How to get Online Donations

John Kerry, US presidential candidate, this year raised $12 million online in a single month. So, there are donations to be found online! Now, how can you benefit?

This week’s workshop is a one-off chance to see what donors really think about your web site and online marketing. Be prepared for some healthy comments!

This is our chance to share experience and learn together. Join the action right now by posting a short message in one of the simple formats below.

The best sites and comments will also appear in a special update of my new e-book “How to get online donations”.

How to Participate

There are two ways to participate:

1. As an Online Donation Site to be reviewed 2. As a Donor Reviewer (imagine you are being asked to give money to one of the sites suggested below)

As an Online Donation Site

If you’d like to get others to review your site / newsletter, start by adding your details as example below:

Organisation Name: i.e. Griya Asih sanctuary for street children Main Project Goal: i.e. To provide enterprise training to Jakarta street children. Donation Site: i.e. http://www.griya-asih.microaid.net Successes so far: i.e. Raised over £12,000 in 2004 from an international donor Problems you’re having: i.e. Finding a way to receive credit card donations from US donors Ideas for the future: i.e. Providing a valuable and enjoyable newsletter to donors What feedback you want: i.e. Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide?

As a Donor Reviewer

If you’d like to post comments as a reviewer, here’s a suggested format for you:

Donation Site you are reviewing: i.e. http://www.griya-asih.microaid.net What I liked about the site was: i.e. The micro-projects made it very clear where my money was going What I felt needed clarifying was: i.e. I didn’t feel confident about subscribing to their newsletter My suggestions for improvement are: i.e. I found I wanted to know more about the children, who they are and where they are from Donor Rating out of 10: (where 1 is ‘would never donate’, 5 is ‘might donate’ and 10 ‘loved it so much I made a donation’) i.e. 9 – am going to make a donation as soon as I can!

Toby Beresford MicroAid.net Workshop Facilitator

Toby Beresford - Oct 12, 2004 9:22 am (#1 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Here's to an exciting workshop.

It's easy to contribute to this event, just cut and paste one of the formats above and edit the text to suit you.

This is your chance to get publicity and feedback on your site from others on social edge.

Together we can change the world!

Toby

ps. you can find out more about me and who I am by clicking on my name to read my online profile.

VictoriaQ - Oct 12, 2004 5:05 pm (#2 Total: 76)
World Dreams Peace Bridge


http://www.worlddreamspeacebridge.org/aiddonations.htm

It is others who co-ordinate the finances but I spread the word when I can.
Aid for Traumatized Children
Introduction

May Tung of San Francisco, formerly from China, is a wise and compassionate woman, a psychotherapist.

When the bombs were falling on Baghdad last March and April, when members of the World Dreams Peace Bridge despaired that hundreds of thousands of protesters had not stopped the war on a country whose population is more than 70 percent under the age of eighteen, May's was a voice of reason. "We are not a large group," she counseled, "but we can do something small and personal. We can provide toys and art supplies for the traumatized children of Iraq." Thus the Aid for Traumatized Children Project was begun. (See May's open letter, "Bewildered Little Faces," below.)





FINDING OUR WAY TO IRAQ

We began looking for funding, and we began looking for a way to deliver items to the children in Iraq, who filled our dreams. The way became the journey.

For nine months we read, searched the Internet, contacted people, following one lead after another. All routes to Iraq were closed, initially, except to the military. In our search, we met many people: in Turkey, in Jordan, in the US and Iraq, all willing to help in whatever way they could, until finally, just before the end of 2003, we were introduced to Kathy Kelly and Voices in the Wilderness.

You can read more about this group at http://www.serve.com/vitw/ but it may be enough to know that Kathy has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize. She and her group, after spending years protesting the US embargo on Iraq, stayed in Iraq rather than fleeing to safety during the war, and they travel there regularly now, despite the dangers.

Before meeting Kathy via e-mail, we carried on a long correspondence with Dr. Karzan Jalil Ali, in Erbil in Northern Iraq. Dr. Karzan, who was introduced to us by UNICEF, runs a family clinic in Erbil. For months we tried to figure out a way to get therapeutic supplies to him, but all routes were closed and still are. In the process we became friends. Karzan sent photos to us of his recent wedding.













BOYS AND KNOTS

In the meantime, while our search continued, we continued to collect donations (and still do. If you would like to make a donation, click here) for toys and supplies. Many people were touched by our struggle and the plight of Iraqi children. We were able to collect over $1,000 in just a few months.

One day, a donation came via our PayPal account. Mysteriously, rather than the notice of this $300 containing a name, it contained reference to a note. Here's what the note said:

This donation is made by Joe Chiang, Kuen-Kuen Sim and John Chiang, all from Foster City, California. Joe and Kuen-Kuen are eleven years old and John is ten years old. They generated the donation money by selling self-made dragonfly shaped Chinese knots. They also got sponsored money from adults. This is a meaningful and worthwhile donation for them.

Amazed at the generosity of these boys, we corresponded with them and their families, learning that the idea for the knots came from the boys, not from their parents. The families sent us photos of the boys learning to make the beautiful knots. We invite you to look at them.

The boys have made another generous offer to the Aid for Traumatized Children Project.

SEASON ARTS SCHOOL

Finally, after months of trying, we were able to reach our goal. Through our contact with Kathy Kelly, we were introduced to Imad Hadi Abbas, who operates the Season Arts School in Baghdad. At this school, which works with over two hundred children in morning and afternoon programs, children are encouraged to deal with the trauma of war through drawing, writing, music and the other arts. Imad, who is himself a graduate student and lecturer at Baghdad University, is also manager of the Childhood's Voices Organization.

Equally important was that through Voices in the Wilderness, we were able to find a way to deliver packages, which could be picked up in Jordan by VTW workers, and driven by car many miles to Baghdad. Through VTW, we hope one day to be involved in work in Basra, the poorest of Iraq's cities. Clearly there is much to be done, and we hope you will join us.

For photos of World Dreams' Ilkin Sungu, shopping for toys in Istanbul to be shipped to Jordan, go here. Ilkin manifested a small miracle herself, when her friend Tatiana (who only called to see if Ilkin would like to go to a movie) ended up shopping with her at ToysRUs, and making a sizable donation in the process. (See Ilkin's "A Call to Aid for Traumatized Children" below.)

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jlclarke - Oct 12, 2004 6:22 pm (#3 Total: 76)
Urban Leadership Foundation


Organisation Name: Urban Leadership Foundation
Main Project Goal: To raise principal centered leaders
Donation Site: i.e. http://www.onemillionacts.com
Successes so far: 756,000 registrations
Problems you’re having: visitors, and getting beyond septisim of upromise
Ideas for the future: creating a cause related website

What feedback you want: i.e. Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to work with us? – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide?
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anastaj - Oct 12, 2004 10:45 pm (#4 Total: 76)
BuildingBlocks International


Organisation Name: BuildingBlocks International
Main Project Goal: To connect business professionals with promising community organizations around the world through a Corporate "Peace Corps."
Donation Site: http://www.bblocks.org
Successes so far: We haven't begun utilizing our online donation capacity.
Problems you’re having: Not sure if the online donation capability is easily accessible to donors.
Ideas for the future: Have a series of events that support and connect business people with potential international volunteer experiences.
What feedback you want: Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide? (This is exactly our set of questions!)

Toby Beresford - Oct 13, 2004 1:31 am (#5 Total: 76)
MicroAid


GREAT! thank you jl clarke, spot on. Here's my 10 cents below, I hope others can add theirs.

Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.onemillionacts.com

What I liked about the site was: I understood the concept right from the home page - I had to propose an act of kindness - the site looks professional and trustworthy. I felt pleased to have been invited there.

What I felt needed clarifying was: I didn't know what Upromise was and there was no way to find out. The result of my registration would enrol me in "Upromise" but I was at onemillionacts. I had some trust of the onemillionacts site but I wasn't sure about Upromise

My suggestions for improvement are: Under the "What will you do?" question there were no examples. Perhaps because I came to the site fairly cold but I really needed at least two or three examples so I knew what sort of thing to put in the text box. What level of act is it? Help an old lady across the street, drive a truck of aid to Africa...

Donor Rating out of 10: (where 1 is ‘would never donate’, 5 is ‘might donate’ and 10 ‘loved it so much I made a donation’) 2 (sorry!) but this is because I didn't see anything that I felt deserved my cash

I hope this is helpful, lets see what others thought. Everyone has a different view on these things, and all perceptions are valid. The "user" is always right!
Perhaps someone else could now have a go at reviewing anastaj's BuildingBlocks site?


Thanks!

Toby

Mylaram N.Swamy - Oct 13, 2004 7:23 am (#6 Total: 76)
Ananta Abhyudaya Seva Samithi


I am serving Rural Children to educate them in proper way.I have started a center for School dropouts in Gorantla, Near PUTTAPARTHY in India.Can U support our NGO to open more schools for Children.pls guide us.Awaiting for Ur mail. ......Mylaram N.Swamy + 91 + 984 94 13499

kelleen - Oct 13, 2004 7:43 am (#7 Total: 76)


Organisation Name: The New Party

Main Project Goal: New UK political party working to give the voters of the UK a choice and change the face of politics UK through voter engagement and participation

Donation Site: http://www.newparty.co.uk

Successes so far: Online? Not many. We have receive most of our funding from a single donor and average 1/2 to 1 million £ (pounds/GBP) a year



Problems you’re having: Finding ways to engage and motivate donors and online activists



Ideas for the future: We would like to make an engaging site and send out interesting and smart looking email newsletters. We would also like to do email marketing and outreach campaigns and see membership continue to increase as well as increase the participation of members online, on the ground, in recruitment, and in our fundraising efforts. Reaching out to youth is a huge priority as well as other segments of the population, including women, pensioners, minorities, etc.



What feedback you want: Advice, help, guidance!!! Ideas about good programs for email/newsletter campaigns, how to make the site more attractive to donors, ideas of things that have worked in the past, etc! Every and all ideas are appreciated!! I am sure there is feedback out there that we don't even know we want yet!!!

Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide?

KaritaHummer - Oct 13, 2004 7:46 am (#8 Total: 76)
Bosnian & Herzegovinian USA Cultural Association


Hello,

I think this is a great topic. I am involved in two non-profit startups on behalf of refugees, and I would like to get help on developing a small donor base for both organizations. (One, Bosnian & Herzegovinian USA Cultural Association (BHUCA, a San Francisco Bay Area mutual assistance agency, which focuses on Culture Therapy (Film Festivals and the like) already has its 501(c)3 status and for the other, Footprints Guild, (a Micro-enterprise/Macro-mental Health Project, situated in Silicon Valley, for San Francisco Bay Area refugee artisans and refugee vendors of artisan products, we are just organizing to get the 501(c)3 status.)

I believe that small donations are the key for start-up non-profits, rather than big funders, and that on-line donations could be one of the best sources for such donations.

As are just in our infancy as organizations, it would be great to get ideas about how to go about setting up this resource properly on our web-sites. Therefore, I would appreciate input from others about the potential of our sites for doing this kind of fundraising.

Organisation Names: Footprints Guild
Main Project Goal: To provide enterprise training to refugee artisans and refugee vendors of artisan products from their homelands and to be a wholesale and retail trade association on behalf of such refugees.
Donation Site: http://www.footprintsguild.org (Donation section, still to be constructed.)
Successes so far: Have had five faires/sales and a fashion show, representing approximately 30 refugees) through which the Footrpints Guild obtained a small percentage of sales (10%) and for which we have begun to get a following. We have had in-kind donations of equipment and sapce, as well.
Problems you’re having: Though we have had an outpouring of assistance from volunteers, finding sufficient start-up financial resources for basic staff for administrative assistance, equipment and space for a trade showroom has been difficult.
Ideas for the future: Using the Web-site as a portfolio opportunity for our refugee artisans and vendors, catalogue of artisan products, and direct order taking and sales from the Web-site.
What feedback you want: e.g. Please review our web site. We know that we have to add a whole lot to the web-site, but this is a great time, as we begin to develop it further, to get the kind of input that will help us do it right and set the stage for getting donations in the future. Ideas are welcome.

