Homeless Avatars, Mensajeros de la paz and SecondLife

I wrote about Mensajeros de la paz last month - a short blurb that I thought was worthwhile since it snuck onto and stood on top of one of the larger initiatives within SecondLife during the Christmas season. Slowly, it faded away... quietly. Too quietly.

Thankfully, Beth brought the focus back. She has a great interview up with a representative of Mensajeros de la paz which includes how it evolved:

...The idea came up when we were talking about Second Life, and that you start the off without anything. So we thought about a virtual person with no properties. From there, we started to research how to create a digital abandoned child that would live in SL without family nor home, asking for money. If SL commercial activity gets in the news, why not our social cause? So, if we get media coverage for this, and for the cause of Mensajeros de la Paz, and it helps them help people and it isn't a large investment why not? ...

Sure - why not? :-) Apparently in 2 weeks, the NPO got enough money to sponsor a child at the tail end of last year. Not bad, really, and it probably could get better.

SL Fundraising for NPOs 101. Go read the interview.