[UgaBYTES] Interesting article on fundraising...

[geoffrey namukoye]

Medie raised awakening ideas. I think telecentre practitioners should borrow a leaf because sustainability has been the biggest challenge to telecentres. 
I request that in the next telecentre leaders forum, we share skills on how we can tap into billions of funds available through use of internet. 
 
What do others do that we can’t? 
 
How do they do it?
 
And when do they do it? 
 
Medie in his communication says “Internet fundraising usually takes two forms. NGOs either install a “donate” button on their websites or NGOs are listed on a “charity” portal, providing potential funders with NGO choices or causes to donate to”. I have visited a number of telecentre websites and most don’t have the “donate button” yet suitability stays a challenge.
 
Can we give this a chance in the next EATLF? 
 
UDS TELECENTRE 
Kamuli 
--- On Tue, 2/3/09, Meddie Mayanja <mmayanja at idrc.ca> wrote:

From: Meddie Mayanja <mmayanja at idrc.ca>
Subject: [UgaBYTES] Interesting article on fundraising...
To: "AsianTelecentreLeaders at yahoogroups.com" <AsianTelecentreLeaders at yahoogroups.com>, "ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org" <ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org>, "Leonce SESSOU" <lsessou at songhai.org>, "swmalick at gmail.com" <swmalick at gmail.com>, "Ag Acharom Mohamed" <macharom at afriklinks.org>, "leonel.macuacua at uem.mz" <leonel.macuacua at uem.mz>, "Silvia Caicedo" <scaicedo at idrc.ca>
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 11:03 AM

Hi all,

This appeared in "LWATI - The SANGONeT e-Newsletter, January 2009".
Its interesting reading.

...To highlight the growing impact and value of Internet fundraising,
approximately 13 million Americans made donations online after hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, while Barack Obama raised millions of dollars through the
Internet during the US presidential campaign over the past two years.

Internet fundraising usually takes two forms. NGOs either install a
"donate" button on their websites or NGOs are listed on a
"charity" portal, providing potential funders with NGO choices or
causes to donate to.

Read more here:
http://www.ngopulse.org/blogs/internet-fundraising-and-ngo-sector-south-africa

Best, Meddie
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