The founder of teaching platform Khan Academy has put out an urgent call for donations following a 250% surge in users due to the coronavirus crunch.

CEO Sal Khan asked users to donate fiat — or they can donate Basic Attending Tokens (BAT) via their Brave browsers — to help the platform stay open during the pandemic.

Khan said the surge was due to record numbers of students forced to stay abode during lockdowns and social distancing requirements.

A billion schoolkids are staying home because of COVID-nineteen

Khan Academy is a non-profit organisation that aims to provide a free, world-course education to anyone, anywhere.

"I just wanted to give yous a quick message, because I know in this time of crunch at that place's a lot of anxieties almost health, most the economy and the fact that in that location are a billion students — and you might be one of them — who are not in school who otherwise would be."

Khan said the platform had a small-scale budget just reached every corner of the globe. He said it was already running at a deficit before the electric current crunch put it under fifty-fifty greater fiscal strain:

"Our upkeep is the budget of a large high school, but nosotros reach a reasonable clamper of humanity and that clamper is getting even larger and folks need the states even more in this time of crisis."

Khan Academy accepts Basic Attending Tokens

Khan Academy is a Dauntless Browser/BAT Publisher, which ways that they accept donations from Brave browser users. Catherine Corre, head of communications for Dauntless, told Cointelegraph that Khan University was a popular choice for BAT donations:

"Brave users can send BAT donations to their favorite publishers via Brave Rewards. Users tin can tip, donate monthly, and contribute automatically based on browsing. They can donate the BAT they earned from viewing privacy-preserving Brave Ads, or they can purchase more BAT and add it to their Dauntless wallet for more donations."

Khan Academy is a Bitcoin supporter

In improver to other educational programs, Khan University has a substantial amount of content dedicated to Bitcoin (BTC), blockchain, and other crypto-related subjects.

The Blockchain community has often contributed to worthy projects in the past. Today is another opportunity for crypto users to bear witness their generosity.