Yeah sorry, this is never going to get funded, 250k is just too much for something like this.
And since it's fixed funding, it needs to be fully funded to go through.
Plus, if they were serious about this project, I would think they would have gathered some supporters to back this from day 1.
Or at least backed it themselves with a reasonable amount.
Seems suspect to have a newbie post and another newbie upvote right after. There's been a lot of other charities that have used bitcoin as a platform,
http://bitgivefoundation.org/ has been working in this space for awhile now. Also, someone can run a indiegogo-style collection for a charity on Bitcoinstarter.com without having to spend $250k.