New Kickstarter of the Month: Dream Traveler: Africa

New Kickstarter of the Month

Every month or so I feature a new Africa-ish Kickstarter project on FUUO.  This month I am supporting a children's book being written called Dream Traveler: Africa.  As a new father to a beautiful baby girl (with another baby on the way this October!) I thought it appropriate to support this cool project since it's something I can read to my daughter.  

If you aren't familiar with Kickstarter you should get familiar--it's a crowd-based charity/fundraising website.  If a project doesn't meet its stated financial goal in the allotted time you aren't charged anything.  Depending on the amount you donate you receive different incentives (like a signed copy of the book in this case)!  

But beware, it's addictive.  

Past FUUO Supported Kickstarter projects (so far they've all been funding successes):
Lessons of Basketball and War: A documentary project 

Smallsmall Thing: A Documentary Project

Save Blue Like Jazz The Movie Project

Finally, please check out the charity below.  They aren't a kickstarter project but are an excellent organization.
The Butterfly Tree 
http://www.thebutterflytree.org.uk/
http://fuuo.blogspot.com/2010/08/website-of-week-butterfly-tree-charity.html

Basketball and War for Somali Girls- Kickstart it!

        I am a big fan of Kickstarter--through it I contributed to the funding efforts of the Blue Like Jazz film last year (premiering at SXSW this March!)  Incidentally, go see Blue Like Jazz when it comes out in theatres--it's a challenging film that has something in it for everyone--independent of your religious beliefs.

So if you haven't heard of Kickstarter, check it out today!
   
 Kickstarter offers a way for entrepreneurs and dreamers to realize their goals.  It's crowd-sourced fundraising.  Typically the fundraisers offer different incentives depending on the amount that you give.  The clincher is that if the person/group doesn't meet their goal in the allotted time, you aren't charged anything!
     
      To that end FUUO will select one Africa-related Kickstarter project each month to feature here.    The first FUUO Kickstart selection (special thanks to my friend Allison for passing it on) is Lessons of Basketball and War: A documentary project.   Here's a description from the website:


“Lessons of Basketball and War” is the story of a small group of adolescent girls who are dropped into Kevin’s life from half a world away in war-torn Somalia.  After surviving a childhood marked by violence and deprivation, they now find themselves in a strange land with little to hold onto beyond the familiar comfort offered by family, culture and religion.




http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lessons/lessons-of-basketball-and-war

http://www.bluelikejazzthemovie.com/