LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: The Greek debt crisis has been dragging on for years. One man in the U.K. has heard enough. He is trying to solve the crisis himself. NPR's Jackie Northam explains.</s>JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: Thom Feeney, a 29-year-old Londoner, says he was fed up with the endless showdowns between Greece and its international creditors. So he started a new campaign called Greek Bailout Fund to raise 1.6 billion euros to help pay Greece's debt using an online funding website.</s>THOM FEENEY: The politicians of Europe and indeed around the world have been dithering over Greece for quite some time. You know, maybe it takes a guy who works in a shoe shop in London to step in and just say, you know what? Let's try and do something now.</s>JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: The response has been surprising.</s>THOM FEENEY: Tell me about it. I woke up to 1,200 emails and 30 friend requests from Greek women. And it's gotten even crazier from there.</s>JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: Feeney is asking the 500 million people of Europe to pledge about 3 euros each. That's about the price of a half a pint of beer in London. For that, they'll receive a postcard of the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras.</s>THOM FEENEY: For 6 euros, we'll be sending out a feta and olive salad, for 10 euros, a bottle of Ouzo, the Greek spirit, and for 25 euros, a bottle of Greek wine.</s>JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: For 1 million euros, Feeney says you can get all of the above plus a hug and lots of love from the Greek people. Alas, no one has gone for that offer yet. Jackie Northam, NPR News.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: As of this morning, Feeney has raised less than a million euros. That's a tiny bit shy of the 1.6 billion needed.
Thom Feeney of London says he was fed up with the showdowns between Greece and its creditors. He started a campaign called Greek Bailout Fund to raise 1.6 billion euros to help pay Greece's debt.