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Bilfinger Berger Magazine 1/2009
TimeBanks customers fear neither a stock market crash nor inflation. The assets deposited here are the working hours of people who have committed themselves to helping out in their neighborhoods on a volunteer basis. The time they devote is credited to an account and can be withdrawn at any time. Many young people help senior citizens, for instance, with their garden work or shopping — in order to redeem their credit balance when they themselves are elderly and in need of assistance.
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THE WEB COMMUNITY
Those seeking to support aid projects unbureaucratically and also wanting to know exactly how their money is being spent are at the right address when they visit www.betterplace.org. The online platform provides people with the opportunity to present social projects they wish to launch with the help of the web community. The individuals responsible for the project report regularly on the progress of the measures being undertaken and provide additional information and answers to questions in blogs. This allows those who make donations to become part of a well-informed social network.
Bilfinger Berger Magazine 1/2009
