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Um... I don't see $/tab specified anywhere. Perhaps the distribution of "tabs" will just decide how they allocate their $1,000,000?

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After you install the plugin, you will notice that it tells you how many vaccinations/books/water/shelter/trees you've raised. It is almost certainly absolute.

From my unscientific evidence, it seems like opening a tab is .1 trees and .1 books, and .05 vaccinations. Still at 0.0 people with clean water and 0.0 shelters.

It would seem like you can accrue up to your 250 a day. I don't know what happens when it pushes up against the million global limit.

That actually adds some slightly negative overtones to it -- each choice you make is reallocating away from the other fine charities. Even if it's accrued per tab, the probability of them hitting their maximum is virtually guaranteed, so it's simply voting for distribution.

So go ahead -- contribute to books, knowing that really you're just taking away from clean water and shelter. Merry Christmas!

Those aren't just "books", it's going to helping "literacy and gender equality" in third world education. For example, fact that women are often under-educated is a major source of issues in these countries. So yes while it's still about having to allocate things differently, don't just write off "books".

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