Organisation Name: Bosnian & Herzegovinian USA Cultural Association (BHUCA)
Main Project Goal: To provide Culture Therapy to the Bosnian refugee community in the San Francisco Bay area through such medium as film festivals and the arts and to expand the awareness of the broader community regarding Bosnian culture and history.
Donation Site: http://www.bhuca.org (Donation section to be constructed)
Successes so far: Raised over $25,000 for two film festivals, from individual donors and ticket revenues.
Problems you’re having: Getting venture funds for administrative staff and rent
Ideas for the future: Connecting the Bosnian community worldwide for purposes of culture therapy, healing and advancement.
What feedback you want: i.e. Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide? How should we go about constructing a donation page? How difficult is it to sell tickets on-line for our film festivals? What administrative help and financial resources would we need to have in place to handle such orders?

Thank you.

Karita Hummer, LCSW
Project Director, Footprints Guild
Culture Therapy Coordinator, BHUCA

Kym Park - Oct 13, 2004 8:13 am (#9 Total: 76)


Organisation Name: RESULTS
Main Project Goal: i.e. To generate the public & political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty.

Donation Site: i.e. http://www.results.org

Successes so far: i.e. we recieved one donation of $5,000 on our site, but it was a personal ask - not someone who found us.

Problems you’re having: getting new donors via the web - I think our donation site is confusing, long and makes you work hard to donate.

Ideas for the future: we have national fundraising events, and we need a way to have people donate on our site to a particular fundraiser.

What feedback you want: Please review our web site. Tell me how it would be, even if you knew who we were, donating for the first time -technically, how difficult is it to donate?

Lois - Oct 13, 2004 11:41 am (#10 Total: 76)


Thank you so much for this forum. I'm making my first post to Social Edge today ...

Organisation Name: Atlantic Provinces Council on the Sciences

Main Project Goal: to support and enhance science education in Atlantic Canada ... main website www.apics.dal.ca

Donation Site: note - this is an internal email sent to our membership, not a publicly posted page: www.apics.dal.ca/beaker3.html

Campaign begun: April 1 2004 (this is the third appeal letter)

Goal: $4,000

Target audience: 225 Deans of Science and science professors who are involved in our charity, from 18 post secondary and research institutes in Atlantic Canada

Successes so far: convinced all of our new fund raising committee members to donate and all but one of our Executive members to donate (fund raising was just made a project of the charity this year)

Problems you’re having: very few other members of the organization are donating (3 out of about 200 members)

Ideas for the future: Challenges from head of a member institution to other member institutions to increase participation; challenge from chair of one of our committees to other committees (the first two appeal letters came from the chair of the council and the chair of the fund raising committee)

What feedback you want: This is the first fund raising initiative of our 40+ year old charity, which until now has relied solely on institutional membership fees (post secondary institutions pay annual fees to belong) and project specific grants, mainly from government. How do you overcome the members' apathy about donating? One committee chair at our annual general meeting said that that professors don't earn enough to donate their money as well as their time, but noone else has said anything like that ...

I have read and believe that the donation process should start internally. Even the vice chair of the Council, involved for over a dozen years, hasn't made a contribution, even after the chair of the fund raising committee contacted him.

I've even had emails from members saying that they liked my letter, the tone, the intent, and wishing me luck ... but they didn't make a donation! We've been at this for 4 months and have raised only $1000 (about $1500 when you count the donations from me, my family and personal friends).

Help!!!

Thanks so much!!! Lois

jlclarke - Oct 13, 2004 2:07 pm (#11 Total: 76)
Urban Leadership Foundation


I would love to understand how you want me to help.

scord - Oct 13, 2004 5:20 pm (#12 Total: 76)
SCORD


We are one of the NGOs of INDIA woking mainly for MENTAL ILLNESS peoples tratment and rehabilitation .Kindly help for the continuation of the project. U.ANBARASU SCORD INDIA

Attachments:

Greetings from SCORD.doc (23 KB)

Toby Beresford - Oct 14, 2004 12:53 am (#13 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Dear Mylaram

Thank you for posting your details.

I suggest a first step is to establish an email list of people you know are interested in your project. These may be local, national or international friends and supporters.

With this email list you then need to send them a monthly or quarterly update letting them know progress of your project. What has happened recently, what you are planning.

From here you can establish a team of online supporters who, when asked, can help you find the resources you need whether from themselves or from their own contacts.

There are two sections in my e-book which covers this online marketing technique in more detail. In 'How to Get Online Donations' I think you will find the following relevant: Email addresses (pg 36) and Newsletters (pg 45). You can download the ebook for free (when you sign up to MicroAid's own monthly newsletter !) from http://www.microaid.net/ebook/

Good luck!

Kind Regards

Toby

Toby Beresford - Oct 14, 2004 1:11 am (#14 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Jennifer

Thanks for posting bblocks. Here's my feedback below, I hope it helps you get online donations!

Kind Regards

Toby

Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.bblocks.org

What I liked about the site was: The PDF download in the top right corner was a useful feature - personally I quite like being able to download the paper brochure of an organisation and then print it out to read at leisure.

What I felt needed clarifying was: Why you needed donations - it looks like your organisation should already be well funded by the companies you work for.

My suggestions for improvement are: Make it really clear you want donations from this web site. I suggest Cut and paste the Network For Good "Donate Now" button and link and display it prominently at the top of every page. Under it have a link to "Why we need your donations" or similar.

The current how you can help is buried at the bottom right corner of the page, I had to really look to find it, and scroll down the page - for most practical donor purposes this is the same as invisible.

Donor Rating out of 10: (where 1 is ‘would never donate’, 5 is ‘might donate’ and 10 ‘loved it so much I made a donation’) a 2 I'm afraid for the reasons stated above. In the future I might however be prepared to donate to the individual projects that you are sending volunteers to support.

d_alfaras - Oct 14, 2004 3:46 am (#15 Total: 76)


Organisation Name: Portege Youth Development Initiative, Inc. Main Project Goal: Developing Youth in SouthEastAsia thru trainings & research.Create high impact programs with global solutions thru local actions. Donation Site: www.pydi.org Successes so far: Partnerships with local & international organizations throughout Asia. Problems you’re having: Finding long-term partners & donors. Ideas for the future: Providing a valuable research & create high impact projects directing the partners/donors objectives. What feedback you want:Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide?

peelcee - Oct 14, 2004 7:38 am (#16 Total: 76)
People's Life Center

Greetings from People's Life center, tamilnadu, India. We are working in the field of dalit empowerment, please guide us and support us for the same.

Toby Beresford - Oct 14, 2004 11:41 pm (#17 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.newparty.co.uk/

What I liked about the site was: It's very clear what this is - a new political party. I felt I was in the right place from the word go.

What I felt needed clarifying was: There was no message about donation on the front page

My suggestions for improvement are: Change the menu title "Join us" to "Support Us". Then as a donor I would know.

Donor Rating out of 10: 5 - a difficult one to call as it is a clear easy to follow site, my donation preference though is probably highly influenced by my own political persuasion...!

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A very useful resource for you though would be the Politcial Consultants Fundraising Primer which can be downloaded freely at this address:
http://www.ipdi.org/UploadedFiles/of.pdf

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They include chapters on e-mail campaigns (Chapter 1) and web sites (Chapter 2).

Kind Regards and good luck

Toby

Toby Beresford - Oct 14, 2004 11:54 pm (#18 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Karita

Thanks for your post. Here come my comments, I do hope anyone else reading this can have a go at adding their contribution too, no matter how small all feedback helps.

I'm going to break my own format here and just come back with a priority idea that I think will help you.

Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.footprintsguild.org

Idea
I think the first thing you should add to your web site is a "subscribe to our mailing list" box.

At this stage your key objective is probably not to improve your web site but to build up your mailing list. Getting online supporters and sending them regular (monthly ideally) emails letting them know progress is much more effective than investing your valuable time in an essentially passive tool such as a website. As your organisation and your site functions develops you can then invite them to participate.

Without this mailing list you run the risk of learning by experience, as we certainly did with MicroAid version 1, that "if you build it they won't come", because at the end of the day "Donors don't surf!"

I hope this helps

Toby

emilydoran - Oct 15, 2004 12:14 am (#19 Total: 76)


Organisation name: Emmaus UK
Main Project Goal: to run existing communities and set up new ones in which homeless people are provided with a home, work and companionship. These communities ideally become financially self-supporting through their furniture recycling business but need considerable funds initially.
Donation site: http://www.emmaus.org.uk (Click on 'Help Emmaus')
Successes so far: 170 people have donated nearly £7,000 online in the last 2.5 years. Online donations are not the website's prime function however. It is primarily for information and to promote more general 'support' and awareness of Emmaus, as well as internal communications.
Problems you're having: Finding the time within the organisation to keep information updated regularly
Ideas for the future: Develop the password-protected area for internal communication
What feedback you want: Would our website encourage you to support Emmaus (be it through volunteering, employment, cash/in-kind gifts, online or postal/telephone donation)? How easy do you find it to locate your nearest Emmaus Community?

KaritaHummer - Oct 15, 2004 12:22 am (#20 Total: 76)
Bosnian & Herzegovinian USA Cultural Association


--Your Message Here--

Hello Toby,

I appreciate your response and will take your advice to heart!

But, if donors don't surf, what can I do attract Online donors to the site"

Toby Beresford - Oct 15, 2004 12:45 am (#21 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Karita

Yes, that's the right question!

I think the answer is somewhere in the following:

1. To attract donors to your site, first you have to ask them.

This means creating a mailing list of emails, start with close friends and existing supporters. Encourage them to invite others, everyone you meet or get in contact with should go on your mailing list (I guess including me ) Then mail them regularly with invitations, appeals and good information. If they're willing to be on your mailing list then they do want to help you just need to ask.

2. To make your site attractive to donors you need to make the online donation experience better than the offline one.

You need to make making online donations more enjoyable / rewarding to donors than making offline ones. What does this mean? It could mean many things either providing more information on where their money will be spent, providing progress reports, allowing them to be part of the story too (guest books etc).

It may be through use of clever e-fundraising tools that give them benefits over other approaches - look at http://www.justgiving.com as an example - no more wandering round the office with a sponsorship form in hand - all you have to do nowadays is send round a link and the software will collect the donations for you.

{By the way "Donors don't surf" and "Make the online experience better than the offline one" are in the chapter on Six Principles in my e-book at http://www.microaid.net/ebook/}

I hope you don't take my advice too much to heart - I tend to take the entrepreneurs view that with advice it's best to get as much as you can and then ignore 7/10th's of it!

Kind Regards

Toby

Josia - Oct 17, 2004 1:48 pm (#22 Total: 76)
Marketing Consultant & Copywriter


Organization Name: Bnei Baruch World Center For Kabbalah Studies

Main Project Goal: To spread the wisdom throughout the world and keep it free

Donation Site: http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/donations/

Successes so far: Millions of dollars that were raised in Russia over the last five years mainly went towards supporting efforts in that region.

Problems you’re having: Not falling into any standard category and not having the funding to promote http://www.kabbalah.info more aggressively

Ideas for the future:
1)Being more direct about how vital what this group is doing is to the well-being of all humanity
2) Emphasizing that the head of this group, Michael Laitman, is the "chosen one" of this generation
3) Making more noise about the live daily broadcasts from Israel that thousands are already enjoying

What feedback you want: The main site is currently being transformed into a community site. I would like feedback about what type of people/organizations would be the best to approach.

