Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years

Re:Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's educati... by helterskelter2 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:20PM (#50008760)

Hey this sounds really cool and is giving me Bram Moolenaar vibes. Please try to get some sort of trusted source to vouch for you though, I've been around long enough to see a lot of these charities -- especially involving children from poorer countries -- turn out to be scams.

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Re:Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's educati... by lukehandcool on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:22PM (#50008782)

Thanks for the comment. Could you elaborate on getting a trusted source to vouch for the project? I think thats a great idea but I'm not sure where to start.

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Re:Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's educati... by helterskelter2 on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:23PM (#50008811)

I'm not sure, tbh. Perhaps consider reaching out to some reputable news organization. Seems like something NPR might be interested in picking up. I believe they're fairly responsive to their contact forms as well.

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Re:Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's educati... by lukehandcool on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:47PM (#50009218)

I'm going to give this some thought. I think its a great idea. Thank you very much.

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Re:Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's educati... by schoen on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:48PM (#50012049)

Years of seeing ":help uganda" every single day have left me kind of instinctively curious about how to help Uganda, although I have yet to donate to Bram's charity ICCF.

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