Universal Fund

Thanks for sharing! Want to make sure we mention that thanks to the founders of Teespring, donations are matched for the first 1,000 people to sign up. Let us know if you have feedback!

I&#x27;m a little confused. For many months now, Watsi has charged my card each month for the amount I specified whenever I first signed up. Each month, I get an email explaining which patient my recurring donation was directed to that month.<p>What is different about the Universal Fund? Is this just the formal announcement of what was already in place? Also, will Teespring be matching the recurring donations that were already in place before this announcement? Thanks!

Great idea for people who want to stay involved. Sometimes its easy to forget to give especially with a busy job and so many other things fighting for our attention.<p>When I fund a watsi patient, I usually post it to my facebook and try to herd a whole bunch of my friends into giving to the patient.

This is absolutely great. Very impressed by the team, website, idea. Its so amazing to see non-profits bringing transparency and reducing&#x2F;removing marketing.<p>Something to think about: How does a funder know if the partner is not giving raised prices the operation. How well do you guys trust the partners and how close are your relationships?<p>[Edit] Found more info about the partners in their FAQ: <a href="https://watsi.org/faq#what-is-a-medical-partner" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;watsi.org&#x2F;faq#what-is-a-medical-partner</a>. I guess the FAQ pretty much answer my questions.

Yay Watsi! I think this is a great extension to what you do.<p>For people who haven&#x27;t tried the normal funding flow for Watsi - <a href="https://watsi.org/fund-treatments" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;watsi.org&#x2F;fund-treatments</a>, directly funding someone&#x27;s healthcare is an amazingly personal experience.<p>It literally costs you $10 to be part of changing someone&#x27;s life and sometimes $100 to be the difference between them getting treatment or not. Making the donation recurring lowers the friction for someone to keep helping people if they had a good first experience.

Amazing work! Beautiful design as well. Relevant NPR story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/11/05/361433850/why-your-brain-wants-to-help-one-child-in-need-but-not-millions" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;goatsandsoda&#x2F;2014&#x2F;11&#x2F;05&#x2F;361433850&#x2F;w...</a><p>Putting a face to the contribution bridges the gap. Sign me up!

This is a really cool idea :-) looks like you guys are using Stripe&#x27;s recurring billing features?

A Shoutout to Adam! He is doing an awesome job! This is something that will change the world..

Just signed up.<p>I was wondering how you select which patient will receive the donation each month ? Optimise impact ? Try and top up a maximum number of patient funds ?

What a great platform. Loving the transparency, but i have to ask, can you be transparent about where your funding comes from?

I just signed up, but can you show us what the average donation is?

this is awesome, watsi!

Bold move to put the number of members on the website while it&#x27;s so low. It&#x27;s professional looking, but the low member count immediately makes me wary. I would have waited until it was higher. :&#x2F;

How is this different from the typical charity&#x2F;NGO donation drives of &quot;donate 39 cents a day&quot; ad? I saw how introducing personal connections to individual medical treatments was different from the norm, however this now seems to reverse that by going right back to the old school, typical, individual international aid style of monthly monetary donations.