We’ve all seen the incredible response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti and, as a Canadian, I am proud that Canada has stepped up quickly and is playing such a major role. The world community has pledged billions of dollars to help rebuild the country and there is a movement to forgive the country’s massive debt of 984 million dollars. The scope of this disaster demands that governments write the checks quickly, which they have.

Add all the bank bail-outs and government money thrown at private industry, such as the automotive industry, and our heads are left swirling with million, billions and trillions and we have no real concept of how much money this really is.

This got me thinking about individuals who, like me, find themselves in the same situation, crippled by debt, job loss, family break-ups, drug addiction, abuse, wondering why they go on when there is so little hope. Many receive some form of government assistance, but this barely covers food and shelter. It does not provide any real hope for the future by helping people to turn their lives around or realize their dreams. Like me, many of these people also have great ideas to start businesses or develop products, but they have no capital to get started and they have no way to reach decision makers in existing companies to partner on their ideas.

So, the goal of this site remains the same, to save a life, one life at a time, but first we need to collectively raise the money to provide the help. My first goal is a million dollars, which I hope to increase to 10 million as soon as the one million has been raised. This is going to be a “grass roots” operation, with people donating what they can afford, as little as 99 cents if that’s all they can manage. This is the cost to register and this gets you on our mailing list. For $9.99 you get to register for help. For $99.99 you get to register for help, but you also get a chance to tell us your story on our member pages. Corporations, big and small, can register to become partners, with your presence on our site dictated by your donation. For $9,999 you can become a founding partner, with your logo, website links and copy included on everything we do. Even if you are just selling goods or services, for $9.99 you can be a vendor partner, with you link shown on our website. For $99.99 you can have a dedicated page with graphics, dynamic copy and links to your site. For $199.99 you can have your own mini site linked to our primary site, but with your own domain name search, registration, hosting and three page web design.

Let’s make this a world movement and show that we do care for our fellow man. This is not going to simply be a bail-out program for individuals. Tell us your story, but also include what you are going to do to turn your life around, how much money you need to do that, and what is your long term plan. There have been sites such as “pay off my credit card debt”, but this is not what we are. We want to help deserving individuals to help themselves. Please help to save a life, one life at a time.