Google Donates and Helps Collect Aid

• Tue, 13^th May 2008, 13:07
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After Cyclone Nargis struck Burma, Google put a donation link just below the search box on its site to Web users could actively participate in relief efforts.

The ruling military junta in Burma banned Google and Gmail from the region in the summer of 2006. 

Google added the donation link,  under it's search box. When you click this donation link it provides two donation options; one to Unicef and the other to Direct Relief International. Google will match these donations and provide up to $1 million to victims.

Google's donation page does not include any fees or charges, so 100 per cent of a donation will be transferred directly to relief efforts.

Microsoft is also helping out despite being banned in Burma.