Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Depressing Statistics of the Day

Gap, Apple and Motorola have spent $100 million on marketing the RED campaign, designed to benefit the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. A great idea.

The RED campaign has raised $18 million worldwide. A good number, but it sort of makes me wish there was no RED campaign. Making people aware of the struggle is important, but is it more important than handing that $100 million over to those that are going to truly fight the diseases?

*numbers from TIME, March 19, 2007

2 comments:

David said...

It is a travesty.

Aaron said...

Surprise surprise.