The obolos (gr. οβολοσ) in ancient times was a
silver coin paid to Charon the ferryman of Hades for a save passage across the
river Acheron. Those without wealth were forced to wander the banks for one
hundred years awaiting salvation. Yet, such a minor tribute still parts the
miserable souls and the prosperous e.g. an estimated
800 million
undernourished people struggle each single day to subsist. Even in developed
market economies
10 million starve. Per capita just
1.3 kg of
nutrition aid is provided to these poor souls (data: fao.org). That is just not
enough and we often forget to care. But with obolos you can make a change right
now. Keep searching the internet with Google, Bing or Yahoo! but start here.
Changing your browsing behaviour just a bit can make our advertising space the
most valuable of the world wide web. If only
1% of all
1.6 billion
daily queries (data: ComScore) is processed via obolos we could collect an
estimated
200.000 € per day. And 100% of our revenue will be donated to
a good cause of your choice. So start making a change now and help us spread the
word - on
facebook,
myspace,
youtube!