Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:07:37 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czechs-out-front-when-it-comes-sms-aid-donations-8094573© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe Czech public has responded overwhelmingly to the Indian Ocean disaster, giving 125 million crowns (around 5.5 million US dollars) to date. What is particularly interesting is how donations have been made, with mobile phone text messages by far the most popular method. Indeed, Czechs have made over one million SMS donations, very impressive for a country of 10 million inhabitants. I discussed this novel approach with Pavlina Kalousova of Forum darcu, or the Czech Donors Forum.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/asie_pomoc3.jpg?timestamp=1590310752 https://english.radio.cz/czechs-out-front-when-it-comes-sms-aid-donations-8094573 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9