UPDATED 14:26 EDT / MARCH 15 2011

WeeWorld Cares for Japan, Raises Funds through Virtual Goods

The earthquake gave quite a shake to Japan, but the influx of tsunami ravaged some of the most significant areas. With a caring heart for the country and its victims, Weeworld.com and its WeeMee Avatar Creator app decided to donate 100% of March’s proceeds to the Japan Earthquake relief. U.S. teens have purchased Kibou the Shibu Inu pup many times, which is equivalent to 500 points (or $1.00) to support Japan, and thus, launching the icon to the top 10 most purchased items in WeeWorld’s virtual environment.

A Cweeture Dog pack from WeeMee Avatar Creator that’s a complement of Kibou is also selling, and its week worth of proceeds will go to Red Cross Japan. Kibou in Japanese means hope.  $1 dollar isn’t much, but it can make a difference.

It’s not only WeeWorld that’s taking the effort. Mobile developer Zynga partnered with Save the Children’s Japan Earthquake Tsunami Emergency Fund and set up a strategy to garner donations via social games on Facebook. In CityVille, for example, users are given the chance to plant a limited edition sweet potato crop for their people and in-game restaurants. 100% of the proceeds will be donated. Donations are also available at Cafe World, FrontierVille, Words With Friends, Zynga Poker and zBar.

Tech giant Microsoft is helping as well. They are providing free temporary software licenses to affected customers, partners, non-profits, governments and institutions, as well as offer Exchange Online to businesses for free within a period of 90 days. They also provided a list of ways on how to help the victims on its disaster response site. They created up-to-date Bing Maps of impacted areas too.

You can also directly donate $10 via The Mobile Giving Foundation by texting Japan, Tsunami or other related words to a variety of numbers. This is a donation in behalf of 3 US and 3 Canadian charities. Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley Disaster Initiative has gathered tech people to work to assist by putting up a Wikipage amassing volunteers to support the victims as a way to help.


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