Oracle Corporation has designed and donated a website called thelovefund.com, which is using the Internet to raise funds for under privileged children on a global basis.
In South Africa, several registered children`s homes will benefit from the project, including the Nelson Mandela Children`s Fund and Thabo Mbeki Crossroads Education Fund.
The thelovefund.com is a project initiated by Afritoonz and Edusaf Projects and donated by Oracle, Sun Microsystems and several other global partners and organisations.
The site is driven by a heart-shaped character called Roli. Every time a visitor clicks on Roli`s heart, each of the sponsors send one American cent to the children`s fund or beneficiary of their choice.
"As a major sponsor, instrumental in providing the necessary software licensing and development resources, Oracle prides itself on being at the forefront of technological change in all countries in which it does business," says Marc Gower, marketing director at Oracle SA.
He advises that the project will only be successful with the participation of caring and compassionate sponsors and participants. "The benefits for sponsors and participants are considerable.
"It will provide high visibility on the website and in the press worldwide. It is conservatively anticipated that within a year, the website will reach more than 200,000 people per day."
In addition global visitors to thelovefund.com will be encouraged to click to the sponsors` home pages, and sponsors will feature in a permanent spot in the `Scroll of Honour` published on the site.
According to Professor Kole Omotoso (aka Yebo Gogo), "South Africa runs the risk of becoming a technological backwater; projects such as the thelovefund.com will prevent this happening."
Other SA children`s homes which will benefit include: Community Chest, Cotlands, Edusaf Projects, Friedrich Schweizer Children`s Home, Hermanus Rainbow Trust, Nazareth House Children`s Home, PEET, Starfish 2000, and ARMTH (War against Malnutrition, TB and Hunger).
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