Additional input: It is difficult to describe the rewards for people who will help set the foundation for the rest of the world - maybe this feedback from our latest event will give you an idea ... http://www.kabbalahgroup.info/eng/after_congress.php

Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide to help further this extremely worthy cause.

Josia

Toby Beresford - Oct 18, 2004 1:16 am (#23 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Lois

Thanks for your post, my comments below!

Toby

Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.apics.dal.ca/beaker3.html

What I liked about the site was: It was an email appeal letter! This is much more likely to raise donations than a website. It seemed a professional pitch so I never felt I needed to check the rest of the web site - this is a good thing as it keeps your donors focused on the appeal in hand.

What I felt needed clarifying was: It wasn't all that clear why a charitable donation was really needed from me.

There is also this statement which caused me to think "no way am I donating to this" - "In fact, for the last two years, each committee has accepted a reduction to help the charity balance its budget." It sounds to me as if your committee has said "lets go and ask people for donations instead of paying for this work ourselves when we want to spend the money on something else!" I am sure this is just in the phrasing but this is the real value of testing your letters on "friends and family" first.

Donors want to give to work that is: important, would not happen otherwise, will cause a tangible difference in people's lives.

My suggestions for improvement are: I would simplify your appeal request. Establish what the $4,000 is paying for, why it is needed and what you need from each person. I suggest you simplify the amount you are asking for (I didn't really get the point of $95 for a cappucino each week - it just made me think of what else I could be spending the money on instead!) How about your "$78 per donor" which is specific and meaningful:i.e. $78 pays for an hour for a person like Kyle to have a great learning opportunity that without your support he would never have.

Also, this is a personal appeal so it needs to be personal in approach - Dear Toby, I'm asking you to give me $78 so that undergraduates like Kyle can learn the skills they need to become the next generation of scientists to benefit our country. Your support can make all the difference...

Donor Rating out of 10: 7 - a direct personal appeal is much more likely to make me give money. A little tweaking and who knows...

Good luck with the fourth appeal letter!

Toby

Toby Beresford - Oct 18, 2004 2:11 am (#24 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Dear Anbarasu

Thank you for uploading the document "Greetings from SCORD" to the forum. I have comments as follows which I hope will assist you in finding funds for the project:

Kind Regards

Toby

Donation Site you are reviewing: Uploaded document

What I liked about the document was: There was information about your project work including the villages you were serving. You also had a clear budget - I felt it was clear what my money would be used for.

What I felt needed clarifying was: The cost seemed to be rather expensive - half a million US dollars to help 60 patients works out at nearly $9000 each. Is this correct?

A major proportion of the budget is being spent on the drugs themselves, it would be helpful to specify which drugs and where they are coming from. (Are these generics or patents?)

A point to mention here is that many drug companies do have programmes to provide their patent drugs at costs appropriate to local circumstances - if the drug in question is risperidone then perhaps Janssen-Cilag (J and J) in India might be able to help. It would be worth phoning them to find out what programmes they have (91 +22 386.14.31 or *9202 - www.jnjindia.com)

My suggestions for improvement are: A key issue with your letter is that you have different information about your project, organisation and the specific appeal all merged into one document which is confusing. I think you need to to separate out the information into more manageable blocks.

I suggest you need to split it into three sections:

1. The project - what you want to do and what funds are required

2. Your organisation - who you are, what you've done in the past, why you do what you do, who runs the organisation, who audits the organisation

3. The pitch / appeal / grant request - why should this person or organisation provide you with these funds at this moment in time

By splitting it up (3 separate word documents would do) you then can then ensure that each is professional and makes sense.

I can also see that using a system such as MicroAid would help you as the ICT ensures this essential separation between current projects, organisation and donor communications. A web system would also provide a way for donors to take action directly on reading your appeal whether to fund directly or to register their interest with you.

Donor Rating out of 10: 8 - I give this 8 because it is an appeal letter and what my funds would be for is clear.

scord - Oct 19, 2004 6:34 am (#25 Total: 76)
SCORD


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Toby Beresford - Oct 20, 2004 4:20 am (#26 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Kym

Please find my thoughts below related to results.org.

Kind Regards
Toby

Donation Site: http://www.results.org

What I liked about the site was: The one line summary at the top of the page "Results: creating public and political will to end hunger and worst apects of poverty". It's refreshing when the mission is clear and easy to understand.

What I felt needed clarifying was: I found the donation center okay but the second page used the word "invest" which confused me. Although I understand what you are trying to do by using the word "invest" I think it is less confusing to donors if you stick to terms they understand "10 reasons to donate to Results" is probably enough. Or if you prefer, "10 reasons why your donation to RESULTS is an investment in the future". My mind was tuned in to the word donation so its best to keep me on that.

My suggestions for improvement are: I actually found the technical aspect of donating okay - I found donation center easily enough (although I started by wondering whether Ways to Participate was the right place to go). I found the click "donate now to Results or results educational fund" and then I found the usual credit card page that I was expecting.

Two areas you could improve might be to split the donation form into a two step process - name and address first then credit card. As an internet donor I always like to see a preview of what I'm giving to before I enter my actual credit card

The other area that might be worth addressing is when asking donors to make the choice between giving to RESULTS or giving to the RESULTS educational fund. As a new donor it wasn't overly clear what the difference was - this unexpected requirement to make a choice can make the donor feel unsure what they should be doing ("User self blame" - we call it) and stop them from completing the donation process. Some more handholding at the decision point (the radio button) would have been appreciated.

Donor Rating out of 10: 8 - overall I felt it all worked well

To help with your ideas for the future point, to let people donate to a particular fundraiser I suggest you can have the fundraiser create personal appeal pages like those on http://www.justgiving.com

Toby Beresford - Oct 20, 2004 4:50 am (#27 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hello Emily

My comments below:

Donation Site: http://www.emmaus.org.uk

What I liked about the site was: Professional design, donate button very easy to find and easy process.

Would our website encourage you to support Emmaus (be it through volunteering, employment, cash/in-kind gifts, online or postal/telephone donation)?

Yes I think it is encouraging. I think you could reduce the amount of text in the text blocks further - Jakob Nielsen advises that web page copy is 50% of paper media because on the web people scan rather than read. In particular I thought the Terry Waite quote on the front page was a bit long.

In the volunteer piece I think some volunteer stories might help too - find out how John Smith really enjoyed being a companian in Leeds for example.

How easy do you find it to locate your nearest Emmaus Community?

Not very easy, I'm afraid. I found the drop down box for locating the nearest community okay but it was arranged from the Emmaus point of view rather than the user point of view. The user point of view is "I know where I am (in my case London) so I'll tell the web site where I am and then it will find the Emmaus community near me." A good example of the 'right way round' is finding your nearest rover dealer - see http://www.rover.co.uk

A postcode finder version is probably a bit over the top for your purposes though.

I suggest you add a new page with a map of the UK and all the communities marked on it as links (using an HTML Imagemap). Then make the words "Find my nearest Emmaus" link to this page. You can keep the drop down box but change the title to "Find out more about a local Emmaus Community". This makes what it does clearer.

So now the user has two options: if they know the local community they're interested in they use the drop down box, if they want to find the one nearest them they use the link to the map.

With regard to your problem of keeping the information regularly updated how about giving the communities themselves the ability to update their own pages?

I hope this all helps!

Toby

Toby Beresford - Oct 20, 2004 5:18 am (#28 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Josia

My comments below!

Kind Regards

Toby

Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.kabbalah.info

What I liked about the site was: Lots of language options at the top - aha I thought - a real "World" wide web site.

What I felt needed clarifying was: How I was meant to donate if I wasn't in Israel, US or Canada!

I would like feedback about what type of people/organizations would be the best to approach.
There are several organisations that provide online community facilities - Yahoo Groups is a very popular and free software to do this: http:/groups.yahoo.com

The Development Directory http://www.devdir.org is a really excellent international directory of organisations many of which will be involved in community development.

One final point I noticed you have a section of press releases but I could not find the section on press coverage. When persuading online users to engage with your organisation some good press coverage goes a long way.

venkat - Oct 20, 2004 9:00 pm (#29 Total: 76)


Organisation Name: GiveIndia
Main Project Goal: To allow people to reach out and support a large # of causes in India
Donation Site: http://www.GiveIndia.org
Successes so far: raising approx. US$150,000 online a year...
Problems you’re having: Conversion rates are poor (1.5% of visitors).
Ideas for the future: More dynamic content on the home page
What feedback you want: Please review our web site. What do you suggest we do to improve conversions?

mkevane - Oct 20, 2004 9:35 pm (#30 Total: 76)
Friends of African Village Libraries


Organisation Name: Friends of African Village Libraries
Main Project Goal: Establish and operate small village libraries in rural Africa (West Africa for now)
Donation Site: i.e. http://www.favl.org
Successes so far: i.e. Raised $20,000 per year in each of our first two years, operate 5 village libraries in Ghana and Burkina Faso
Problems you’re having: After installing a Paypal button more than a year ago, we have received exactly one donation online
Ideas for the future: We mostly concentrate on our current donor list, but would love to slowly expand as our capacity allows
What feedback you want: Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide?

Dale_Wen - Oct 20, 2004 11:12 pm (#31 Total: 76)


Organization Name--I am not raising money for any particular nonprofit, but for several NGOs sharing a common cause: to improve rural education in China.

Main Project Goal:
 1. To help these NGOs to raise money.
 2. To raise awareness, stimulate discussion and explore new solutions for the problem.

Donation Site: http://www.geocities.com/dale_wen2000
I promote 3 NGOs on this site, one is based in China, and the other two are based in US.

Successes so far:
In July, I successfully raised $4,000 at an Internet forum for one NGO, and people also showed lots of interest on similar NGOs I mentioned and would like to donate to them in the future. This stimulated me to put all the materials together on my website. It was only up since last week and I only sent the link to several close friends so far, so you will be among the earliest visitors.

Ideas for the future: Donating to a China-based NGO is troublesome: one has to wire money directly to their bank account and there is no tax benefit. I am in the process to register a new nonprofit with the name “China Grassroots Foundation”, one thing I would like to do with it (among many other things) is to act like a portal and financial agency for grassroots NGOs in China: collect donations here, give money to NGOs in China as donors direct or through some grant application process. Would like your comment on this idea.

Problems you’re having: i.e. I am not sure in general, how people would respond to the idea of fundraising for a cause, instead of a particular NGO. Eventually, I would like to do fundraising for China based NGOs through my future NGO
“China Grassroots Foundation”, while continue to provide links and encourage direct donations to US based NGOs sharing similar mission. Should I start to use this website to garner some support for my future NGO, like start to build an email/e-newsletter list etc.?

What feedback you want: Please review the web site. Would it encourage you to donate to the several NGOs I mentioned on the site – what information is missing – what else do I need to provide? If you want to donate, would you have the patience to navigate the NGO websites (links provided on my site)? Or do you want me to provide a simple one-page instruction about how to donate to them? All these NGO websites are bilingual (English and Chinese), and the English part is not always up-to-date or well organized, so it may pose certain challenges for non-Chinese speakers; on the other hand, I am concerned that instructions about how to donate may sounds too patronizing (I am just a volunteer for these NGOs, I don’t want to sound like their speak person).

locusa - Oct 21, 2004 6:53 am (#32 Total: 76)
Love Our Children USA


Organisation Name: Love Our Children USA
Main Project Goal: To stop the cycle that victimizes children
Donation Site: http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org
Successes so far: Raised a small amount of money through online donations
Problems you’re having: Wish to raise more through online donations
Ideas for the future: Providing a valuable and online newsletter to donors
What feedback you want: i.e. Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide?

