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Living | Dollar for Darfur helps light up a life and Web site | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Dollar for Darfur helps light up a life and Web site

By Haley Edwards

Seattle Times staff reporter

KEN LAMBERT / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Jonah Burke of Seattle is the founder of Darfurwall.org, a Web site seen in the background. Each number represents one of 400,000 lives lost in the Darfur crisis. People who donate a dollar or more light up one of the numbers.

In January, we ran a story about Darfurwall.org, a Seattle-run Web site that raises money for humanitarian aid in Darfur, Sudan. The nonprofit site relies entirely on social-networking sites and 'word of mouse' (links on blogs) to advertise its existence. Once visitors stumble upon the site, they're asked for very small amounts of money — $1 donations are all it takes."