Have you ever donated money to a charity? Many people have not donated money because they don’t have money or they feel sorry when they can’t donate much money. CBT introduces about special donations for those people. -Ed

  G-Dragon bracelets, Seol-hyeon bracelets, ZE:A bracelets. Do you know what those bracelets have in common? Those bracelets were worn by celebrities, and the revenue for those bracelets are donated to a charity. Buying those bracelets has advantages of getting accessories and donating part or all of the money you pay.
  Another advantage of the bracelets is that you are able to gain significance from your bracelets. The bracelets can be divided into four categories: bracelets for people who have diseases that are difficult to be cured or for the disabled people, for the settlement of social issues, for the settlement of animals’ issues and for the settlement of world-wide problems. There is a wide variety, so you can choose which is the most meaningful to you.
  The bracelets for people with typical diseases that are difficult to be cured or disabled people are With-ice bracelets. That bracelet is famous because G-dragon wore it before. In Korea, there is no hospital to care for patients with ALS, and those patients have difficulties. When people buy this bracelet, the total amount of money is used to build a hospital. The bracelets’ designs are so good, and the money is used for a good purpose, so many people buy them.
  Jack bracelets are for people with diseases that are difficult to care for or disabled people, like hearing-impaired people. This bracelet is made from broken earphones. This bracelet is more expensive than other bracelets, but it has a unique design and it is handmade.



  A bracelet for the settlement of social issues is the Heeum bracelet. Recently, comfort women issues are prevalent, and because many people hold sit-ins in front of the comfort woman statue in Seoul, it is a familiar issue. Heeum means to have bloomed hope. All the profits are used to solve the comfort women’s problems and for building a comfort women history museum in Dea-gu.
  The bracelet for solving animals’ issues is often animal-shaped. The Miso bracelet is made by the Dankook Univ. club Miso, and New-kit’s Endangered alert bracelets are the representative examples. A dog or a cat pendant and a heart pendant hang on the bracelet. That bracelet supports abandoned dogs and cats. New-kit’s Endangered Alert bracelet have figures of endangered wild animals: polar bears, chinstrap penguins, narwhals and Weddell seals. A part of the profits are donated to WWF (World Wild Fund).
  A bracelet for solving world-wide problems is sold by international relief organizations including Unicef and B-friend. The bracelet is for solving problems related with world hunger or a lack of water. A B-connect bracelet selling on the B-friend homepage is engraved with the names of countries which need help. Unicef’s Nepal bracelet is for a Nepal restoration project.
  There are many more bracelets than those mentioned above. There are many other ways to donate aside from bracelets. You can buy bags, necklaces and notebooks on the Heeum, Unicef and B-friend homepages. Many students haven’t donated money because it is burdensome for students, so how about donating via a trivial consumption? It requires a little money from you, but it will be influential on a larger number of people.

By Kim Soo-min
sm36@cbnu.ac.kr