OneLeap – connecting people through charity donations

I just came across a really interesting website offering connections to people who would difficult to contact otherwise.

Here is how it works:

Users create a profile summarizing their experience and interests and select a charity their would like to receive donations. If you want to contact them, you have to donate money to their chosen charity (they set the amount) and than you can send them max 400 word message. If they reply within ten days, charity gets 80% of the funds, if not, you get your money back.

I like how it uses our satisfaction from helping a charity to connect people together. It is get getting high-profile media coverage so really interesting people are signing up.

You can sign up here, I have already created my profile!