# Donate the Hate turns hate comments into donations

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/02/donate-the-hate-turns-hates-comments-into-donations/
- Published: 2016-02-02T11:50:23+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Racist and xenophobic comments posted online are generating donations in Germany
to support refugee projects and a campaign against right-wing extremism.**

‘[Donate the Hate](http://www.hasshilft.de/index_en.html)’ makes a donation of one
euro for every hateful comment spotted that they or their partners post a response
to.

As such they have created what they call “the first ever involuntary online charity
initiative”.

## Advertisement

“This way,” says the group behind the campaign, “the haters and the trolls are making
a donation against their own cause. A bit of a catch-22 for them, probably”.

The funds are donated to Aktion Deutschland Hilft and EXIT-Deutschland.

The campaign even features a leaderboard of involuntary donors – although it does
protect their identity by not mentioning their surname.

## Who pays the donations?

The donations are paid for by corporate supporters who are listed on the campaign’s
website.

![Donate the Hate - corporate supporters](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2016/
02/donate-the-hate-supporters.jpg)

Total donations so far stand at **€6,031**.

The campaign also invites people to spread the message with downloadable images.

![Donate the Hate - German, proud, generous](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/
2016/02/donate-the-hate-supporters-german-proud-generous.jpg)

_You can spread the campaign with this downloadable image._

 

![Donate the Hate - hating for the right cause](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/
2016/02/donate-the-hate-supporters-hating-right-cause.jpg)

_Spreading the word for Donate the Hate_

## Germany’s Involuntary Walkathon

Donate the Hate has been created by the same group, ZDK Gesellschaft Demokratische
Kultur, that in 2014 created ‘[Germany’s involuntary Walkathon](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/27/fundraisers-from-germany-india-and-kenya-recognised-in-global-awards-for-fundraising/)’
in the town of Wunsiedel. This turned an annual neo-Nazi demonstration into a fundraising
campaign for charities helping refugees and countering extremism.

A similar campaign, [TrollAid](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/26/trollaid-ensures-abusive-online-posters-promote-fundraising-for-refugees/),
has been set up by CalaisAction to raise funds for its work supporting refugees.

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