It could happen to anyone – you’ve had a run of bad luck; perhaps you’ve lost your job, maybe you’ve had unexpected medical bills come up, but whatever the reason, you’re out of money.
However, just because you’re out of money doesn’t mean things stop costing it. How are you supposed to afford food, clothes, or pay your bills to keep the lights on?
Although it’s never what you want to consider, there is something true in life that will always exist – the kindness of strangers.
98 Cents seeks to help those down on their luck connect with people with a giving heart and an open wallet. By simply logging in, a kind person can scroll through a list of pleas by people in their country and around the world who desperately need just a little bit of help.
When you pick a project that you want to donate to, whether it be helping someone’s grocery bills or helping them afford new sandals, you pay the advertised amount, which is a multiplicative of 98 cents.[sc name=”quote” text=”When you pick a project that you want to donate to, whether it be helping someone’s grocery bills or helping them afford new sandals, you pay the advertised amount, which is a multiplicative of 98 cents.”]
Being able to donate from 98 cents to 9 dollars and 80 cents means that you can perform small micro charities throughout your day.
In the same way that you might donate your spare change to a homeless person on the street, you are able to donate a small amount of money to those in need, all from the convenience of your phone.
If you’re the one looking for a bit of help, 98 Cents makes it incredibly easy to create a plea project for the attention of generous users.
By filling in a few personal details, as well as your bank details, you are able to write your impassioned plea for charity in the description, as well as a few poignant pictures alongside, so as to encourage those with looser purse strings than yourself to donate.[sc name=”quote” text=”By filling in a few personal details, as well as your bank details, you are able to write your impassioned plea for charity in the description, as well as a few poignant pictures alongside, so as to encourage those with looser purse strings than yourself to donate”]
98 Cents is a very interesting app in that it doesn’t seek to operate at a profit – it takes only a small percentage of the money donated to cover transaction fees and server hosting costs. Instead, 98 Cents is all about ensuring that people can receive the charity that they so desperately need.
It may seem tragic to scroll through the list of people making desperate pleas for help in their dire situations, but it is wonderful to know that there are indeed people out there that want to donate and help them.
To make it all possible, 98 Cents exists to connect donators with those in need in a selfless, caring way.
[review pros=”Simple and clean ascetic to both put up a plea, and to look for those in need. 98 Cents makes it incredibly easy to create an account and get to donating – it’s a simple app and does what it needs to do simply.” cons=”As with any kind of charity, there always exists the risk that people aren’t being truthful.” score=8]
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