"With Affero, discussion style forums, mailing lists, email, web logs (blogs), research, newsletters, campaigns, articles or other forms of digital works can be recognized quickly and easily through ratings, comments and donations to worthy causes."
kind of a confusing idea but basically it's a way of people who volunteer to help others can indicate what causes they support, and those who are helped can donate on their behalf. something like that
pretty cool idea.
http://www.affero.com/ 
