Update:
I’m not sure if it’s coincidental. Because I certainly have not requested a refund. But DigitalOcean issued a refund overnight, not for $0.01 but for $5.00:
In any case, I’m passing this along to a small project that I occasionally support: Beekeeping Community Development Zimbabwe
You can learn a bit more about this venture here. You can also find them mentioned in this PDF document: Farmer-Led Adaptation: Best Practice Case Studies.