Imagine if seventy percent of every baht spent on your spa treatments went towards a charity in Thailand.
It would probably add up to A LOT of coin, right?
That’s the idea behind SocialGiver.com, a new website where you can book upscale hotel rooms, restaurant seats, spa sessions and activities while simultaneously helping out a children’s charity.
How does it work? SocialGiver acquires the idol capacity of businesses and then funnels seventy percent of the proceeds directly to the charity. The remaining thirty percent goes towards setting up more projects.
It’s sort of like Groupon but unlike that site there isn’t a minimum buy-in needed. Also, SocialGiver is technically an NGO so they do not profit from contributions.
The buzz word here is“responsible donation.”
Causora.com, a Los Angeles based website that launched earlier this week, essentially does the same thing by matching USD20 donations with vouchers of the same value to local spas. Both websites describe a similar pyramid structure of giving as an “ecosystem” that links donors, charities and businesses.
SocialGiver was built by a group of young entrepreneurs who say they want to create social change in Thailand for disabled and underprivileged children by connecting directly with public and private sectors.
