Donating to the World Food Program

I'll be donating Pinboard revenue for the remainder of the year to the World Food Program, which is providing critical food assistance to Syrian refugees. They have faced severe budget shortfalls this month:

On December 1st, the World Food Programme (W.F.P.), announced that it was suspending its operations to feed one million seven hundred thousand Syrian refugees—scattered across Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, and Egypt—because it had run out of money. (The program is under the auspices of the U.N., but funded entirely by voluntary donations.) Under the program, Syrian families received the equivalent of a dollar a person each day to buy food at local shops. This operation cost sixty-four million dollars a month, and, while governments and private donors had helped to fund it throughout most of 2014, there was no longer enough money to carry on. This was “disastrous,” the Programme said in a statement.

If you've wanted a Pinboard account but prefer that your money go to a worthy cause rather than supporting my indolent lifestyle, this is the perfect opportunity. And if you have the means, please consider donating to the WFP directly.

—maciej on December 21, 2014