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stern-online - Armenspeisung mit der Maus
Alle paar Sekunden stirbt ein Mensch an Unterernährung, meist sind die Opfer noch Kinder. Jeden berührt die Not in der Dritten Welt, doch wirklich helfen wollen nur die wenigsten. Die Hungersite macht es nun besonders einfach und auch billig, den Ärmsten auf dieser Welt eine tägliche Mahlzeit zu verschaffen. Man muß lediglich den "Donate Free Food" Button klicken und ein Sponsor überweist das Entgelt für eine Mahlzeit an eine renommierte Hilfsorganisation.
Besonders großherzig erscheint, daß der Spender anonym bleibt und man keineswegs per Klick auf dessen Web-Page landet. Um die Geber nicht zu überfordern, ist die Spende jedoch auf einen Klick am Tag je User limitiert. Mit dieser Aktion wird man den Hunger sicherlich nicht weltweit beenden können, aber eine Liste (http://www.hungersite.com/donationstodate.html) zeigt, wieviel Mahlzeiten "erklickt" wurden. Was spricht also dagegen, die Hungersite zur Startseite ins Internet zu machen und jeden Morgen einmal aufs Knöpfchen zu drücken.
http://www.stern.de/webguide/webreporter/ausland/1999/06/21/hunger.html

Computerzeitschrift c't 14/99, S 66 - Hunger lindern helfen
Eine neuartige Verbindung aus Benefiz-Sponsoring und Online-Mechanismen stellt das Konzept von The Hunger Site dar. Unternehmen bezahlen im Rahmen eines besonderen Sponsorings Essensrationen für hungernde Menschen, indem sie den entsprechenden Betrag an eine der anerkannten Hilfsorganisationen überweisen, mit denen die Site-Betreiber zusammenarbeiten. Der Sponsorenvertrag sieht vor, daß für jeden Buttonklick eines Besuchers, den ein Zähler verzeichnet, eine Ration bezahlt wird, die einen Menschen einen Tag lang vor dem Hungertod bewahrt. Um den Umfang des Sponsorings kalkulierbar zu halten, registriert der Zähler für jeden Besucher nicht mehr als einen Mausklick pro Tag. Die Betreiber empfehlen, die Seite mit dem Button als Startseite im Browser einzutragen, so daß die täglichen Surfsitzungen mit einem gleichsam wohltätigen Klick beginnen, der den Besucher lediglich ein paar Sekunden Zeit kostet. Angenehmerweise bekommt man nach dem Klick nicht etwa massiv Werbung des Sponsors zu sehen, sondern nur ein kleines anklickbares Banner. Es gibt keine automatischen Werbefenster, und man braucht sich auch nicht durch irgendwelche Webseiten des Sponsors hindurchzuklicken. Auch die Tatsache, daß der jeweilige Sponsor offensichtlich nicht aus der üblichen Hot-and-quick-Riege kommt, spricht für Seriosität. Im Juni war hier beispielsweise ein amerikanisches Pharma-Unternehmen vertreten. Neben der ungewöhnlichen Klick-Aktion findet sich auf der Hunger-Site noch eine Linksammlung zu Hilfsorganisationen, außerdem informieren kurze Texte über Zahlen und Fakten zum Thema Hunger in der Welt. (psz)
http://www.thehungersite.com

Wenn Sie selbst einmal nachsehen wollen: http://www.hungersite.com; http://www.thehungersite.com; http://www.hungersite.org; http://www.thehungersite.org

UrbanLegends.About.com - Is the Hunger Site Legit?
From the Mailbag...
Dear Guide:
I received this message today and did not find it listed on your current hoaxes, etc. page. Have you heard of this? It can't possibly be legit...
Subject: FWD: The Hunger Site This looks like it's for real and it's a really neat website! All you do is click a button and somewhere in the world some hungry person gets a meal to eat at no cost to you. If you look carefully at the map that every time someone dies of hunger - India blinks the most..... The food is paid for by corporate sponsors. All you do is go to the site and click. Visit the site and pass the word. Dear Reader:
You can't be blamed for being skeptical. On the surface there's not much to differentiate this warm, fuzzy offer from the dozens of "forward this to everyone you know" scams and hoaxes already out there. It even seems to promise something for nothing, usually a classic sign.
But on closer examination, this Website turns out to be unique. The Hunger Site doesn't ask much of you, but it does require that you view a small blurb from one of its sponsors when you click the button to make a donation. In exchange for that exposure, the sponsors contribute funds which are channeled to reputable international programs to feed the hungry. All the available evidence indicates that the Hunger Site, founded by private citizen John Breen as a personal contribution to improving the plight of the world's poor, is completely legitimate and really works.
In a recent edition of the Internet Tourbus, Patrick Crispen confirmed the site's integrity through one of its sponsors:
I know this whole "click on a button, feed a hungry person" story sounds too good to be true, but I called one of the Hunger Site's sponsors and they confirmed that they were indeed donating 3 cents for everyone who clicks on the site's "Donate Free Food" button. The sponsors are donating the money to generate goodwill (and, truth be told, sponsoring the Hunger Site is also a brilliant marketing move -- once someone clicks on the "Donate Free Food" button, they are taken to a page that shows a small ad for the sponsor. The click-through rates for these ads must be phenomenal!)
Internet Tourbus - July 22, 1999: In response to my own inquiry, Anthea Webb of the United Nations' World Food Programme confirmed that it does indeed receive donations via the Hunger Site and labeled the project "innovative." According to Webb, "Cash donations equivalent to more than a million servings of food have been donated since the site opened in June 1999." See the World Food Programme's July 29 statement for further details.
You can also visit the Hunger Site itself to learn more: http://www.hungersite.com.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blmail2.htm

