Offer by iTunes Benefits Charity Work in Darfur

May 17, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute

Customers at iTunes, the online music site, can download new versions of classic John Lennon songs and help victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

Amnesty International is using music to raise awareness about — and much-needed money for — the conflict, which has killed more than 300,000 people and forced 2.5 million people from their homes.

In June, Warner Brothers Records will release Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur, an album featuring contemporary artists, such as Christina Aguilera, Green Day, and Snow Patrol, covering John Lennon songs.

Yoko Ono, Mr. Lennon’s widow, granted the charity the rights to the musician’s entire solo catalog, and all proceeds will go to Amnesty International.

For more information: Go to http://www.instantkarma.org.

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Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.