The Idea
In efforts to help bridge the Digital Divide, Thembalethu Home-Based Care recently received a generous donation of computers and funding to equip their facility...
Background
This year, the blogosphere welcomed a healthy debate about the amount of energy that can be saved by turning a web-site a darker color...
What You Can Do
Support Thembalethu
Turn The Web Black is a philanthropic project spearheaded by the South African NGO Thembalethu. In addition to helping decrease the negative effects technology can have on the environment by becoming a project participant...
The NGO - Thembalethu
Nestled in the isolated South African Nkomazi Region where the HIV rate has reached an alarming 50%, Thembalethu Home Based Care is an organization which aims to offer a haven of hope and love...
More Information
For more information on the various initiatives of Thembalethu or Turn the Web Black please email us at: contact@TurnTheWebBlack.org
What You Can Do
Turning the web black is a simple process and will show your support for both information technologies that have a green emphasis in addition to supporting an NGO in Mpumalanga, South Africa that is working to provide a haven of hope for all those infected and affected by HIV/AIDs.
Three levels of participation:
If you have a website, blog or web presence and want to display the "Turn the Web Black" ribbon, but are unable to change the background color of your website, you can follow the below directions to do your part in spreading awareness. Thanks!
Simply cut and past this code just before the tag in your template and the page will display "Turn the Web Black" ribbon. Refer to the homepage of www.TurnTheWebBlack.org to see the design of the ribbon.
The top right HTML code [?]
The display ribbons are nice and unobtrusive. The reason for pasting the code right near the end of your template / page is to prevent any delay in page loading. The "Turn the Web Black" ribbon will sit over the top of any content without destroying layout of your site. The "Turn the Web Black" ribbon graphic is hosted on the www.turnthewebblack.org server.
If you have a website, blog, or web presence and want to change the background to a darker color and display the "Turn the Web Black" ribbon, please refer to the instructions below on inserting the HTML code on your website. You are saving electricity to all visitors with CRT monitors and helping to create awareness - Thanks!
Simply cut and past this code just before the tag in your template and the page will display "Turn the Web Black" ribbon. Refer to the homepage of www.TurnTheWebBlack.org to see the design of the ribbon.
The top right HTML code [?]
The display ribbons are nice and unobtrusive. The reason for pasting the code right near the end of your template / page is to prevent any delay in page loading. The "Turn the Web Black" ribbon will sit over the top of any content without destroying layout of your site. The "Turn the Web Black" ribbon graphic is hosted on the www.turnthewebblack.org server.
Turn The Web Black is a philanthropic project spearheaded by the South African NGO Thembalethu. In addition to helping decrease the negative effects technology can have on the environment by becoming a project participant, you or your company can help support a good cause by donating to Thembalethu.
Thembalethu relies on the generosity of compassionate individuals like you to help care for those in need. With nearly 8,500 people dying everyday and another child orphaned every 15 seconds, your support is urgently needed.
You'll also have the opportunity to be recognized on www.TurnTheWebBlack.org as a donor of Thembalethu Home Based Care
Each donation goes 100% to Thembalethu Home Based Care.