AOL Internet Tourbus - HUNGERSITE.COM
Here is the set-up for what could possibly be the PERFECT urban legend: visit a particular Web page, click on a nondescript button on that page, and some hungry people somewhere in the world will magically receive some food. As urban legends go, this one has EVERYTHING: you feel sorry for the starving people, you want to do something to help ease their suffering, all you have to do to help feed these starving people -- and, at the same time, ease your conscience -- is to visit a particular Web page ... heck, even *I* couldn't write an urban legend THIS good.
Well, folks, this isn't an urban legend. There really is a site out there called "The Hunger Site" that is donating money to hunger relief organizations. All you have to do to make a donation is visit http://www.hungersite.com/ and click on the "Donate Free Food" button. Every time you click on that button, one of the Hunger Site's sponsors donates 3 cents to the organization running the Hunger Site's Web page. Of that 3 cents, approximately 2.58 cents is sent to an international relief organization [currently the donations are going to the United Nations World Food Program]. That may not sound like a lot of money, but 2.58 cents is enough to both purchase and transport one and a half cups of cooked rice or grain cereal.
I know this whole "click on a button, feed a hungry person" story sounds too good to be true, but I called one of the Hunger Site's sponsors and they confirmed that they were indeed donating 3 cents for everyone who clicks on the site's "Donate Free Food" button. The sponsors are donating the money to generate goodwill (and, truth be told, sponsoring the Hunger Site is also a brilliant marketing move -- once someone clicks on the "Donate Free Food" button, they are taken to a page that shows a small ad for the sponsor. The click-through rates for these ads must be phenomenal!)
There is one small piece of bad news, though: you can only click on the "Donate Free Food" button once every 24 hours. In other words, even if you click on the button a million times, you can only donate 3 cents a day. Still, if you are looking for a way to make a small difference in the life of someone suffering from hunger and malnutrition, add the Hunger Site to your bookmarks and try to visit it once a day.
http://listserv.aol.com/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9907D&L=tourbus&P=R2&m=51 (Stand 1999)

Im August 2001 wurde die Zusammenarbeit des UNO World Food Programme mit der hungersite leider eingestellt; davon habe ich mich selbst überzeugt:

Von: Denise.Veiga@wfp.org [SMTP:Denise.Veiga@wfp.org]
Gesendet am: Mittwoch, 08. August 2001 09:38
An: Robert Koch
Betreff: WFP and the Hunger Site

Dear Mr. Koch,
thank you for your message. I should let you know that the World Food Programme (WFP) has terminated its relationship with The Hunger Site effective 23 November 2000, due to unacceptable delays in the remittance of funds collected for the hungry. A copy of WFP's press release is below, for your information.
Sincerely,
Denise Veiga
WEB Administrator
World Food Programme
http://www.wfp.org

The World Food Programme is the United Nations'front-line agency in the fight against global hunger.
In 1999, WFP fed more than 89 million people in 82 countries including most of the world's refugees and internally displaced people.

WFP's press release:
WFP ENDS RELATIONSHIP WITH HUNGER WEB SITE

After careful consideration, the World Food Programme has terminated its relationship with www.TheHungerSite effective Thursday, 23 November 2000.
WFP decided it could no longer permit GreaterGood.com of Seattle, WA, or TheHungerSite.com, to use its name for fundraising or promotional purposes.

The decision was prompted by GreaterGood.com's inability to remit to WFP monies collected on behalf of the hungry poor from sponsors of TheHungerSite.com. TheGreaterGood.com collected $371,675 from sponsors of TheHungerSite.com between July 1 and September 30, 2000. However, The GreaterGood.com has remitted only $200,000 of this amount to WFP.

The World Food Programme remains very grateful for the $2.9 million in contributions generated by The Hunger Site since it began operations in June 1999. However, WFP believes that the individuals who clicked on the site and the sponsors who have paid for those clicks from the site's inception to the present time intended that their donations should be used by WFP to provide food to the hungry.

Im Herbst/Winter 2001 ging die hungersite mittlerweile wieder online.

Die Spendenmöglichkeit nach dem gleichen Schema gegen Kinder-AIDS sowie für die lebensrettende medizinische Versorgung von Kindern wurde nicht wieder aktiviert.