Toby Beresford - Oct 21, 2004 8:50 am (#33 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.GiveIndia.org

What I liked about the site was: I thought this site was really excellent! You're genuinely providing a better donation experience - ability to select individual micro-projects, detailed feedback, and donor stories. This shows in your success so far: $150,000 in a year is good - I'd be interested to get a feel for how much you've spent on marketing to achieve this.

What I felt needed clarifying was: I wasn't sure what a "Corpus fund" was, sorry its not a term I'm familiar with.

My suggestions for improvement are: You asked about conversions. The fact that you are measuring them, is a very good sign in itself. As you make changes you can see if the conversion rate changes and so improve the site incrementally.

I have two suggestions:

1/ Have a Quick Register box- To me donor conversion online is more of a journey than a one off decision. People go through stages towards a deeper relationship with you, I've found some people take 12-18 months to give after you first add them to the mailing list. It might be worth you promoting a simple "register first for our newsletter" on every page. This then gives you 12 more chances that year to ask them for money!

Your current full registration page is just too detailed for a time constrained internet user. Especially when there are unanswerable questions like what State in India you are from which are still set as mandatory fields. (I did manage to find the Others option but it was well buried) Once you have people's emails you can then market to them every month. This repeated drip effect can help you convert interested supporters into giving supporters.

2/ Have a "Search by amount required" facility - I did actually decide I'd like to try giving a small amount. I'd seen some small value donation possibilities earlier in my searching but I couldn't find them again. I felt I wanted a search by amount facility.

Many donors once happy with a cause do then think how much can I afford and what will it buy me. A "search by amount" helps you support this way of thinking.

Donor Rating out of 10: 9 - you nearly got me!

Toby Beresford - Oct 21, 2004 9:42 am (#34 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Dale

Thanks for this. I really liked your story and the before and after photos in the school really showed the difference you made. I hope my comments below can help.

Toby



Donation Site http://www.geocities.com/dale_wen2000

What I liked about the site was: It was refreshingly personal. I felt like I'd been invited to your home and made to feel welcome. Your own story about renovating a school in rural China instead of an engagement ring was great.

What I felt needed clarifying was:
How I would donate. I would certainly need instructions on how to donate to a chinese NGO from overseas and wouldn't find it all patronising.

My suggestions for improvement are:
I think you need to start at identifying who is your target market for donations. Once you have sorted this out then many of the questions about what you do to reach them (type of web site or newsletter, what your future NGO does, general cause / specific project)

Some of the questions you need to decide are:
1. Are they chinese speaking or not
2. Are they friends of yours, friends of the NGOs you are trying to support
3. Are they in US, China or anywhere in the world

Then you need to think about what market you can reach with the resources you have. Raising online funds is not necessarily about a great web site or even a good cause. It is about reaching people and helping them become supporters. At the end of the day, (to quote from my e-book) "Donors don't surf! - you need to plan how you bring them in."

In answer to your more specific questions:
How people would respond to the idea of fundraising for a cause? Personally I prefer to donate to specific projects but fundraising for a cause is very standard - Oxfam, Save the Children, Cancer, WWF etc - more important, is what the people you are asking for money from will want.

Should I start to use this website to garner some support for my future NGO, like start to build an email/e-newsletter list etc.?
I agree using the web site to collect emails for your future NGO is absolutely right. Why not tell them the sorts of people you are looking for and get them to suggest friends who might be interested in joining the email list.

China Grassroots Foundation NGO - Would like your comment on this idea.
I have experience of this having been working on a similar project with MicroAid for Indonesian grassroots organisations involved in helping poor families develop micro-enterprises. Currently it is still going in its original format but very much for friends and family only: (see http://www.charity.microaid.net)

Our main learning that might help you is that we have moved away from trying to help by being the intermediary between them and donors. Now we want to empower our NGOs to find the funds themselves. Long term this takes the pressure off us to be the ones finding donors the whole time.

I would recommend considering a similar approach for you - have China Grassroots Foundation in the background to provide the accreditation of NGOs and financial conduit but let the NGOs market themselves.

For your interest, our approach now is to provide a software based service that helps the NGOs connect their communities to donors themselves via the internet. I am confident in the long run this will help us help more NGOs than if they are reliant on us to do their fundraising for them.

Donor Rating out of 10: 4 - I look forward to following your development! How do I sign up for your email list?

Toby Beresford - Oct 22, 2004 7:18 am (#35 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Michael

Thanks for submitting the info on FAVL's village libraries. My comments are below, I hope they help and good luck

Toby

Donation Site you are reviewing: http://www.favl.org

What I liked about the site was: I had no problems finding the donate button!

What I felt needed clarifying was: The impact and details on achievements so far. I felt a summary page was needed which showed a list of Libraries you've supported to date - possibly with a photo thumbnail and a link to the story on each.

My suggestions for improvement are: On the same page you could then have in the right hand column "Libraries that could exist with your help" or something similar. Then you can write about the communities who need a library and what you need from your donors to support this.

I think this would make the donation experience online more interesting as donors can picture in their mind what they are being asked to contribute to.

A good example of this sort of approach is Kristen Palana's Aura's house - http://www.aurashouse.org - here she is raising funds to house a girl in Guatemala.

Donor Rating out of 10: 6 - I also wondered whether it's possible to donate books to these libraries.

Attachments:

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Toby Beresford - Oct 22, 2004 8:54 am (#36 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Donation Site: http://www.loveourchildrenusa.org

What I liked about the site was: Interesting and original colour scheme. Nice and bright with good pictures. Good signposting of the key features: easy to see how to donate or sign up for your email newsletter.

What I felt needed clarifying was: I found it difficult to find out how my online donation would help and what it would do. There is plenty on the home page about the problem you are dealing with and the "Continued" button took me to a longer description but the practical side, - this is what we want to do and this is what we need your money for - was missing (or at least buried deep in the text - three quarters of the way down the about us page you specify what funds you receive are for - not where I expected it).

My suggestions for improvement are: Tighten the copy. Cut your word count by 50% - The basic principle to stick to is "keep it simple and professional"

Try using the classic AIDA marketing technique in your web copy - AIDA stands for Awareness Interest Desire Action

i.e. A=Awareness "Child Abuse is an increasingly serious problem in our country - every 8 hours a child is killed by those they trust most. Without action now this problem will just get worse."
- the reader is now aware of the issue.

i.e. I-Interest "Our organisation is combating this problem on a daily basis by educating everyone involved in caring for children: parents, schools and social services. Uniquely we focus on helping parents with the resources they need." - the reader is now interested

i.e. D-Desire "Our dream is of a world where all children are safe, nurtured, and loved. You too can play your part in making this dream happen by becoming a supporter. $35 pays for a family in danger to receive one of our brochures.. "
- a message to create Desire in the reader - in this case a Desire to become part of the dream, get a resource to someone who needs it

i.e. A-Action " Send your donation today by clicking on the Donate Now button. Together we can end the cycle of child abuse"
- a clear next step of Action.

Donor Rating out of 10: 7

richdorm - Oct 23, 2004 3:49 am (#37 Total: 76)


This is a review of http://www.griya-asih.microaid.net

What I liked about the site was: The clean look and layout; the plain language used; the "real" photograph as opposed a stock image; the links, which effectively and speedily took me on to a further level of information or other projects.

What I felt needed clarifying was: 1) Who is Microaid? I sensed they were somewhere in the background, but would have liked an easier link to their homepage than just the footer smallprint, (maybe I missed something here!); 2) I wasn't quite sure whether I could donate part of the cost. I guess not, but if that had been possible it would have been good to have known;

My suggestions for improvement are: A link to "Are our projects successful?" pop up box would have been good saying eg x% children see our schemes through; sadly we have some dropout (x%) y project is being set up to try and address this; x% of families helped by us are still benefitting from that help 6 months / 1 year / 2 years later.



Donor Rating out of 10: 9 – am considering a donation as a birthday gift
 

scord - Oct 25, 2004 4:41 am (#38 Total: 76)
SCORD


Greetings from SCORD, India!

Thank you very much for your email. With reference to the above email, we would like to furnish some clarification regarding your doubts.

The average cost of medicine for each person is USD 2.5 per month. The medicines we need for those persons are : Resperidone, SER, Cholopromine, Diazepam, Caibaramarine, Nitrozepam, Impramine, Alprozolam 0.5 mg, Fluoxetine, Lorvan, Sodium Valprate and Manopronodol. These medicines are in general need for treatment.

As you have suggested herewith we enclose a Concept Paper containing brief information and requirement in three Divisions. We hope it will be sufficient for your reference. If you would need more information, we would furnish at any time.

We are expecting your favourable response.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

U. ANBARASU Secretary

Attachments:

MI-Appeal-Project Concept.doc (40 KB)

Toby Beresford - Oct 25, 2004 6:29 am (#39 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Dear U Anbarasu

Your concept note is much better. It is clearer who you are and what you are looking to use money for.

You now need to find donors who are willing to support this activity. (I cannot help personally I'm afraid.) The only way to do this is to get in touch with them and ask.

I suggest you contact (in no particular order):

Pharmaceutical companies in Tamil Nadu and India

Local, provincial and national health departments

Rich local people - especially those who might have had someone with mental illness in their family

International mental illness charities.

Other charities / government agencies involved in your local area

However, I think your proposal still needs work.

I/ The Appeal Letter
This must link your project to the person you asking for money from. Why do you think they will provide the funds? Why them and why now?

II/ The Project
This should fit onto one page. It must be short, sharp and persuasive.
Here are some suggested headings, mostly taken from the Directory of Social Change's book on Writing Better Fundraising Applications which I recommend (see http://www.dsc.org.uk for more):

1. Project Title - make it catchy and interesting "Community Mental Health Project" is fairly general

2. Summary Description - clear, concise, specific - include the scope of the project and the cost. Show that something positive will happen as a result of the funds provided

3. Who you are - a one paragraph about your organisation See next section on the organisation for more. Build your credibility.

4. Problem statement - why something needs to be done (and why now!). What makes your community special?

5. Outputs - what you intend to do about the problem and why you think they will work

6. Benefits - what benefits are expected as a result of your project - wider impact on the problem stated earlier

7. Budget - how much you will need to do this (your current budget is much clearer than the earlier document)

8. Funding plan - do you have a track record of raising funds for this amount, who else is going to help fund this. Going from $0 to $100,000 will look like wishful thinking

9. How much you are asking for in this appeal - either ask for a specific sum, say how much you need to raise, provide a shopping list of what you need. It's also useful to say how much others have given.

10. Why this donor - repeat why you're asking them: maybe its a good project that fits their criteria, you've received a grant before, you know they are interested in this area, you have a personal connection...

11. Where will money come from in future - I think this is very relevant to your project - what happens after a year - do you just stop treating the patients, try to find more money?

12. Signatory - this is the person who will deal with everything to do with the application.

III/ The Organisation
This section is now much better than previous. Some further suggestions:
a. You need to provide details of your registration numbers
b. You need to detail significant past achievements
c. Who has supported you in the past? Do you have any references a potential Donor could follow up.
d. When were you formed
e. What makes you unique - how did you get started? why did you get started? what is different about your goals or the way you set about achieving them.

Finally, there was a good discussion on Social Edge a few weeks ago about "How to Solicit Major Gifts" - some of the questions here are also worth applying to your project

I hope these further comments help you find the resources that can support your project.

Kind Regards

Toby

Dale_Wen - Oct 25, 2004 6:31 am (#40 Total: 76)


Hi, Toby,

Thanks a lot for the very helpful review.

I’ve added a how to donate page as you suggested. Also as you suggested, I registered a yahoogroup http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChinaGrassroots/ for people interested in working progress with “China Grassroots Foundation” NGO and invite people to join on the website. I will be honored if you are willing to join the group. I’ve posted my current ideas about this NGO there. I would appreciate it very much if you can have a look and give me your comment.

