The idea came when I was stuck on an assignment for school. Sure, I could call up a friend or pester them with messages, but why do that?
I was pretty sure I wasn't the only student in the world to be stuck on this particular problem. Maybe someone from another school or another country asked the same question 2 years ago!
If only there was a place where you could find old and new questions asked by students around the world along with the answers... a place where you could get help for any problems you have by asking other talented people around the world...
OneBigU was born.
The Baby Grows Up
OneBigU stands for One Big University. But was there anything else that people would want to do here? What else do other students care about? What do I care about?
After much thought, I decided to make the site into something that could benefit a good cause that many people around the world are passionate about: Stop the Genocide in Darfur.
Darfur is a region in Sudan, Africa where genocide has claimed 400,000 lives and displaced 3 million refugees since 2003. OneBigU members can earn funds for Darfur by contributing answers. Every answer gets a small amount of money, so let's pool our efforts to help Darfur and each other at the same time!
OneBigU and Darfur
OneBigU is partnered with the following Darfur non-profit:
Help Darfur Now
HDN is a non-profit organization geared specifically for students and their families that is dedicated to raising funds for and awareness of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Prominent individuals such as Senator Barack Obama, George Clooney and Russell Simmons endorse HDN. Founded by three New Jersey high school students in 2005, HDN now has more than 100 chapters throughout the US.
