Wednesday, April 12, 2006

The Prague Post Online-Donations via mobiles catching on

The Prague Post Online: "Donations via mobiles catching on

Sending DMSes helps charities a little at a time, at any time

By Iva Skochová
Staff Writer, The Prague Post
April 12, 2006

Ladislav Kratina, a disabled employee of Centrum Paraple, demonstrates a DMS to the foundation.

It takes Simona Luczyová, a skilled text-messager, all of 20 seconds to donate money to charity — thanks to her mobile phone.

Since last year, she's been making contributions to Kapka naděje, which provides support to children with leukemia, through its Donor Message System, or DMS, which deducts money from people's mobile phones."

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