You are a tourist on a city street… trying to find your way. How do you get help?
Help Yourself
You use a map or a booklet with information about the city. That’s ok… although… feels a bit like work… and is somewhat lonely.
People Help People
You ask a passer-by for directions… Or simply, a passer-by recognizes your “tourist” behavior, stops on his/her own will and spends 30 seconds (often much more) helping you. You feel good. The passer-by feels even better. Witnessing onlookers feel good too. What happens is an easy, almost instinctive “give and take”… so natural that we don’t even think about who “gives”, who “takes”, or why is this happening. This is not “giving”. People just help each other.
So… What is AidPage?
AidPage is a free public space on the Web where you can speak out about (1) your needs, and (2) your desire to help others. AidPage fosters informal communication among AidMates (simply posting on AidPage makes you an AidMate), sharing of experience, and mutual support.
E-Bay enables the simple, direct “people buy from people” over the Internet. AidPage enables the simple, direct “people aid people” over the Internet.
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