This November 2009 email chain records Michael Leidig discussing a proposed Journalism Without Borders fundraising platform with Hannes Urban of Helfen Wir, meaning “We Help”. Leidig explains that, after 20 years as a journalist, he had often written stories about people in remarkable difficulty, but readers had no simple way to donate directly to help them. He proposes a website where professionally reported stories, already published or about to be published by major media, could be presented with photographs, publication details, a target amount, and an explanation of what the money was needed for. Donations would be collected through Helfen Wir, which would handle PayPal, credit-card payments and bookkeeping, with 90 per cent of funds going to the recipient and 10 per cent retained for administration. The document is significant because it shows the thinking behind Journalism Without Borders as a structured attempt to connect verified journalism with practical charitable support. It also records the ethical safeguards being considered: stories had to be submitted by professional journalists who could vouch that they were genuine, material had to be free of copyright restrictions or properly cleared, donations had to go through a registered Austrian charity, accounts would be declared through the official Austrian register of charities, and follow-up reports were expected once funds had been used. In the wider evidence chain, it helps document that CEN’s humanitarian work was not a vague reputational claim but part of a planned system for turning serious reported cases into accountable aid, funded and administered separately from ordinary news sales.