Yesterday, Patrick Ness launched a fundraising page for Save the Children, with the money going "to help with the Syrian refugee crisis because I can no longer stand to just tweet about it." Within hours, readers had donated £40,000 (about $60,935), which was matched by £10,000 donations from Ness and fellow authors John Green, Derek Landy and Jojo Moyes, the Bookseller reported. Although the original goal was £60,000, as of this morning the total raised had exceeded £190,000 and was still growing.
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"I feel like I have to do something. If we can all give money, it is something, however small," said Ness, who had originally announced the crowdfunding effort with a tweet: "Okay, I don't know if this'll work but I'll match donations up to £10k to do *something* to help this refugee crises."
"I think it says that there are so many people who feel helpless, just like me, looking at those pictures and fuming about this government's inhumane non-approach," Ness told the Guardian. "They want to do something. That's the message I'm getting.... It's been a busy day. But please give a little if you can."