The Spanish charitable organization Messengers of Peace (Messengers of Peace) has raised funds in the virtual world of
Second Life to take care of the health and education of a real child.
With the assistance of the advertising agency ArnoldFuel, a virtual character was created who lived here and there in a cardboard box. During his "activity" he managed to collect 8 thousand local monetary units, which in translation to ordinary American money amounted to about $ 30, as well as several valuable virtual artifacts.

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However, the main goal of the organizers was not money, but the achievement of mutual understanding with people, reports the special correspondent of
Reuters in the virtual world of Second Life .