I really like MicroAid idea of let the NGOs market themselves. I am just wondering: are most donors domestic or international? If they are international, how do the NGOs overcome the language barrier and cultural issues? I am a big believer of grassroots power. I strongly believe real changes can only be brought by local people using mostly local resources, while international aid money or ideas can best serve as catalyst. Eventually, I would like to help Chinese NGOs to develop fundraising strategies within their own community. But the reality is: one cannot do it, at least not yet. Because of strict registration rules by the government, many Chinese NGOs are registered as companies instead--which means they cannot do public fund-raising within China at all, those lucky few who get registered also have lots of restriction in fund-raising—each NGO has to have a government agency as its “parent”, all fundraising activities have to be approved by this “parent”. Within the Chinese government, there has been some discussion to copy the US model and open up NGO administration. But it has been going on for years without being materialized yet.

Here are some answers to your questions of my target audience:
1. Are they chinese speaking or not
No, not necessarily. Right now, 2 US based NGOs I listed on my page almost exclusively depend on donations and volunteers from 1st generation immigrants for Chinese speaking regions. I do not think it is very healthy. It limits not only their funding sources, but also their operation and vision—which I consider even more important. Operating within the Chinese immigrants enclave, they seriously limit their chances to learn best practices from the larger NGO community.
2. Are they friends of yours, friends of the NGOs you are trying to support
I will start with friends, but eventually I want to reach anyone who has an interest in China to support civil society there. One thing I want to focus on is the environment. More and more people are concerned that if China’s environment continue to deteriorate and its green house gas emissions continue to rise, it will have negative impact across the world. So I believe there is lots of international interest and support at least for the environmental issue.
3. Are they in US, China or anywhere in the world
They are not in China yet, as I or my organization cannot do fundraising in China either. As I am mostly based in US, I will start here. I would like to expand to other parts of the world if my time and energy permits. I really would like to learn more about the NGO landscape besides China and US.

Also, your comment about “fund-raising for a cause” is very encouraging. I’ve been doing that for a while, and the responses from the donors are quite positive (as you said that is what many donors want), but recently I am running into lots of problems with some other volunteers in one particular organization. They are accusing me of not loyal enough to the organization. I am totally surprised to realize such a tiny grassroots organization has such a big ego and treat similar organizations as fierce business competitors instead of colleagues working for the same cause.

Thanks again for your time and suggestions.

Dale

Toby Beresford - Oct 25, 2004 7:02 am (#41 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Dale

Yes I'd be happy to sign up to your yahoo group. I'm sure others reading this might well do too.

Unfortunately I have a particularly stringent content-firewall (netmop) that denies access to new yahoo groups (ach!). I've requested a review but it sometimes takes a while so I haven't been able to look at your site.

Can you send me an invite via email? This works fine. If you use the personal mail functionality on social edge I'll send my email address. Alternatively you can contact me via http://www.microaid.net. Do sign up for our monthly newsletter while you're there - it's usually a pretty good read each month!

In response to some of your points:
a. Chinese NGOs registered as businesses can't fundraise locally
This is a pretty good reason for the existence of your new organisation - however, I wonder if you publically ask for money on their behalf overseas are you jeopardising their position back home? Something to check but otherwise this will be useful background for donors wondering why their money in particular is needed.

b. Are most donors domestic or international?
I don't really know the answer to this. Does anyone else have the info on this? I think it does depend on the cause and how much marketing you do domestically versus internationally. I guess in general there is more money domestically (tax!) as money for social purposes tends to be spent at home before it goes overseas. Donations by a country's diaspora too (in your case people of chinese descent in the US) will probably outweigh donations from those with little connection to the country.

c. If international, how do the NGOs overcome the language barrier and cultural issues? I think this is the opportunity of using the internet. Indeed, it's one of the reasons MicroAid exists The MicroAid system provides the cultural intermediary between communities and supporters: by creating a common language of community activity "Micro-Projects", translating between multiple languages and currencies and helping multiple agencies to interact online.

The limitation for you though is that MicroAid currently only works in Indonesian and English but if we were able to find someone willing to fund a translation project then it could be of use to you and your Chinese NGOs.

d. Peg cause to Environmental issues in China
I agree this is sound thinking.

e. Competition amongst NGOs
Yes, we had a few minor problems with this as well - why was one organisation getting more resources than another - hence the change in focus to providing them the services to manage their own donor relationships, so they can be as competitive or as collaborative as they liked...

Kind Regards

Toby

Dale_Wen - Oct 25, 2004 8:08 am (#42 Total: 76)


Hi, Toby

I just sent the yahoogroup invitation.

In response to some of your points: --I wonder if you publically ask for money on their behalf --overseas are you jeopardising their position back home? No, that is not an issue. Some of them do get limited support now from foreign donations or foreign foundations. It is generally classified as "foreign investment" by the government and welcomed by them. So I would just seek more "foreign investment" for these NGO companies. One complaint I often heard from these grassroots NGOs is that most of the foreign money they receive have too many strings attached. Though probably well-intentioned, some of those strings simply don't fit local conditions. For example, with one environmental group I am planning to work with, some foreign donors demand any email inquiries should be responded within a week--totally reasonable from our point of view. But this group is working on the vast grasslands of Tibet plateau, they already take great effort to go to a nearby town once a month(one way trip takes at least one day when the weather is good) to manage their website and answer email inquiries. The Tibetan director complained to me,"all these foreigners, all they want is paperwork after paperwork, but paperwork cannot fix the world." So I see lots of work need to be done to help two sides communicate.

-- If international, how do the NGOs overcome the language --barrier and cultural issues? --I think this is the opportunity of using the internet. --Indeed, it's one of the reasons MicroAid exists Great, I will check out MicroAid software in more details later. I also signed up with the newsletter. I am looking forward to learning more from all these.

Best Regards, Dale

Toby Beresford - Oct 25, 2004 10:02 am (#43 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Thank you to all who've participated for a productive online workshop.

I plan to update my e-book - How to Get Online Donations using much of what we've discussed over the past fortnight as real life case studies.

I'll let everyone know when the latest version of the e-book is out via the MicroAid monthly newsletter.

If anyone would like to keep in touch then please take 20 seconds to add your email and sign up for the MicroAid newsletter at http://www.microaid.net

All the best! -Toby

Bobcat - Oct 28, 2004 1:35 pm (#44 Total: 76)
Bob Graham


Dear Tony, I am getting in to your on-line donation book that I down loaded. What a gift!!! We are building a web site and I came up to your admonition to define the target audience before proceeding. We are building the web site with only one purpose in mind -- marketing! So, tell me. What groups use the web to make on-line donations? In your book I read that only 6% of the population has used it for this purpose and only 25% would ever consider it. Is there any info that we can use for defining possibilities? Thanks so much, Bob Graham

Toby Beresford - Nov 1, 2004 1:49 am (#45 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Hi Bob

I'm thrilled it's helping you.

In answer to your question, CAF published a useful study: http://www.cafonline.org/research/internet%5Fsurvey.cfm
which I summarised in my ebook as follows:

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If you find more information in your research then please let me know about it and I'll include it in the e-book for others to take advantage of too.

Thanks

Toby

adhar - Dec 31, 2004 2:22 am (#46 Total: 76)
ADHAR


Wish you all a happy New Year-2005 ADHAR is a grassroots level non-prfit Voluntary Development organisation working in the backward KBK (Koraput-Bolangir-Kalahandi) region of Orissa since last 12 years. Basically we are working on 4 core area i.e. Rights based Approach to Poverty reduction, Natural Resource Management and Child Rights. Kindly find the attachmants to know more about ADHAR and the region it works.

We appeal you please extend your hetiest support services towards the poor and marginalised section of this region those who have been reeling under abject poverty.

Hope in this New Year your Donation will make a difference.

Umasankar Sahu Executive Secretary ADHAR At/P.O. Loisingha Dist. Bolangir (Orissa) INDIA Pin Code: 767 020 E.Mail: uma@adharvo.org Phone: +91 6653 274525, +91 6653 274125 Mobile: +91 94371 51295

Attachments:

Context.doc (71 KB)

adhar - Dec 31, 2004 2:27 am (#47 Total: 76)
ADHAR


Web site: http://www.adharvo.org
Please visit our web site to know more about us.

adhar - Dec 31, 2004 2:27 am (#48 Total: 76)
ADHAR


Web site: http://www.adharvo.org
Please visit our web site to know more about us.

Toby Beresford - Jan 4, 2005 3:31 am (#49 Total: 76)
MicroAid


Thanks for your posting - I visited your web site but
could not open it because I got the following error message:
"Directory Listing Denied
This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed."

Let me know when this is fixed and I will have another look.
Thanks
Toby Beresford
MicroAid
http://www.microaid.net

Operation Restart - May 24, 2005 11:15 am (#50 Total: 76)


Operation Restart is a nonprofit organization designed to facilitate and collaborate with city organizations, communication action agencies and residents to enhance and improve the quality of life by improving and transforming the neighborhood into a safe, enjoyable, healthy, and pleasant place for residents, businesses and organizations to live, learn, work and play.

jmjns25801 - Sep 8, 2005 9:46 am (#51 Total: 76)

 

my name is michael johnson

I live in Philadelphia ,Pa. and I am the President of Greater Graysferry Brotherhood,which is a community based youth organization,we deal with at risk youth and the violence that surrounds them,we need help with funds and on establishing ourselves as a no-profit org.

We have used out of pocket money but now our funds are just about gone and we need help.Please contact us directly at 215-465-1931

jyotirmayee2000 - Oct 12, 2005 3:34 am (#52 Total: 76)
Mr.D.K.Mohanty

Dear Sir,

Greetings from Jyotirmayee Mahila Samiti,Orissa,India.the women based organisation is working since 25 years for the empowerment of rural poor women.The organisation has formed 1051 women shelf help groups and now they require registration in shelf help  co-opearative act for formation of federation tradewise and cluster wise with one marketing access net work.We require small amount support for two trainers for one year who will train them and assist to register them, guide to form fedration with register maintainnace and  also formation of marketing net work.

Please guide us how we will raise the fund/ on line donation ?

Thanking you

yours sincerely

Ms.L.Das

secretary

Nadaindia - Nov 9, 2005 4:42 pm (#53 Total: 76)
Towards well-being

Hi Coby,

Greetings from Nada India..

Please visit our newly built website http://www.freewebs.com/nadaindia/ .Please visit and give your comments.

