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Rather than try and navigate the stampede to the malls that is Black Friday in the US, the Wikimedia Foundation has setup a new way to support your favorite free encyclopedia with a charitable gift this holiday season. The organization has launched “Gift of Knowledge,” a holiday gift drive that allows you to make a donation to Wikimedia on someone else’s behalf. By donating, you will receive a certificate you can give to the recipient informing them of their gift.
Where do the donations go? Wikimedia offers the following statistics:
If you and 99 other people donate...
$200 – We can make Wikipedia available in developing countries through DVDs, books and pamphlets.
$100 – We can pay for two Wikipedia Academy events in Africa.
$60 – We can send three students to our annual Wikimania conference.
$40 – We can deliver 100 million pageviews of free information!
The “Gift of Knowledge” campaign runs through December 22nd. Gifts can be made at http://donate.wikimedia.org.
