1 BTC

[iCrypt]

How many people can I help with 1 Bitcoin? In a meaningful way. I will give 0.05 to the first person with the most well thought out plan.

[DrG]

Money from western worlds reaches the highest utilization when taken to a 3rd world country.  If you use the 1BTC to buy medical supplies or even just just potable water for people in war torn regions of African continent you would probably get the most bang for your buck.  You would have to convert the 1BTC to fiat though as the charities that do take BTC don't do that work.

I used to do medical missions but I had to take a break because of my kids.  Hopefully in a couple years I'll be able to get back to it.

[jaberwock]

I think the most easiest way is too donate it to the Red Cross.

[DrG]

I think the most easiest way is too donate it to the Red Cross.

Nah, Red Cross while having good intentions could only buy 100 blankets or 100 meals with that.

Something like this http://thewaterproject.org/ or this http://www.charitywater.org/ would help more people.

[bitbunnny]

Do you want help to the people exclusively or animals are an option too?

[CoinCollect]

Donate it for gaza, they real need your donation :/

[Traffic4u]

You could donate to Palestinian or sudan people. If you didn't know where to donate, try oxfam.org

[bitbunnny]

Donate to children's orphanage in one of african countries. In "better" orphanages there they get meals three times a week....

[redsn0w]

Buy food and clothing to the homeless in your city!
Help for people who have first close, and then think to help others!

[Tusk]

Why Avaaz should accept Bitcoin donations

Bitcoin and crypto currencies are the only neutral transparently auditable currencies, transaction fees are lower so more funds go directly to the causes you donate to. In fact votes should be added to the blockchain providing an indelible record that those to whom it it is presented cannot ignore.
Bitcoin is the most effective way of gaining back power to the people and stopping oppressive governments or subversive corporate interests. See: - Bitcoin vs. Political Power: The Cryptocurrency Revolution - Stefan Molyneux at TNW Conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joITmEr4SjY

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." - George Orwell.

The Blockchain will record history going forward and in so doing it will free society from its "chains". Viva the blockchain Viva! From the ashes rises the Phoenix.

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Avaazorg_Avaaz_should_accept_Bitcoin_donations/?nLobecb

[stevegreer]

How many people do you have in your immediate family, i.e., husband/wife and/or children? Because those are the people you should use that money to help first and foremost. Maybe your kids need new clothes or shoes for school. Put the monetary value of the 1 BTC into a college fund. Buy emergency supplies like candles, batteries, flashlights, dried/canned foods with long shelf lives, water and water purification devices. You never know when an emergency situation may arise where you will need to rely on these kinds of things. Maybe it's just me, but my number one priority is and always will be my family... not someone else's
kid(s) in some other country where I have no proof at all that the money I would send them in aid would ever in fact get to them or be used for them.

[Wilikon]

How many people can I help with 1 Bitcoin? In a meaningful way. I will give 0.05 to the first person with the most well thought out plan.

Start with the people you see everyday, in a bus, subway, etc. When you get involve, face to face, instead of sending money to some far out place you will never set foot in your life, your donation will have more meaning to you and to them.

And give that 0.05 btc to those who deserve the most, not us with electricity and high speed connection...  We don't need it.

[Wilikon]

How many people do you have in your immediate family, i.e., husband/wife and/or children? Because those are the people you should use that money to help first and foremost. Maybe your kids need new clothes or shoes for school. Put the monetary value of the 1 BTC into a college fund. Buy emergency supplies like candles, batteries, flashlights, dried/canned foods with long shelf lives, water and water purification devices. You never know when an emergency situation may arise where you will need to rely on these kinds of things. Maybe it's just me, but my number one priority is and always will be my family... not someone else's
kid(s) in some other country where I have no proof at all that the money I would send them in aid would ever in fact get to them or be used for them.

I should have read your post first. 100% true.

[Sindelar1938]

Just spend it to better yourself on something meaningful
Then watch the trickle down effect as you turn that newly acquired knowledge into action

[verlosser89]

Donate to children's orphanage in one of african countries. In "better" orphanages there they get meals three times a week....

Bitcoin not helping the poor... I think the most easy easiest way is you buy BURGER KING or SUBWAY and u eat it with ur family 

[AuroraHF]

There is a really high chance of your sum not reaching the poor if you're paying through a large organization such as Red Cross, etc.

Have you tried looking through the list of donation-accepting websites?

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Donation-accepting_organizations_and_projects


Or better yet, use that 1 BTC to buy several meals at Subway on several occasions and give it to the homeless around the corner.

[iCrypt]

How many people do you have in your immediate family, i.e., husband/wife and/or children? Because those are the people you should use that money to help first and foremost. Maybe your kids need new clothes or shoes for school. Put the monetary value of the 1 BTC into a college fund. Buy emergency supplies like candles, batteries, flashlights, dried/canned foods with long shelf lives, water and water purification devices. You never know when an emergency situation may arise where you will need to rely on these kinds of things. Maybe it's just me, but my number one priority is and always will be my family... not someone else's
kid(s) in some other country where I have no proof at all that the money I would send them in aid would ever in fact get to them or be used for them.