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Vsuneel

Nada India

Nada

WCRF - Feb 14, 2006 9:42 am (#54 Total: 76)


THE WOMEN'S CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION IS IN NEED OF DONATIONS TO HELP WITH CURRENT CLINICAL TRIAL'S.  IT COSTS $ 250,000 PER YEAR TO PAY FOR THE RESEARCH STAFF.  SINCE 1999, WE HAVE RECEIVED $ 125,000 IN TOTAL DONATIONS.  WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN FIGHTING GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS.  FOR DONATIONS, PLEASE VISIT OUR SECURE WEBSITE AT www.womenscancerfoundation.com.  THERE IS STILL A LOT TO RESEARCH AND LEARN, TO FIGHT THIS DEADLY DISEASE.  THE CURRENT CURE RATES ARE LOW AND IT IS OUT JOB TO GET THE PERCENTAGES HIGHER.  THANKS!

prachiyso - Feb 22, 2006 12:13 am (#55 Total: 76)


prachi youth social organisation is a small grass root level voluntary organisation working in 1999 cyclone affected area of puri districts,orissa,india.we are working for womens empowerment,tight to information,youth development etc.we are going to run a charity dispensary in our area.we have fcra&80 g registration.we need supports for that noble cause.

prachi youth social organisation at/po-kakatpur,puri,orissa-752108,india. email address-prachiyso@rediffmail.com

espace - Feb 23, 2006 9:36 am (#56 Total: 76)

Hello, my name is Eva Space and I have freely taken the advantage of trying to get any kind of donation, preferably household goods for my child-hood friend and family who will be arriving shortly to the U.S. empty handed.  My dear friend and her family will be starting a new life without the knowledge of the English language and of course the journey of getting a new job and finding a place to live.  So, my fellow Americans, I ask for your kind help in donating anything your heart desires to this poor family. 

address: 14004 Hadley Run  Live Oak, San Antonio, Texas, 78233 

email: evakspace@yahoo.com

Christ777 - Feb 26, 2006 10:42 pm (#57 Total: 76)

KCSD-KIIT - Mar 1, 2006 9:11 pm (#58 Total: 76)

 

Capability Document

 

 

 

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^{KALINGA CENTRE FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT}

^(KCSD-KIIT)

^{KALINGA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY}

^{Kalinga Centre for Social Development (KCSD)}

^{Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology - Deemed University}

^{Plot No.: 370/1861/2379 (Near KIIT Guest House) Patia, Bhubaneswar – 751024Ph- 91 - 674 -2741510, 2741665, E-mail- kcsdkiit@rediffmail.com}

^{ORISSA, INDIA}

 

 

 

GENESIS                                                            

 

At present India’s socio economic and environmental development presents an interesting state of affairs. Bringing about an improvement in the living conditions of the poor has been the major task of the state as well as the central government through direct intervention. The State and the Central government have been taking the accountability of developing several sources to implement the anti poverty programmes as per the requirements. While globalization, free trade and large scale industrialization ushers in hopes of new employment opportunity, a general upliftment of living standard, infrastructural development and an overall dismantling of the moribund old order, there is also the nagging apprehension that the structural adjustment policies associated with the above processes may further marginalize the poor, generate social disintegration and environmental degradation and tear away societal safety nets.

 

This possesses a veritable challenge to development managers in the government, industries and in national and international agencies. Their roles involve the formulation of policies, planning of programmes and implementation of projects geared towards sustainable development and bottom-up models of community and environmental management. To attain these objectives, development managers require organized data, primary information and specific action oriented research findings.

 

The social development unit of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) known as Kalinga Centre for Social Development (KCSD) is promoted to contribute to the demand for information by providing quality data and accessible inroads into problems-solving both at national and global levels and in the process assist development planners and project managers in effective project management while implementing programmes of national development.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) is a premier technical institute in the Eastern part of India. It is widely acclaimed as an institute with social and educational concern. It is an Institution registered under Societies of Registration Act, 1860. KIIT runs different technical and professional courses such as M. Tech, B.Tech, Diploma in Engineering, ITI, MCA, MBA etc. It is now enjoying Deemed University status for the development of technical and management education.

 

KIIT has also depicted its commitment towards health system development by installing a 450 bedded super specialty hospital known as Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) at Bhubaneswar. 

 

The Kalinga Centre for Social Development (KCSD) is a specialized wing of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed University dedicated to undertake social research, consultancy and development actions for the betterment of the weaker and disadvantaged section of the society. It emphasizes on promotion of social and community development, protection and conservation of natural resources, promotion of sustainable livelihood, food security and protection of human rights.

 

KCSD-KIIT has a group of professionals to undertake various social development projects including social research & evaluation studies in the field of Women and Child Development, Health and Sanitation, Natural Resource Management and Community Development etc.  Intervention in HIV/AIDS control programme has also been a pivotal area of activity of the centre.

 

 

 

 

 

                                        

 

 

 

APPROACH

                                                                                                                               

KCSD-KIIT approaches the development process and development programmes as a participant with a focus on people’s involvement. The agency recognizes that a social and development research organization must take part at very stage from programme conceptualization and development to project implementation. The various stages research and information input which KCSD-KIIT provides are given below.  

A. Programme conceptualization/ development stage

·        Need, demand and supply analysis

·        IEC strategy development for the programme

·        Mapping studies

 

B. Project formulation and planning stage

·        Benchmark/ baseline/ Knowledge Attitude and Practices( KAP studies)

·        Impact assessment studies- environmental, socio, economic etc.

·        Resettlement and rehabilitation studies

·        Input assessment studies includes communication need assessment, beneficiaries need assessment, training need assessment

·        Project level Information, Education and Communication (IEC) strategy development.

·        Project report preparation

 

C. Project Implementation

·        Performance monitoring

·        Performance evaluation

·        Impact evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REASEARCH & ACTION AREAS TOUCHED

 

KCSD-KIIT has been empanelled with several organizations like UNICEF, UNDP, DFID, NABARD and various Central and State Government departments.

 

KCSD-KIIT has actively been engaged in number of development research, action & consultancy and training activities since 1999 in and outside of Orissa. It has mostly focused its resources and efforts on the problems of poor, weaker, distress and deprived section of the society in development process, in rural-urban context. It traces on Participatory Action Research and training as strategic tools to solve development problems of weaker and disadvantaged sections of society.

 

Having dedicated team of highly experienced, reputed professionals, development planners, field personnel and experts, KCSD-KIIT offers services in responses to wide range of developmental issues.

 

For the purpose of functional clarity and focus, KCSD-KIIT has organized its activities into the following areas/sectors.

 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

• Employment and Poverty Alleviation Programmes
• Drinking Water and Sanitation
• Tribal Welfare and Development
• Community Need Assessment
• Area Planning
• Social Development Programmes

 

 

 

 

 

 

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES

·        Education

·        Public Health

·        Family Welfare and Reproductive Health

·        Nutrition

 

SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

• Women and Child Development
• Child Labor
• Socio Economic impacts of large projects

 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING

• Slum Development
• Housing
• Transportation

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

OTHER SECTORS

• Science and Technology
• Demography

 

 

 

 

The Major Research and Action Projects Assignment successfully handled by KCSD –KIIT during last three years have been highlighted below.

 

 

MAJOR REASEARCH & ACTION PROJECTS HANDLED

           

• Orissa Project on Sports and HIV/AIDS sponsored by UNDP, UNV, UNICEF, & GoO, aim of the project is to create awareness on HIV/AIDS among the Youths in 6 districts (Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundergarh, Koraput, Bolangir and Ganjam)
• Rural Industries Programme (RIP), sponsored by SIDBI, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, the aim of the project is to provide consultancy to the rural entrepreneurs for  promoting micro enterprises in Keonjhar district
• Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme, sponsored by NABARD, Bhubaneswar, Orissa under this programme KCSD trained 225 rural unemployed youths in Sundergarh, Khurda & Cuttack districts
• Social Safety Net Programme (SSNP), sponsored by Department of Public Enterprises, GoO, under this project KCSD Counseled 10,049 and trained 3583 retires of 47 state PSUs.
• Scheme for Counseling, Retraining and Redeployment (CRR), sponsored by Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, GoI, under this project KCSD Counseled & trained to 2128 retires of the 8 CPSUs in Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand have been counseled and retrained for redeployment.
• Integrated Juang Development Project (IJDP) in Banspal block of Keonjhar district, sponsored by Department of Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment, GoI, aim of the project is Socio economic and holistic development of Juang tribes.
• End line Evaluation of Sensitization Programme for SHG members on RCH issues in Cyclone affected areas in Orissa sponsored by 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Population Foundation of India (FPI), New Delhi under this project KCSD Evaluated SHG members on RCH issues.
• End line Evaluation of capacity building training programmes for NGOs on RCH through RTRDC in Orissa by NIHARD, sponsored by Population Foundation of India (FPI), New Delhi, under this project KCSD evaluated the trainings provided to SHG members through NGO officials.
• School Sanitation and hygiene Education Programme in Orissa sponsored by UNICEF, under this project KCSD surveyed 2324 schools through out Orissa to assess School Sanitation and Hygiene Education Programme in selected schools
• Evaluation of residential schools run by NGOs of Orissa, sponsored by Ministry of Social Justice and GoI, under this project KCSD did an assessment how effectively the Residence School for SC/ST children are organized by the NGOs.
• Baseline survey on collection and marketing of minor forest produces by tribal in Bihar and West Bengal, sponsored by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. The aim this project is assessing socio economic situation of STs and types of minor forest produces collection by tribal.
• Baseline survey on the socio-economic condition of the Juangs (primitive tribal group) in Banspal block of Keonjhar district, sponsored by Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India. Under this project KCSD surveyed the socio-economic condition of Juang tribes of Banspal Block, Orissa.
• Pilot staff profile survey of Voluntary Retired employees of state owned Public sector undertakings, sponsored by Department of PE, Government of Orissa, and aim of this project is assessing the counseling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Needs and demand for services pertain to retraining and escort supports to the rationalized employees.
• Labour market survey in the state of Orissa, sponsored by Department of PE Government of Orissa, aim of this project is analyzing job market situation and employment trends and opportunities available in Orissa. 
• Survey of Training Institutions in Orissa, sponsored by DFID, aim of the project is assessment of training imparted in different Training Institutions. And availability of suitable training Institutions in Orissa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                  

 

SOCIAL RESEARCH & ACTION PLAN

 

KCSD-KIIT traces the application of modern scientific approach and system analysis in development management. This is done while maintaining a focus on the problems of the socially economically underprivileged section of the population in the rural and urban areas. Our methodological approach includes various problem solving techniques through the use of the following tools:

 

·        Desk research

 

·        Quantitative measurement

 

·        Socio economic surveys

 

·        Qualitative research

 

·        Anthropological research techniques

 

·        Case History Analysis

 

·        Participatory Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICES

The offices of KCSD-KIIT are spread all across the country. At present there are eight professionally staff branches in the following areas.

 

 

Sl. No	ORISSA	JHARKHAND	CHHATISGARH
1.	Bhubaneswar	Ghatsila	Bhilai
2.	Berhampur
3.	Bolangir
4.	Balesore
5.	Rourkela
6.	Keonjhar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

d.hammond - Mar 3, 2006 11:54 am (#59 Total: 76)
alex@precioushelpers.org


Our organization is called precious helpers, and we give skills, love and attention to children who have disabilities such as pulsy, blindness,cancer,down syndrom or just are depressed. We use horses as a type of tharapy . children come to feed ride and make friends with the horses. We have had lots of positive results. But, as a non-profit organization we are in need of funds for feeding the horses, care of them and hulters leads ect. go to www.precious helpers.org and check us out. thanks for your time . My e-mail address is dday_debay@yahoo.com

mentalguide - Mar 25, 2006 8:56 am (#60 Total: 76)
(Parents Association of Mentally Challenged persons)


MARGDARSHAN

(An Association of Parents of Mentally Challenged persons)

Appeal for Support/Donations to the non profit NGO working for Mentally Retarded in INDIA

Our organisation is an Association of Parents of Mentally Challenged Persons,working in the different field of Mental Retardation in Bihar (INDIA).

A brief introduction of our Non Profit NGO is being given hereunder;

Organization name : MARGDARSHAN

Contact person : Meera K. Sharma, Chief Functionary

Address : MARGDARSHAN E-48, Peoples Cooperative Colony, Kankar Bagh, Patna -800020 BIHAR (INDIA)

Telephone number : +91-612 2361475, 0091-9835263648

Email address : mentalguide@yahoo.co.in

Mission of the Organization : to work for the betterment of Mentally Retarded Persons

Details of Organization :

Our Organisation is a Non Profit Society established in the year 1997 and duly registered under the Socities Registration Act.

The idea behind establishing the present organisation is to bring together the Parents / Guardians of persons with mental retardation and/or other disabilities, for conducting reasearch and promoting positive social action, to work for their care, training and rehabilitation. The aims and objects of the organisation also include everything anciliarry and incidental to the aforesaid objectives.

