James Fehon

Vibewire is a great, dynamic non-profit setup in 2000.  I think I heard about them in 2006, but they relaunched this year:

I helped out with a quick redesign of their forum landing page mid last week, hopefully making it easier for young people to get involved in some of the great discussions going on there. Just a few simple changes, and could’ve used a bit more work – but was a definite improvement, and hopefully get to do a bit more with these guys when I’ve got the time.

If you haven’t heard of them yet, check out  the forums and click the vibewire logo for the rest of their site content.

Screen-shot of the Vibewire forum

Back in March I went to work developing ‘Stimulate Change’, primarily a facebook application but with a standalone website front-end, to help facilitate the ‘$50 of my $950′ concept.

The $50 of my $950 campaign was the brainchild of two friends, Su-Min Lim and Bart Cummings, and took off with help of Bobby Chen and a bit of tech knowledge and online strategising help I was able to bring. The idea, sparked from the opportunity presented by students receiving a lump sum payment, was to direct a percentage of this towards a very real area in need of funds.

As of early May we’ve raised $1,500 for the NSW Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council, 100% of which went direct to funding projects to help close the gap on Indigenous Health. A certainly modest sum, but not bad for 4 students who’d otherwise of had perhaps 10% of that to offer.

You can check out the Stimulate Change Facebook application and AH&MRC will continue to gratefully accept donations.