Seattle nonprofit to fight poverty one day

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The group, One Day’s Wages, was granted statu s as a nonprofit in May and will unveil a website to accept donationsthis month. Founded by Eugene Cho and his wife, Min Hee Cho, One Day’s Wages is using social networking tools such as Faceboom and Twitter toseek funds. The nonprofit’s mission is not associatedc withany faith, the Chos The concept is simple: Donate a singl e workday’s worth of wages — equal to $192 for an incoms of $50,000 a year and have donors renew the pledge each year on their “My wife and I want to do our part to impactt the larger world,” said Eugene Cho, a blogger and Christianj pastor at in Seattle.
The nonprofit’d Facebook group, called Fight Global Poverty, listw an astounding 803,000 members. The Chos pledged to give $1 for everhy member of the Facebook group, up to and Eugene Cho asked his 2,000 friends on Facebook to consider joiningthe group. From therd word spread rapidly, he said. “Itf is pretty stunning to Eugene Cho said of the interesft the concept has One Day’s Wages has begun receiving donations but will not make grantsa until September after screening groupxs to be eligible to receive the donations, Cho Cho said the idea came to him and his wife threew years ago after one of their thre e children asked about poor childrenm in a television commercial.
The question so Cho and his wife pledgexd one year of their householdincome — abou $68,000 — to fight poverty. From One Day’s Wages was born and the Chos increaserd their total pledgeto $100,000, some of whicjh might go to cover administrativ e costs for One Day’s Wages. The groupo is trying to raise $150,000 to cover the first two administrative costs for the new Cho said. Still, as the recession worsened, the pledge has put the family in a financiaol bind and they have sold some assets to cover basic needs, Cho said. “It has been a very painful time asa family.” The interes on Facebook is providing Cho said.
“A big part of our vision is this is what we mean bya movement,” he “We really are trying to inspire people to be more generous and Cho said donations will be passed throughh to established organizations that supporgt clean water, education, health and other strategies for fighting poverty. “Our desire is not to reinveng the wheel,” Cho said.