AIDS Clickathon – How the Internet is Helping to Multiply Ministry to AIDS-Orphaned Children in Africa
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 by Paul SteinbrueckLast week OurChurch.Com launched the AIDS Clickathon. The Clickathon is like an online walkathon. You click… our sponsors donate to a ministry providing food, shelter, clothing, education, and love to children in Africa who have lost their parents to the AIDS epidemic.
I’m very excited about doing something that will make a huge difference in the lives of many children who are destitute and living on the streets in Kenya. I’m also very excited about providing a way for lots of other people to join us in helping these children. As a techie, however, there are also some things about the Clickathon that get me excited because of the way Internet technology is being used to take this ministry to a whole new level.
So, in this article I’m going to look at how the inherent benefits of the Internet are having a huge impact on the effectiveness of Clickathon and its ability to help children in Africa impacted by the HIV/AIDS crisis.
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