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$1billion. one BILLION dollars. That's 30 truckloads full of 5cent coins according to satirical humor. Anyway, that's also the total tax-deductible donations to charities in 2012. Hooray Singapore!

We were especially heartened to see that individual donations increased by a whole 13%, and we hope you were part of it! 

At One Cent Movement, we're working hard to build a product that will harness the collective impact from individuals, and channel them towards charities in need. 

The team at One Cent Movement loves technology, especially when technology is used to do good. Looking at our super-interconnected online world today, It's hard to believe that prior to 2010, there just wasn't any platform available in Singapore for online donations to be made. 

An effective use of technology saw the creation of SG Gives, or Singapore gives in 2010, an online portal for donations to be made to Singapore-registered charities.

Since going "live" in early 2010, the platform has raised almost $20 million for charities across multiple sectors. 2012 in particular saw a record year of $8.5 million donations through SG Gives, a 37% increase compared to the previous year.

We're really excited to announce that we are working closely with the awesome folks at SG Gives to allow your donations to reach their pool of over 250 charities.

Technology.

So we're sitting in our labs and dreaming out a future where everyone can give a little, each day, to someone else in need as part of their everyday transactions.

Let's do some math - assuming that a quarter of the world's population can afford to give just 1cent a day, that's $1.75M that can go do fund all sorts of good work globally. This is the power of the individual donors, and what we can do collectively when we pool our efforts together.

In a thought piece published by Salt.sg back in 2012, the study assessed and concluded that individual giving proves to be a lot more resilient than corporate giving. At One Cent Movement, we hope to harness the efforts from individuals like you and I, to encourage philanthropy and turn small change into a big difference in our society. Collective resilience, we say. 

While we continue to develop the plug-in, you can support us by telling your friends about us by sharing this page, liking us on Facebook and signing up on the invite-only mailing list to download the beta version plug-in once it's ready!

Web In Travel 2012 supports One Cent Movement with a free pass worth $1888 so that we can reach out to the high-transaction web travel companies attending this prestigious must-go conference for all in the travel industry.

Web In Travel is also no stranger to CSR (corporate social responsibility). Unlike most conferences, WIT actively chooses causes around the world and raises money in support of those causes. 

For example, at WIT Tokyo in May this year, WIT raised US$20,000.  The proceeds went towards Living Dreams, Japan - re-building school and cheering up the lives of kids affected by the 2011 tsunami.

They continue their journey of purpose come October 15 as Paralympian and artist, Gregory Burns, creates a work of "Transformation" which will be auctioned off at the end of the conference.  The funds will go towards the Island Foundation which strives to raise IT and English literacy among rural kids in Riau Province, Indonesia.

Web In Travel Conference 2012

Oct 15-17 2012 Marina Bay Sands Singapore

If you haven't yet signed up for it, don't hesitate to click here and immediately see the many amazing delegates and speakers involved. The value of WIT in today's travel industry is key to unlocking the success of your online travel initiatives. We are proud and extremely grateful to be sponsored for this event and hope to see you there!