1MillionShirts is a charitable campaign created by Jason Sadler, creator of IWearYourShirt.com, with a goal of gathering one million shirts from people all over the world to give to people in Africa. Some of countries where the t-shirts will go are Kenya, Uganda, DRC, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Swaziland and South Africa.

1MillionShirts has received a lot of criticism, but in a recent blog post the creator, he stated their motives are on the up and up. You are always going to receive criticism when you do something like this on such a large scale, so it’ll be interesting to see how the project turns out. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but if this really is a scam, the Internet will make it known. I’ll definitely be watching and might even send a couple of shirts myself.  If you have a t-shirt you would like to donate, click here to learn how you can participate. While t-shirts are the focus of the campaign, monetary donations can also be sent when you ship your shirt to help defray any cost they may incur when shipping the shirts to Africa.

I like this idea because it is one person’s way of helping people in need. 1MillionShirts was not created to solve all the economic problems in Africa, but it is a start. They are currently undergoing the process to be recognized by the IRS as a 501c3 organization. Once tax-exempt status is reached, all donations will be 100% tax-deductible.