P2PKids: Because We Care About Sharing
Written by Ernesto on October 24, 2007Together with p2pnet, TorrentFreak adopted 29 little children who are in desperate need for food, clothing and a decent place to sleep. The Child Orphanage is for kids in Nepal whose parents were killed by Maoists demanding the abolition of the country’s monarchy.
The building they live in is near Kathmandu and most people in the West wouldn’t use it for much more than a gardening shed.
But it’s home to 29 children aged four to 12. They eat, sleep play and do everything else in one tiny room with bamboo walls. The three beds they share also double as benches. The kids in Child Orphanage get a free education in a nearby school, but that’s where it ends.
And that’s why p2pnet and TorrentFreak have adopted the Kapan Kids. Want to help as well? Easy. Head over to KapKids.com (or p2pkids.org). More detailed profiles of the kids will be added later.
$1 wouldn’t mean much to you. But it’d mean a heck of a lot to them.
Our plans? In the short term, we plan to provide a stream of money so the existing building can be improved and upgraded and the kids can be properly fed and clothed.
In the longer term, we’ll collect enough cash to build a KapKids resource centre with an online connection and at least one full-time staff member.
More important, it’ll also be a place for children 12 and over to live until they can find somewhere permanent.
The proceeds will go into a bank account maintained solely by Nisha, a Nepali orphan who lives in Canada now, and a good friend of Jon from p2pnet. So all of the money will be funnelled directly to the orphanage. Nothing, and we mean nothing, is being hived off for ‘expenses,’ as happens with so many of these efforts.
We can use your help!
Updates about the incoming donations and progress reports will be posted at KapKids.com
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I sent them $5. I trust torrentfreak enough to believe that this is not a scam. I hope this really helps their living conditions. Hopefully we will get lots of updates on those kids :)
i take one. where can i order?
“KapKids resource centre with an online connection” = torrent server
oinkybank is really rakin in the cash it looks like
oink is going to be able to afford OJ’s lawyer soon
LoL at #10
[quote comment="195083"]“KapKids resource centre with an online connection” = torrent server[/quote]
Nice.
[quote comment="195056"]i take one. where can i order?[/quote]
hahaha
oinkybank is really rakin in the cash it looks like
oink is going to be able to afford OJ’s lawyer soon
There is no official donation fund for any Oink user. Almost all of those are scams, and the other of the site has officially said he can not accept any donation fund.
And people, grow up. How old are some of you guys? 7, 8? Your comments really make you seem that way.
Peer to peer - we pirate movies…for the childrens!
How about giving 75% of your ad revenue to this project.
Excellent cause guys. Puts the torrent community in a good light too! I will not miss this oppurtunitty to donate!
seed
this is retarded.
i bought a video for a charity shop …… it was a work print
remember kids “piracy funds terrorism” and charitys
kick it robin hood style
Awesome, I am really impressed with the community!
“KapKids resource centre with an online connection” = torrent server
LOL NICE! We will see how heartless those bastards really are.
great idea but seriously, wtf with all those little bitches that wrote stupid comments. go grow a nut sacks, take some cash from daddies wallet and give it to these kids, they need it more than a spoilt little bast like you.
That’s such a rad cause!! I’ll definitely be donating.
STICK TO ARTICLES ABOUT BITTORRENT.
…unless we’re sending them free laptops and teaching them bittorrent.
freak is cool ‘cos he permits all views and is not with his ego on his sleeve
maybe the politics is not always right, supporting the ruling monarchy in a war-torn country is suss but keeping the dialogue channel open merits a big respect
is a brighter day
hey those kids work for nike right?
I’m very skeptical about this.
This is not official organization. And remember guys, we’re all pirates. We share and “steal”
Provide a legit organization with papers and all and I will donate $50.
That’s fantastic! I was in Nepal this past spring and met a Swedish girl that just started an Orphanage right out of the blue. She sold her car and most of her things to fund it. P2P and bitorrent is not about Stealing or Pirating its about sharing and how that’s not a crime. Its a social revolution that should make you think a little deeper about this world and its systems.
Also, to all the people who think this a scam go to Nepal or India and see the poverty there. There are a lot of NGO’s operating in these country’s and they do not all have charitable status, but the work they do is needed and needs funding.
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