EarnKarma is here!
EarnKarma.org is a free online web service that helps individuals and organizations to post opportunities that require any kind of assistance. EarnKarma.org connects them with millions of people who would like to assist in any possible way. For instance, if an organization is conducting a medical camp in a village and would like to ask individual(s) for any kind of assistance, they can do by it posting such opportunities in our website.
Why are we doing what we are doing?
Today’s tough and challenging world makes it difficult for Non Profit/Non Governmental Organizations and people to get assistance from general public because either an organization does not have a place to post their opportunities or people (who are eager to help) do not know where to find such opportunities
The idea was to connect two sets of people, the ‘Seekers’ and the ‘Givers’. We are sure that more often than not, you find yourself in a situation where you are asked a favour, big or small, by someone…a friend…a relative…or sometimes even a rank stranger…. and you happily oblige, if you cannot…we are sure you at least try to…. Doesn’t it make you feel good when you were of help to someone? Now imagine if you can do the same to any person in the world, whom you think deserves to be helped. This is what we do.
Why EarnKarma?
Everybody is in the rush to earn money, to earn fame but not in the rush to help somebody. We want everybody to Earn Karma. For us Karma means good and what better thing in life to earn than goodness. We registered the domain name – EarnKarma.org The karmic wheel had already been set in motion, and we have willingly come forward to keep it moving and now it is your turn to join us and help change lives.
How did EarnKarma begin?
It began with a simple telephonic conversation between 2 friends during a mundane office day. One of them had volunteered for a good cause and was discussing about the same to the other. They searched for the terms-‘volunteering’, ‘helping’, and ‘assistance’ over the internet and found a lot of results leading to complex websites and the 2 of them wondered why in this day and age of a cyber-powered world, there wasn’t a simple portal to serve the cause. It was then, that they decided to take it upon themselves to start a website of their own. As we said earlier, the karmic wheel was in motion. Everything that you see and do on EarnKarma is a process to keep the karmic wheel in motion.
What does EarnKarma expect?
That’s a pretty complicated question. But if you have read this far we are sure you already have an inclination to help someone…so why not do that and be part of the answer ? ..So go out and help someone today …As the great Mahatma Gandhi said “Be the change that you would like to see”. Oh! and another thing, if you feel that somebody has to be helped but cannot post his/her request on EarnKarma, please take the responsibility of doing it.
Until further, Try and EarnKarma
May 28th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Great
May 29th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Keep going
May 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Congrats! Fantastic effort!
June 8th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
It was great……..similarly we too have a NGO “Navayugam”.
Great initiative keep going….believe the almighty is there in you for the good cause.
d’vin
June 9th, 2008 at 12:21 am
Siddarth,
Setrukkul pootha senthamaraiye! Unakkulla oru singa ivalo naala thoongittu irunthurukku.
Thanks,
JaYaKaNnaN
June 10th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Great effort and a modern service for the people who were in in need of it.
I wish the Indian youths should make use of it in a right manner.
This might be an initative for the upcoming revolution.
June 10th, 2008 at 8:03 am
hey i m really very happy to hav joined wit yo guys…i hav always tried to help people n few ngo’s in wat evea way i cud..i hav alwayz tot of startin some website in regard to it..but i did not know wer to start wit but i hav found my way in yours..thank yo so much…n may god bless yo n all your work….
June 15th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Madam/Sir,
We are very thankful to your such noble initiative.As a grassroot level NGO we need your such service for the sustainable development of our backward rural community.
God bless you,
RAJENDRA KUMAR RANA
ARM,Baliapal
June 16th, 2008 at 5:05 am
Is there any procedure for an NGO to get registered in your site
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Hi Sid,
EarnKarma.org and the intent behind the initiative is very commendable. That said, here my attempt to critique.
What is in a name? The word Karma also brings restrictions and compulsions in the mind. The site( and the initiators) has an implicit assumption that Karma = Good Karma. This assumption is not widely shared. And people with some spiritual exposure/familiarity with the concept of Karma will want to ‘dissolve Karma’ rather than ‘Earn’ Karma. From a search term point of view, the name is good choice. If the site does well( the point when the name is not just a noun, but also a verb - like google) the name does not matter. The point here is, be aware of the alternate connotations the name brings out.
Like it or not, EarnKarma.org site will be categorized as a social tool. With ‘helping’ as the glue that binds the community. In other words, ‘helping’ is primary social object. Like photography is the primary activity that powers the social site flickr.
Social Tools/Sites become relevant only after they reach a critical mass. Stated and unstated community rules that reinforce certain behavior and discourage other behavior are crucial for the run-up to the critical mass. Thus war cry is Scaling, Scaling, Scaling! And the underlying mantra is Rules, Rules, Rules. For example a rule could state the disincentive for frivolous listing and a simple transparent way of enforcing it. I wish you good luck in evolving the rules and thus evolving the community.
I’d like to end with a note on Karma. Indeed, Karma is actually not about the actual action per se, it is all about the intent behind the action. It is not about outcome too. A doctor using a knife and cutting someone stomach, and a thief using a knife to cut someone’s stomach are not equivalent. Even if the outcome is the same. Volition and the intensity of the volition behind the action is the key.
Wishing you success.
-Balaji S.
October 10th, 2008 at 6:09 am
great work mmr .siddhart and his group … great jot … hatss off
October 10th, 2008 at 6:11 am
great job siddart and his friends ..
hatss off to u guys
February 7th, 2009 at 6:16 am
hi sir
i have much intrest to help
to others it is really healpful
but please tell me how can i will help