people to build a pre-school in Cambodia and then go visit it together after it’s built!”
Get involved:
Ferriss’ Bid to Build a School in Vietnam
Prizes – Hang out with the founders of YouTube, race cars, have a dinner party with the Silicon Valley elite
Find a program to fund in developing countries
Create a page to fund the projects of your choice developing countries
Fund U.S. school projects
LitLiberation supporters include:
- Marc Andreessen (co-founder of Netscape and Ning)
- Rohit Bhargava (VP of Interactive, Ogilvy PR Worldwide)
- Drew Curtis (Fark.com)
- Jason DeFillippo (creator of Blogrolling.com, co-founder of Metroblogging)
- Tom Foremski (SiliconValleyWatcher.com)
- Sean Keener (CEO of BootsnAll Travel Network)
- Minjung Kim (Hot Rawker and Tech Kisser)
- Dave McClure (500Hats)
- Matt Mullenweg (Founding developer of WordPress)
- Robert Scoble
- Neil Patel (Pronet Advertising)
- Fabio Rosati (CEO of Elance)
- Darren Rowse (ProBlogger)
- Premal Shah (President of Kiva.org)
- Gina Trapani (Lifehacker)
- Brian Solis (bub.blicio.us, PR 2.0, Principal of FutureWorks PR)
- Steve Hanselman (co-founder of LevelFiveMedia, former group publisher for Harper Business)
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