Anyone who has been in the nonprofit or development sector for anytime at all knows the ugly truth about “good” work: it just does not pay. Sometimes it doesn’t pay much, sometimes not at all. And sometimes, you have to shell out to help out. Sure, there’s the intangible compensation of[...]
Posts Tagged ‘fundraising’
Going Once, Twice, SOLD!
After combing the city for months looking for a health-oriented NGO, a friend pointed me towards Acción Solidaria, which focuses on providing education and resources to combat VIH/SIDA (that’s HIV/AIDS to all you English-speakers) in Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries. Nestled in[...]
Community Project Guidelines
At WorldTeach we encouraged volunteers to undertake community projects. These could range from raising funds for a bookshelf to installing a floor in a classroom, to establishing a scholarship fund that would continue long after the volunteer’s departure. Whether you are undertaking a voluntee[...]
Marketing Techniques
How do you interest someone in becoming a sponsor for a child in your program? How do you make your program more interesting to this potential sponsor than the tens of hundreds of other child-sponsor programs? How do you convince someone that the needs of your kids are great enough to warrant thei[...]
When it Comes to Fundraising, Be Persistent
I have been volunteering with the preschool classrooms at San Pablo la Laguna for two years, and with the Ayudame a Pintar Mi Futuro (APMF) project in San Pedro for over a year now. Every six months, I buy a lot of the work of local artisans and weavers and take it to my [...][...]
Organizing Fundraisers at Home and Abroad
Since September, my co-worker Lauren and I have been holding weekly fundraising events here in Cusco, and with just a month and a half left we’re also gearing up for events to be held back in the States. Here is a brief I outline of our fundraising endeavors from abroad and at home: I. Fundraisers[...]
How to Fundraise With No Funds
This week I was really impressed by another volunteer here at Tashirat. Some of us (myself included) are intimidated by fundraising events, by the thought of all the time, energy, and resources spent resulting in little or no money raised. And, being in a rural community in Mexico, one may think: If[...]
January 8th, 2010 - 9:51 pm § in Op Ed
New Appreciation for an Old Concept: The Case for Philanthropy
Travel writer Maureen Moore will forever be a California girl, but her global soul has lured her to climb the funiculares in Valparaíso while learning Spanish, dance salsa with habaneros in Cuba while working in tourism, speak Mexican street slang while serving chelas at a bar in Guanajuato, and mo[...]
Paying It Forward: Helping Locals Volunteer Abroad
So you come to Latin America to volunteer and you tell locals about what you are doing. In my case, when I tell Colombians I’ve met about what I’m giving my time to, a lot of them say, “Hey, I want to leave Colombia and help in a different country!” I try to help out as [..[...]
