Entries from May 2009
Author:
Katie Maxfield, May 22nd, 2009
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States will provide $110 million in emergency aid for displaced people of Swat Valley, where fighting between the Taliban and the Pakistani Military has driven more than 1.2 million people from their homes in the last month. Clinton praised Pakistan for “leading the [...]
Categories: Recent News Tags: Hillary Clinton, Husain Haqqani, mgive, mobile accord, mobile donations, mobile fundraising, mobile giving, pakistan, Pakistan refugees, Pakistan relief, Secretary of State, sms donations, SWAT to 90999, Swat Valley, Text Donations, UNHCR, United Nations
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Author:
Katie Maxfield, May 22nd, 2009
Dan Butcher of Mobile Marketer magazine wrote an article today about Alicia Keys’ appearance on American Idol last Wednesday, May 13th. Ms. Keys is a co-founder and global ambassador of Keep a Child Alive, a nonprofit organization that provides healthcare and housing to children with HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. Keys was accompanied by Noah, [...]
Categories: Recent News Tags: Africa, alicia keys, American Idol, HIV/AIDS, India, Keep a Child Alive, mgive, mobile accord, mobile donations, mobile fundraising, mobile giving, sms donations, Text Donations, Text Message Donations
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Author:
Stephen Joos, May 21st, 2009
Last night’s conclusion of American Idol brought back memories of last week’s episode where Alicia Keys appeared on the show and asked viewers to text ALIVE to 90999 to donate $5 to Keep a Child Alive.
Alicia Keys was joined on stage by a 15-year-old Rwandan rapper, Noah, who is a patient at the Kigali clinic [...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: alicia keys, american idol video, idol, Keep a Child Alive, mgive, mobile giving
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Author:
Stephen Joos, May 20th, 2009
In a followup to our post yesterday, we have the video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announcement of a text message donation program to provide assistance to 1.5 million refugees in the SWAT Valley. At 5:10 she discusses their mobile strategy and makes the call to action – Text SWAT to 20222 to donate [...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: Hillary Clinton, mgive, mobile accord, Pakistan relief, Secretary of State, Swat Valley, text disaster relief, Text Message Donation
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Author:
Stephen Joos, May 19th, 2009
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a pledge of $100 million in humanitarian support for Pakistan. The aid is for the 1.2 million Pakistani civilians displaced by recent fighting in the Swat Valley. In addition, she discussed a new way for Americans to help the relief effort through a text message donation campaign powered [...]
Categories: mGive Blog Tags: Hillary Clinton, mgive, mobile giving, pakistan, Secretary of State, sms donations, Swat Valley, Text Donations, Text Message Donations, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
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Author:
Katie Maxfield, May 14th, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Janet Staihar
202-797-7373
JStaihar@comcast.net
Keep a Child Alive Conducts First Nationwide Prime Time Mobile Giving Call to Action During “American Idol”
LOS ANGELES -Twelve-time Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys’ appearance on FOX’s “American Idol” Wednesday night (May 13) raised an astonishing $450,000 from more than 90,000 mobile donors who texted their donations. Keep a Child Alive is [...]
Categories: Press Releases Tags: AIDS, alicia keys, American Idol, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Keep a Child Alive, mgive, mobile accord, mobile donations, mobile fundraising, mobile giving, Noah, sms donations, text message donations mGive
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