It is also important to mention here that for fulfilment of its aims and objects, the organisation is also permitted by the Govt. of India to receive Donations / Funds from the foreign Nationals / Organisations as per the provisions of the Foreign Contribution Regulations Act. The organisation is also registered under section 12A and 80 G of Income Tax Act.

ALL DONATIONS MAY KINDLY BE DRAWN IN THE NAME OF "MARGDARSHAN"

Area of Operation : Presently in the State of Bihar

Field of Interests of our NGO:

Alternative Education * Children & Youth * Education * Employment * Fitness & Nutrition * Foundations & Fundraising Coalitions * Health & Wellness * Poverty

Industries

Charity * Education * Healthcare * Medical Services * Not-for-Profit Organizations

tools for schools - Jul 11, 2006 9:12 am (#61 Total: 76)

We are a 14 year old non-profit reuse program servicing NYC organizations in need of office equipment, furniture, and supplies. We depend on learning disabled and at risk youth for our daily operations and would like to develop the program to allow them to handle the day-to-day operations with light supervision. We recently teamed up with a computer recycling program located in NYC and Florida to combine our resources.

The response from needy groups is voluminous and we'd like to create a development group to help us to serve the community better while saving the environment. The project is fully operational and only lacks staffing.

We need a work force that would like to help develop something that will be well known that they can call their own while giving back to society. 917 250 6200.

Attachments:

background flyer.doc (50 KB)

United Families Of America Org - Jul 13, 2006 12:00 am (#62 Total: 76)

We are a 15 year organization.. that firmly believes in helping those close to home.

http://www.unitedfamiliesofamerica.org/

We strive feed the homeless. help them find shelter. distrubute blankets, clothing. The ongoing battle to up lift our less fortunate brothers and sisters here in america can not be ignored. Its interesting to find that once upon a time some of the people we come accross in the streets where once part of the mainstream society and now for whatever reason, find themsleves fighting for day to day existence.

 We want to improve this situation one individual and one family at a time.

We could use any suggestion you may have to improve our mission.

Thank you .

 

 

CHRISDANIEL - Jul 17, 2006 3:00 am (#63 Total: 76)
PROF.DR.J.CHRISTOPHER DANIEL

GOODWILL SOCIAL WORK CENTRE,INDIA

 

Greetings from Goodwill social work centre,Madurai,India. Please take a few moments to visit our website at  http://mfcs.malianfoundation.org/goodwill/
 

The Goodwill Social Work Centre, a professional social work organisation deeply committed to the development of children, youth and women was founded in November 1981 in the temple city of Madurai by a Professionally trained Social worker with the prime objective of performing a wide spectrum of roles in the development of children, youth and women and undertaking a comprehensive action through professional approach with a preventive, curative and rehabilitative perspective. It aims at utilising the scientific methods of Social Work for problem identification, problem solving and problem prevention for the multifaceted development of children, youth and women who are at a disadvantage. It is a Non - Governmental organization, registered under the Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act 1975 and Foreign Contributions (Regulations) Act 1976. The Centre is a Member of the International Forum for Child Welfare, [IFCW], Member of Child Rights Information Network [CRIN], U.K and ENSCW, Belgium. Our Centre is a member of the World Association for Non-Governmental Organisation (WANGO),USA and is included in the NGO database of the websites: www.idealist.org (Action without Borders), www.enscw.org, www.euforic.org  and www.glinet.org.

 

 

The Centre aims to promote the overall development of children, youth, and women in rural and urban areas in India who are socially and economically deprived; to provide family centered home based intensive services to children, youths and women in dysfunctional families in slums and backward areas in India; to sensitise rural and urban children and women on various environmental issues and concerns through education, training and communication; to create public awareness on the rights of the child and women and to work for the promotion , protection and defence of children's and women's rights . It focuses on educational sponsorship; home based care and school placement for children; family counselling; environmental education for children and children and women rights education. It is operational in service provision training advocacy research and information.

 

As part of the development   initiative, the Goodwill Social Work Centre has set up a Children's Rights Centre {CRC} in Madurai city, South India, coinciding with the Children’s Day in India (14^th November 1998) with a prime objective of proclaiming, protecting and defending Children's rights as affirmed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child (1989).

 

Like many other countries, the rights of children are still generally low on the agendas in India. It is evident from a study Report (Maheshwar Madan Lal, 1994) that the percentage of children in India who asserted their rights was negligible and a high majority of children were not even aware of their fundamental rights of children due to lack of education. Similarly, amongst adults, 10 percent were aware of the rights of child while 15 percent gave this subject a thought. Only 7 percent were engaged in facilitating these rights to them.

 

It is being increasingly   realized that there is an urgent need for initiating an action plan for creating awareness and dissemination on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child among children, adults and various civic action groups in rural and urban areas in India through the following strategies, adopted by the Children's Rights Centre.

 

                                                

 

 

I. Children's Rights Education (CRE) for School and non-school children.II. Children's Rights Training (CRT) for Parents, Teachers, Child Care Workers  and  civic action groups  III. Children's rights Communications - Designing & developing CRC     Communication Materials for education and training in   local language IV Children's Rights Research (CRR) Research on child rights Issues and

concerning the UN convention on Children's Rights V.Children's Rights Information Network - Exchanging information through electronic and non-electronic   networking with agencies involved in Child  rights promotion and protection at the national, Regional and International  level VI. Provision of Services - Legal advice and support- Resourcing and advocacy- Counselling services- Guidance and support services and facilities.

                                                                             

In attempting to promote the UN convention of the rights of the child through the above strategic interventions, the Children's Rights Centre aims at protecting the following endangered children through direct practice actions, namely 1.Children on the streets 2. Children who are at risk of child abuse and sexual exploitation 3. Children at risk via media 4. children at risk of smoking and drug addiction and 5.Children  who are affected by HIV/AIDS and 6.Children with disabilities.

The Goodwill Social work Centre invites you to be a Project Partner of the Children’s Rights Centre and seeks your valuable financial support and material assistance. Your contribution goes a long way in promoting the human rights and needs of children in India. Please make as generous a donation as you can. You may make online donations by clicking on 'DONATIONS' on our website. Thank you very much.

 

Contact address:

Prof. Dr. J. Christopher Daniel
Executive Director
Goodwill Social Work Centre
No: 5, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">South Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, Extension
Singarayar Colony, Madurai-625 002. INDIA

Email: chriskan@satyam.net.in

Website: http://mfcs.malianfoundation.org/goodwill/

 

 

anandafoundation - Jul 21, 2006 6:07 am (#64 Total: 76)

                                         PURBACHAL ANANDA FOUNDATION

                            2/32 Purbachal , Durgapur 713201, Dist. Burdwan, West Bengal, India,

Phone-91 343 2552230, 91 9434647457, http://www.pafindia.org

     (Registered Under Societies Registration Act West Bengal XXVI of 1961 S/1L/32097)

 

                        AN OASIS OF LOVE FOR CHILDREN & AGED PERSONS

                                                    

 

     Purbachal Ananda Foundation ( PAF) has come into being out of an earnest commitment and desire of a group of young social workers to accomplish a mission of their own, for the cause of those children and aged persons who are not loved  and  cared for by the society at large. These young persons who had some experiences in working for such people either in their own individual capacities or as volunteers in some NGOs involved in similar activities. But, through such exposures and experiences came a realization that one’s own mission as also vision can be accomplished if only such activities could be undertaken independently. Thus was ‘born’ PAF.

    We, in PAF, believe in the saying that ‘work is our sole identity’. In all our activities, honesty and transparency are our commitments. It is our vow to create a ‘PAF Family’ where true love would be the common bond for each and everyone of our children and elderly persons who have been marginalized in the society because of their destitution and abject poverty.

PAF is in its infancy now. It has started its activities with 19 children in the age- group 3-8 years (10 are children of sex-workers and 9 are street children) and 2 aged persons at a remote village called Purokonda in Bankura district of West Bengal. A dwelling unit has been constructed on the land donated by the local Gouria Math and a tube-well has been sunk along with arrangements for minimum toilet/sanitary facilities. Plans are afoot to construct another dwelling unit so that more inmates can be accommodated. PAF has also decided to undertake a program to provide formal education to children of nearby ‘dom’ community( who were hitherto untouchables) by making them admitted to local school and bearing the expenses for their education. Other plans under active consideration include ‘ After-school assistance program for poor and less meritorious students of the near-by villages’ and ‘Running abridged course for drop-out children of the locality’.

    Till now, PAF is carrying on its activities entirely with donations from well-wishing individuals, and, as expectedly, this would have to continue for the near future as well. While we are making sincere efforts towards receiving some kind of institutional funding, we also appeal to all sympathetic individuals and/or organizations for financial help. We sincerely hope that you will be kind enough to extend a helping hand to our activities by sponsoring one or more of the following activities of PAF.

 

   (i) Educational sponsorship for one school-going child for one year                       Rs. 2000  or US $ 50

   (ii) Sponsoring one child for one year                                                                       Rs. 12,000 or US $ 300

   (iii) Sponsoring an aged person for one year                                                             Rs. 12,000 or US $ 300

   (iv) Sponsoring a pre-primary educational centre                                                     Rs. 6,000 or US $ 150

   (v) Sponsoring book -bank for school books                                                            Rs. 3,000 or US $ 75

   (vi) Sponsoring an after-school assistance program /abridged course for drop-outs Rs. 2,000 or US $ 50

   (vii) Sponsoring a vocational training program for a group of 20 women                 Rs. 2,000 or US $ 50

 

                                               CONTRACT FORM FOR SPONSORSHIP

 

I would like to sponsor one or more of the PAF activities (please tick the appropriate one(s) above) viz., item no(s).      (state whether full or part payment) ,and the amount thereof (Rs.         and   Rupees (in words)                                                         ) is being paid    in cash     by a/c cheque ( in favour of Purbachal Ananda Foundation)      by dd       by wired transfer(A/C No-213010100081290,U T I bank LTD,Durgapur Branch, Durgapur ( West Bengal ),Sahid Khudiram Sarani, City Centre,Durgapur, Dist Burdwan,Durgapur-713216).

 

Name (<st1:Street><st1:address>Mr./Ms./ Dr</st1:address></st1:Street>.)

Address

Phone no.

E-mail address                                                                                                

Date                                                                                                                    Signature

            

Attachments:

proposals.doc (112 KB)

anandafoundation - Aug 4, 2006 6:59 am (#65 Total: 76)

Attachments:

appeal for help.doc (94 KB)

Blasco Nunez - Aug 30, 2006 9:13 am (#66 Total: 76)

Do you want to SEE where your donation goes? Do you want to learn who we are? Please visit: www.lumensapientiae.org/ 

Do you want to SEE what we do? Please visit: 

http://www.bidnetwork.org/artefact-16086-en.html

Do you want to see HOW we do? Please visit:

www.proactis.com.pe

 "We do not give a fish to our hungry brother but we teach him how to catch the fish" We work among micro entrepreneurs that want to improve their managerial skills in search of success. We empower them to become prosperous business owners as a mean to erradicate poverty.

Do you want to give us a hand? Please contact us: blascoedu@yahoo.com

 

kumarmsfs - Sep 1, 2006 6:04 pm (#67 Total: 76)


 

Fransalian Initiatives for Developmental and Educational Services in India (FidesIndia Society)  is an expression of the commitment of few interested social workers, to the total and integral development of the human person and of the society, particularly of the poor and the downtrodden. It is committed to the establishment of a just and equitable social order, where in every person can rightfully find a place of peace and harmony with dignity and delight. It believes in the capacity of human persons for transformation and transcendence for the better.  With this vision of its mission, the Institute  involves itself.

