Sail 4 Life Charity Event - Win an Xbox Live Game Pass!

  • BodhiSlam

    Ahoy maties!

    I be Captain BodhiSlam and I want to share an important Charity event happening this weekend. From March 23rd through the 25th, myself and other fine Captains will be streaming Sea of Thieves to raise money for Charity: Water and WaterAid.

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    Charity : Water & WaterAid are international non-profit organizations providing people with clean water, safe sanitation and hygiene education. They have helped over 7.3 million people in 24 countries.

    I myself will be streaming from 8PM GMT on the 23rd onward, and then again from 8PM GMT on the 24th onward. During the stream, you'll be able to donate to either of these excellent charities by clicking on buttons that look like this, which will take you to the donation page for the appropriate charity.

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    Charity Water Donation

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    Water Aid Donation

    In addition there will be a special show at 5AM GMT where myself and my crewmmates will be featured in Xbox ANZeds "Sing Us a Shanty" event where Captain Hellfire & The Wretched Brethren will join us for 30 minutes to serenade us with our very own, personalized pirate shanties while we play! It should make for one swashbuckling good time!

    Sea of Thieves: Sing Us A Shanty Service

    Sea of Thieves: Sing Us A Shanty Service

    <P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>To celebrate the release of the hotly anticipated, shared-world pirate adventure “Sea of Thieves” (available now exclusively on Xbox One and Windows 10), Xbox ANZ has worked with Australian pirate band Captain Hellfire &amp; The Wretched Brethren to create the world’s...

    To help raise even more awareness for these wonderful Charities that need our help, simply by Following me on Mixer during the stream and tuning in you'll be eligible to win a 3-month Xbox Live Game Pass which I will be giving away at the end of my stream on the 24th.

    Entering is easy:

    • During the stream Follow me on Mixer to start earning gold.
    • For every 200 gold you earn you'll be able to enter the giveaway. You can enter up to 5 times!
    • At the end of the stream on 24th I will randomly select a winner!

    And please, don't forget to check out both Charities during the stream and please donate what you can. And if you can't donate, please share this video and information about the event through social media.

    So to re-cap:

    • Stop by during the livestream this weekend as we raise money for Charity:Water and Water:Aid during these times for your chance to win an 3 month Xbox Live Gaming Pass
    • Help by donating money to either charity, or spread awareness by sharing to social media
    • Check out the Sing Us a Shanty event at 5AM GMT on the 24th!

    It's that easy! You can find more info below!

    Hope to see you all this weekend! Safe sailin'!

    Mixer: http://www.mixer.com/BodhiSlam
    Twitter: @BodhiSlam
    Sail 4 Life

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  • Vexed Anemone

    In the interest of fairness I thought it was worth mentioning a few things about WaterAid, starting with generally, how they spend their money globally.
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    I personally think it's about time we moved to charities being more transparent about their operations so we can fully appreciate the incredible work so many do. That focus should be included in their campaigning.

    In 2005, when Charities were a little more transparent on pay, their Chief Executive, Ravi Narayanan was paid £55,000.
    In 2015, Barbara Frost, their Chief Exec was paid £128,333.
    They have a new chief exec, Tim Wainwright, who began in 2017. (salary not disclosed)

    You can see their annual reports at this site - https://www.wateraid.org/our-annual-reports

    However, few charities are transparent with their pay or funding so you won't find detail in their reports.

    WaterAid do not feature in the top 100 for chief exec salaries, which considering the wide range of work they do, is very positive. They do however have many different CEO's in different countries.

    Pay for their other CEO's in USA, Canada, Australia and Sweden are not listed. However, I believe in Sweden you can request those details as law states pay is transparent. (happy to be corrected there)

    You can see their general highest salary spend in the graph below. Some people may say these salaries are high but compared to the private sector and other charities, they are not widely considered a pay offender.
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    A general 'who we have helped' analysis -
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  • dageek
    Castaway

    Hey! I just wanted to say "best of luck" during the charity event. Our gaming community (GIA or the Gaming International Association) does a major charity drive every Christmas, and several smaller events throughout the year. If you are ever promoting another event, I encourage you to post it in Discord; I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the support your receive. You can find details at GamingIA.com

    Again, best of luck!

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