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What charities are important in your country? What do they do?

A charity is an organization that raises money to help people, animals, or the environment. Look at the logos for three charities and discuss the questions.

(Tổ chức từ thiện là một tổ chức gây quỹ để giúp đỡ mọi người, động vật hoặc môi trường. Nhìn vào biểu tượng của ba tổ chức từ thiện và thảo luận về các câu hỏi.)

1. Do you know these charities? What do they do?

2. How do charities raise money?

Read the rest of the article. What do these numbers refer to?

(Đọc phần còn lại của bài báo. Những con số sau nói về gì?)

 $125,000                         65 feet                     7,700 square miles

Complete the table. Use your notebook to write extra information.

(Hoàn thành bảng. Sử dụng vở để viết thêm thông tin)

Read the first paragraph of the article. Check  two sentences that are true about crowdfunding.

(Đọc đoạn đầu tiên của bài báo. Chỉ ra hai câu đúng về “ crowdfunding”)

"Crowdfunding" is a way of raising money from a large number of people on the Internet. When crowdfunding began, it was mostly used by new businesses. Nowadays, people use it for different reasons. Musicians who want to make an album can ask fans for money, a photographer can get money for a new book, and different types of charities raise money this way. Here are examples of how crowdfunding has made a real difference in the world.

Bringing water

Sonam Wangchuk, an engineer, raised $125,000 on a crowdfunding site to build an 'ice stupa." In higher parts of the Himalayas, the glaciers are disappearing, so local people have less water, in the spring for crops. Sonam invented a way to bring water up the Himalayas in the winter from the lower parts of the mountains. As water comes out of a pipe, it freezes and becomes the 65-foot-tall ice stupa. Then, in the spring, the stupa melts and people have water for their fields.

Saving the rainforest

The organization "Size of Wales" wants to save rainforests because they are disappearing. It has already saved 7,700 square miles of rainforest (the same size as the country. Wales). Crowdfunding is important for the organization because people give money, but it's also a good way to make people think about climate change. So if you want to give money to a charity, visit a crowdfunding site-or, if you want to raise money for a charity, why not try crowdfunding for yourself?

1. A lot of people give money online.

2. It's only for people who want to start a business.

3. It can help musicians who want to make an album.

4. It's not very useful for charities.