Twenty Waysto spend

Twenty Dollars

$20 in New York

Perry Ellis 360 Blue Perfume, 1.7 ozReduced from $60 at Luxury Perfume.

It’s actually a very small bottle.

$20 in Tokyo

A Ticket to the Bunraku.The traditional Japanese puppets begin with half-hour sessions.

http://www.hotelnewotaniosaka.jp/events/bunraku-day

$20 in Mecca

150 Litres of Petrol.http://www.numbeo.com/gas-prices/city_result.jsp?

country=Saudi+Arabia&city=Mecca

15 Bottles of Red or 26 Cups of Coffee.http://au.businessinsider.com/euro-prices-around-europe-2012-9?op=1#cups-

of-coffee-1

$20 in LisbonThe place to go for drinks…

$20 in DublinIf you aim at a slow suicide…

Two Packets of Cigarettes.http://au.businessinsider.com/euro-prices-around-europe-2012-9?op=1#cups-of-

coffee-1

$20 in Delhi

The Sakshat Laptop.The Sakshat model has 2 GB of memory, Wi-Fi and fixed Ethernet

capability, and consumes just 2 watts of power.

When the Sakshat laptop was released in 2009,

critics called it “nothing more than a USB”.http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/india-unveils-20-laptop-the-sakshat/

$20 Wasted?

If you want to do somethingmore useful with your $20,

take it where it will go further…

$20 in Sichuan

Preserve a Panda.Project by WWF: sponsor panda conservation for a month.

$20 in Peru

Plant 40 Trees.Project by GlobalGiving: an indigenous family near the Amazon will plant 40 chambira palm trees, use the fibres to make woven crafts and extract and sell the essential oils.

$20 in Nanjing

Four Bibles.Project by Bibles for China: print, bind and distribute four Bibles to rural Chinese churches.

$20 in Flood or Earthquake Zone

A Solar-Powered Light.Project by Oxfam: This durable, solar-powered light helps people make

their way around emergency shelters and allows children to continue with

their homework. They are safer, cheaper and eco-friendlier than kerosene

lamps.

$20 in Mongolia

A Winter Outfit.Project by Save the Children: a winter coat and hat for a child living in a zone where winter temperatures fall below –40°C.

$20 in a Tibetan Village

12 metres of Water Pipe.Project: GlobalGiving. Buy 12 metres of pipe to bring water to a remote mountain village in Tibet.

$20 in Jakarta

Mosquito Net.Project by Oxfam: prevent malaria with a simple mosquito net.

$20 in a Tajikistani Village

Vegetable Seeds.Project by Oxfam: purchase fast-growing, high-yield seeds, a bag of fertiliser and some agricultural training so that villagers can feed their families and earn a modest profit.

$20 in Calcutta

Three Pairs of Shoes.Programme by Hope Foundation: buy shoes for street children in the slum areas.

$20 in Dar es Salaam

Pens, Paper & Schoolbooks.Project by Oxfam: provide a child with books and stationery.

$20 in Laos

Two Chickens.Project by Oxfam: the family can eat the eggs, sell the eggs or

breed the chickens to producemore chickens, more eggs, more chickens and more eggs.

$20 in Sri Lanka

Start a Home Business.Project by Oxfam: a loan of $20 can start up a business in

brick-making, tailoring, pottery or a small spice-shop.After the loan is repaid, it is lent again to a neighbour.

$20 in Burkina Faso

Prevent Blindness for 20 Children.Project by Helen Keller International: Children who go blind in the Third World usually die within a year. The leading cause of childhood blindness can be prevented by an annual vitamin A supplement costing $1 per child per year.

$20 in Karachi

Feed a Family of Four for one Week.Project by Oxfam: food vouchers after the flooding.

See also http://blogs.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/2006/01/how-far-a-100-rupee-note-will-go.html

$20 TodayA dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. You could just add your $20 to your piggy bank. But you will probably do more good for the world if you spend it today.