 

We have 7 centres in 8 districts of Karnataka state of India. Out of these seven three are in north side of the state. We have chosen these areas based on the data provided by state government that it is drought prone area hardly very few rains from May to December. People purely depend on agriculture. North Districts : Koppal, Bellary and Haveri considered to be having low literacy rate below 32.5% and female literacy is lower that men.

 

The main offices, officers, politicians, diplomats and other governmental agencies are situated in south side of the state. The north is forgotten and not taken care of.

 

One of its branches is in Kukanoor, known as FidesIndia, involves itself mainly in Community Organisation programmes. Formation of self-reliant and mutually supportive Basic Human Communities of the poor called “Self Help Groups (SHGs)”. There are 103 SHG groups (16 to 20 women in a gourp)

Glimpses of envisaged project

èTuition centers for school drop-outs, occational training centers for unemployed youth, temporary shelter for the poor and downtrodden, School on wheel(for those children who are working in quaries.

Rural Women Development Programme

ð       Formation of Women and Men Self Help Groups

ð       Women and Men Adult Literacy programme

ð       Tuition Centers for poor children

ð       Programmes for the School and College drop out

ð       Health check-up programme

ð       AIDS awareness programme

ð       Income Generative activities

ð       Land development programme

ð       Medical mission to all the backward villages

 

The envisaged project set for grass root change Children, Parents and society at large.

 

Our Mail address:    Rajkumar

Programme Co-ordinator

FidesIndia Society (SFS)

 Dyampura Village,

                                    Kukanoor-583 232 Koppal District-

North Karnataka. INDIA

 Ph: 08534-230944

Mobile: 9449613299

                                     E-mail:kumarsraj@rediffmail.com, fidesindiakuknur@rediffmail.com, kumarmsfs@gmail.com

 

 

The activities that the society involves itself are as follows

1.      World Bank aided :Water shed project in two districts

2.      World Bank aided : Women empowerment projects

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4.      Indo Global Social Service Society                     women empowerment and literacy program

5.      Missio

 

 

The present requested project is for in and around Kuknoor village (36 villages) of Yelburga Tq of Koppal Dt, Karnataka India. Ours is a charitable, not for profit, registered society having FCRA No. Tax exemption and other provisions the society has. Therefore we would like to join you in your social concern for the path ways out of poverty.

 

If our project comes under your aims and visions please consider.

 

Thanks for the valuable time you spent for reading and understanding the need

 

                                                                                                                                   Yours faithfully

                                                                                                                                   

Fr. Rajkumar

 

 

TVCRC - Sep 19, 2006 2:01 am (#68 Total: 76)

Organisation Name: Tsunami Volunteer Center

Main Project Goal: To help the people of Khao Lak, Thailand get back on their feet after the Tsunami of 2004 through construction, teaching English, and small sustainable business development.

Donation Site: http://www.tsunamivolunteer.net

Successes so far: Raised a good amount of money from online donations, but don't feel like we've really tapped into the possibilities.

Problems you’re having: With tsunami relief falling out of the public spotlight, we would like to revamp our fundraising efforts.

Ideas for the future: Suggestions welcome.  As a company, we are leaning more towards community development and voluntourism.

What feedback you want: Please review our web site. Would it encourage you to donate to us – what information is missing – what else do we need to provide? How would you recommend marketing our company?

Dominique Callimanopulos - Oct 12, 2006 4:09 am (#69 Total: 76)
Elevate, Inc.


We have just launched an online travel philanthropy program: Tarvel Matters, on our site: www.elevatedestinations.com.

Travel Matters permits travelers and tourists to make an online donation to a screened NGO in the country they are visiting.

Would welcome your comments and applications from new NGO partners and beneficiaries.

adhar - Oct 22, 2006 8:06 am (#70 Total: 76)
ADHAR

Dear Mr.Toby Beresford,

Thanks for your response to my posting. I am really sorry that our website was corrupted that time. Now its working. Kindly visit again our website http://www,adharvo.org/ and give your valuable advise.

Thanks & regards

Umashankar Sahu

ADHAR

Good Life Centre - Nov 21, 2006 9:29 am (#71 Total: 76)




YOUR ELP WE NEED INDEED - APPEAL FOR FOOD,MILK AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Good Life Centre is a registered NGO, serving the people with disabilites and deprived women of our society... presntly we run a residential care centre for mentally challenged and orphans, total strength is 90.

we are depending on donations from public and as such there is no international support.

we need support and guidlines to develop our activities and to provide a better standard of living to our kids....

We are authorised by Govt.of India, to receive foreign contribution towards development of our society..Reg.no.075820335

Good Hearted well-wishers could contribute/donate for the cause of mentally challenged orphans and women.

you may also kindly transfer your donation to our bank account: In India: ICICI BANK , A/C No.603701147662 and In abroad : ICICI BANK a/c no.603701147663, Chennai - 600073.

our home address:

GOOD LIFE CENTRE ( Home for Orphans & Mentally Challenged )

12 LOGANATHAN STREET

WEST TAMBARAM, CHENNAI - 600045

goodlife1996@yahoo.com www.goodlifecentre.org

044-22264151 / 52

kindly visit our web; www.goodlifecentre.org

Looking forward to your valuable support to our dear children.

With respects and thanks

K. BASKARAN Director

s.karuppasamy - Nov 26, 2006 11:31 am (#72 Total: 76)

CONCEPT PAPER

dear sir,

"Greetings from our award"

AWARD is a voluntary organisation working in the fields of education,health,environmental and other movement based programmes in kayathar block of tuticorin district of tamilnadu since last 12 years.

Problem of our area:

In our rural limits girl childrens and womens education and liberation are not considerably sound in rural areas.85% of the rural girl childrens,womens are illitraters.Because their parents are ignorance,illitracy,traditional culture and supersititions do not allow them to involve in educationaly and development activities.so,they are not encouraged and accepted by men to participate in community welfae activities.In our rural limits more peoples are living dalit community.They are below povertyline.They are involved in quarry,mat,agricultural works.But this income is do not enaff of their family maintanance.so,their childrens are allowed the child labour works.And we selected the villages no basic elementary education,less teachers with no basic education instruments and infrastructures.The village education is very poor quality.so, more childrens are dropouts[push outs] in every month.they dropout childrens are working as child labour.

The focus group drop-outs are 6-14 age groups.Now they childrens are working as match,mat,agri,quarry fields treated as child labourers.so,our working block of KAYATHAR 720 child labourers working in above mentioned fields.so,we want support from your agency to formation of "CHILD CENTERED EDUCATION" in kayathar block atleast 50 centers for block coverage.so,we submitted to your knowledge a tentative budged for our need.

E ducation Animators 50 nos x Rs.500 honorurium x 12 months = 3,00,000-00

Basic Training for Animators = 25,000-00

Education,earning,equipments Rs.1000 x 50 cnters = 50,000-00

Toys,materias,and continingency expenses = 25,000-00

Two co-ordinators saary Rs.2000 x 12 x 2 = 48,000-00

Stationary,Audit,Admn.expenses = 52,000-00

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Total Rs. = 5,00,000-00

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So,we want five lakhs only [in US $-11,112] for setup of 50 drop-out / child labour eradication centers in kayathar block.so,your valuable support send by our organisation FCRA channel[076090002] at earliest.

Thankingyou

We awaiting your good reply,

Yours sincerely

S.KARUPPASAMY

DIRECTOR

AWARD TRUST

NO.2,RENGARAMAN COMPLEX

MAIN ROAD,KAYATHAR[POST]

TUTICORIN[DISTRICT]

TAMILNADU,INDIA

PIN-628952

E.MAIL:awardngo@rediffmail.com

awardngo_2005@yahoo.co.in

SCSA NGOS NETWORK - Nov 26, 2006 11:39 am (#73 Total: 76)
KARUPPASAMY-S chairman of Network

 

 

Appeal for NGOs Network Support

Dear sir/madam,

Warm greetings from SCSA-Net

Southern Collective for Strategic Action{SCSA} is a forum of Southern district NGOs of south tamilnadu,establishment from 11th april 2001.Now our federation is registerd under indian trust act from 5th may 2004.Presently 30 small registerd ngos as a member in the forum of 5 districts like Tuticorin,Tirunelveli,Kanyakumari,Viruthunagar,and Ramnad district also.

Our Network team has quarterly based meet once at our secretariat to discuss about various activiites,workplan,future planning and so on.Our network has now working in movement based activities for following fields of intrests.

1.Agricultural Labourers Movement{joint with Tamilnadu Agricultural Labourers Movement}

2.HIV/AIDS prevention[joint with vidivelli -AIDS project ngo for training and condom promotion]

3.Child labour elimination with child rights[Associated with SSA project of govt.of tamilnadu]

4.Dalits and Women atrocities[join with human rights local ngo]

5.Environmental issues.

Above five movement is accepted by our network board members.Now our five districts ngos are working as above field activities.But no any background support not received yet.If any agency supported by our network team we will cereated by more outcomes of above working fields.In southern district more strong network is our SCSA ngo net only.

 

We wish to want more about your agency and your supporting project details.We kindly requested to you please send your project application format,guidelines,model budget and other informations send by our legal organisation address as early as possible.

Thankingyou

Yours sincerely

CHAIRMAN

SCSA-NGOS NETWORK

NO.2,RENGARAMAN COMPLEX

MADURAI MAIN ROAD,

KAYATHAR[POST]

TUTICORIN[DISTRICT]

TAMILNADU-628952

INDIA

E.MAIL:scsangonet@rediffmail.com

potus37802 - Dec 23, 2006 11:26 pm (#74 Total: 76)


Please send me any amount of Money or any items of value,all donations will be of Great Help. Send to   box 6643 Maryville, Tn. 37802-6643 .

edusource - Dec 26, 2006 2:57 am (#75 Total: 76)

My name is Paul van der Schyff.  I live in a little town in South Africa.  My wife and I heard that parents throughout South Africa are looking for a wed tool to help them educate their children without fearing that sexual preditors, and people with bad intent invade their children's lives while they are on the net. (Don't know if you are aware that in South Africa, little boys and girls are kidnapped and lured to places where many of their body parts are removed for the use of medicines, referred to as "muti") So we started a private, subsciption-based (approx. $9.00/month- not schoolsthough) website with our savings called, www.educource.co.za , thinking that we will be able to generate help from the South African corporate community to do this.  We set it up in such a way that it will become a tool to help schools, even in the most rural areas gain access to school curriculai information, and other services like councellors and psychologists.  We added a fund-raising section to help schools set up computer departments and we formatted our site in such a way that all parents, students and educators can become interactive participants in a national forum to better access to information on the web.  We incorporated wikipedia and other organisations into the site, and we started research on making this information avail. in at least four black languages in South Africa.  We were shocked to learn that no-one wanted to help us because we are not a black-owned business.  Not the banks, and any of the local funding organisations were prepared to help us to raise the further approx.     $ 15000 to be able to incorporate this into the whole of South Africa.  Now we stand at your door asking if anyone is opening their hearts to us.  We need to pay teachers to translate and maintain this interactive site.  We need money to advertise to schools.  We need transport to get technical personal to the rural areas, and we need to stay alive ourselves.  We have now run out of savings, but we are on the edge of groundbreaking access-providing to all kids aged 8-14 in South Africa, not just on school level, but on social and community level.  Our launch were planned for the 15th of Jan 2007, but without a donations, we will not succeed in this most urgent venture.  We will pay the majority of the proceeds for this site, straight back into the development of community programs for kids education.  Visit our site if you please.  Can you help us?  God bless you and your affiliates.

Thank you

Paul and Moira

60 Raven Glen, Rydal Street, Beyerspark, Boksburg, Gauteng, 1459, South Africa

Standard Bank, K-90 Centre, North Rand Road. Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Savings Account no: 426450493 Branch Code: 01184241