UNI Dollar

Beautifully designed, this currency is the same size as a dollar bill. The currency exists in 5 denominations ranging from 1 to 50 dollars.

When you buy Uni its value is equal to $1 CAD or US (1 dollar = 1 UNI).

When you convert Uni back to CAD$ or US$, you receive 90¢ in your local currency with the remaining 10¢ going to the charitable projects fund.

10% donation system¹

Normal currency is based upon a system of interest which is a major cause of environmental destruction, inequality and poverty among people.^2,3 Instead of interest Uni dollars have an integrated 10% system of donation. Each time you use Uni dollars you are giving back to the world by donating 10% towards charitable projects.

1 According to the United Nations, it would cost about $195 billion a year to eradicate almost all deaths due to hunger and disease. In 2002, 22 developed countries pledged to work towards this goal which represents 0.7% (less than 1%) of their national income. http://www.poverty.com/internationalaid.html

2 The developing world now spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 it receives in grants. Global Development Finance, World Bank, 1999

3 Of all human rights failures today, those in economic and social areas affect by far the larger number and are the most widespread across the world’s nations and large numbers of people. Human Development Report 2000, p.73, United Nations Development Programme