I am fortunate enough to have family that don't require my financial assistance. I am a single female professional and am able to handle my own and at the same time am able to help a random stranger or two.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=295211.0

I have decided to donate to Seans Outpost for helping the homeless. Thanks for all the suggestions.

[bitsmichel]

How many people can I help with 1 Bitcoin? In a meaningful way. I will give 0.05 to the first person with the most well thought out plan.

Many people, you could help the people for 0 BTC .. just time and energy
You can send people of the world some BTC, but quality of life is not always correlated with that. 
Here is a list of countries by gdp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29_per_capita

[ShibaWow]

my friend is trying to gather some money for his 18th birthday

you can consider donating to him

check this thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=682139.0

[bitbunnny]

What's the point of all this suggestions, no answer at all...

[bryant.coleman]

If I get 1 BTC ($580) from somewhere for free, then I'll donate it to Survival International for the protection of uncontacted tribal people in the Peruvian Amazonia region. The natives there are being massacred by the illegal loggers and drug traffickers.

http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/isolatedperu

[izanagi narukami]

With current situation right now, i will donate it for Gaza.
Because with 1 BTC worth as $ 580++ is enough for food,drink,and tend for some family.
But still can't cover all the victim 
If every people donate some BTC,i think it will cover all victim 

[coinmaster222]

Like DrG said http://www.charitywater.org/ is a good charity to donate to.

[bitbunnny]

Maybe he gave up an idea in the meantime

[bigtimespaghetti]

Find a charity that is helping to give communities water or medicine in the third world. I'd recommend donating to a christian charity simply due to the potential for corruption being slightly lower.

[elliwilli]

Donate it to people and children in the Gaza strip, they need it now more than anything...

[Scott J]

Before giving to a charity you should do your best to assess how effective they are.

While Gaza charities are worthy and it's certainly a hot topic, it is likely that you can do more good by donating to a different charity.

This organisation does a lot of work to establish the most effective charities to donate to: http://www.givingwhatwecan.org/

If you have time, have a read through their assessments otherwise you can view their top charities here:

http://www.givingwhatwecan.org/top-charities

[Ron~Popeil]

How many people do you have in your immediate family, i.e., husband/wife and/or children? Because those are the people you should use that money to help first and foremost. Maybe your kids need new clothes or shoes for school. Put the monetary value of the 1 BTC into a college fund. Buy emergency supplies like candles, batteries, flashlights, dried/canned foods with long shelf lives, water and water purification devices. You never know when an emergency situation may arise where you will need to rely on these kinds of things. Maybe it's just me, but my number one priority is and always will be my family... not someone else's
kid(s) in some other country where I have no proof at all that the money I would send them in aid would ever in fact get to them or be used for them.

I am fortunate enough to have family that don't require my financial assistance. I am a single female professional and am able to handle my own and at the same time am able to help a random stranger or two.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=295211.0

I have decided to donate to Seans Outpost for helping the homeless. Thanks for all the suggestions.

That was going to be my suggestion. I don't know of anything that helps in a more direct way.

[Sithara007]

Donate the BTC to Kurds who are fighting ISIS in Iraq.

[Damnyo]

Im the perfect candidate, poor but own a computer and actually know how to use btc. Pm me for address.

[Possum577]

Use it to pay for a Doctor's flight to a developed country where that Doctor would spend a month or so providing medical care to local, impoverished people.

$580 isn't much, but it would get a very qualified person with literally "life saving skills" to people that need those skills the most.

I'd donate it to Doctors without Borders.

[Razick]

Donate it for gaza, they real need your donation :/

That would be good, but be careful to make sure your donation will actually help innocent people, as opposed to funding Hamas.

[kuusj98]

My honoust opinion is that you can better keep the 1 BTC and save it as a long time investment, if you really want to spend it, go buy and invest in green energy like solar panels or something like that, that way you would help the nature in some ways.

Please don't put your money in some sort of foundation to "help" 3th world country's, most of the money is used to fund civil wars if not for the foundation owners.

[TUGenius]

Split it with everyone who replied to this thread, because we care about the world! We're good people!

[JohnnyLightning]

Right now, Doctors Without Borders or a similar organization could probably use your help fighting Ebola in Africa.

[JohnnyLightning]

Donate it for gaza, they real need your donation :/

That would be good, but be careful to make sure your donation will actually help innocent people, as opposed to funding Hamas.

Yeah, Yassir Arafat died a billionaire, and had plenty of well-meaning Western donors to thank for that.

[Taras]

Here's a picture from Sean's Outpost. http://imgur.com/RiKElxw
Visualize what that bitcoin can do...