As the metrics guy, oddities sometimes appear in the GlobalGiving database. For example, today I learned Pitcairn Island received $158 per resident through GlobalGiving project #996: Boat-Shed Construction at Pitcairn Island. When there are 50 people on one island, $7,301 has a major impact.

Pitcairn Island facts:

1. These guys are the decendents of the Mutiny on the Bounty crew, and their Tahitian wives
2. All are Seventh-Day Adventists
3. They have their own Internet domain, “.pn”
4. They now have a boat shed, built by GlobalGivers!

If you are interested, the top 6 countries supported through GlobalGiving per capita are:

1. Pitcairn Islands (pop. 46)
2. Liberia (pop. 3,317,176)
3. St. Vincent and the Grenadines (pop. 116,812)
4. Rwanda (pop. 7,810,056)
5. Haiti (pop. 7,527,817)
6. Kenya (pop. 31,639,091)

Sadly, support to the other countries comes to a mere 2 to 7 cents per citizen.

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