If you are reading this at this moment, it means that you probably have enough money to afford a computer. You can probably afford a house, food, clothes, and a car to drive you to work. You probably worked hard to earn that money. You probably do the same things every day, do what you need to do, go to the store, work hard, and listen to people speak, replying when they're finished.
But have you ever thought about people who can't do those things?
The people without money, food, water, clothes, a voice, the ability to hear, fresh air, human rights, books, the ability to read...
What happens to them?
Sure, we can donate our own to them, be generous. But, we use that money for ourselves, thinking, Somebody else will donate.
Now, we don't have to spend any money at all. In fact, we can use the computers and phones we have today, and just by making a search or opening a tab, we can help those people. Websites and extensions like Ecosia and Tab for a Cause now allow us to donate without donating money, or grow trees without working for it ourselves. Some people might call this, "being lazy," and they can go outside themselves and plant trees, or donate their own money.
But for the rest of us, we can stay inside on our electric devices, donating and planting trees while we do it.
On Tab for a Cause (TFAC), you can customize your new tab. Every time you open a new tab, it goes straight to TFAC, which will be like your new Google. Every time you open a new tab, you get a Heart. Every time you make a search, you get a Heart. And every time you send somebody a link and help them join, you get 350 hearts. You can level up and have fun while helping a community and economy.
Your amount of hearts appears at the bottom of the screen. Next to it on the left side, you see what level you are and how many more hearts you need to excel. The amount of hearts starts at 5 and increases by fives as you excel. On the right side of your hearts, you see two buttons: Earn Hearts, and Donate Hearts. Earn Hearts tells you ways to earn hearts and Donate Hearts will take you to a screen where you can see many different charities, and you can donate to any of them. The charities are as follows: Save the Children, Room to Read, Educate!, Human Rights Watch, Conservation International, Water.org, Action Against Hunger, and an organization that donates to nonprofits chosen by Nerdfighteria and the Project for Awesome.
For each Heart that is donated, TFAC's sponsors and supporters donate actual money to the organization that was chosen. Also, for each search that is made on TFAC, it takes you to Ecosia, which is a search engine. Every time you make a search on Ecosia, which you can do by searching on TFAC, a number is added on the counter. The counter is found near the top right of the screen. If you get to roughly 45 searches, a tree is planted.
I greatly encourage everyone to join in with helping out the economy, whether you do it online or in you backyard.
Link to Tab for a Cause:
Link to Ecosia:
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