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February 8th, 2012 - 6:08 am § in Country, Guatemala, Nonprofit Spotlight, Tips & Resources

Finding Seed Money to Grow Your Organization

Here at G22, we’re on the prowl for funding. Our aim here at G22 is to teach the people of Guatemala and hopefully the world about the importance of responsible, sustainable living that helps to conserve our natural environment. Ultimately, G22 believes that environmental education starts at h[...]

May 11th, 2011 - 7:18 am § in Tips & Resources

How to Fundraise Your Own Salary: 5 “Easy” Steps

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[...]

April 7th, 2011 - 5:18 am § in Looking for Opportunity, Nonprofit Spotlight, Venezuela

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[...]

September 16th, 2010 - 2:11 pm § in In the Field, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

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[...]

July 27th, 2010 - 10:36 am § in Around Town, Good Ideas, Guatemala, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

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[...]

July 13th, 2010 - 9:58 am § in Event, Good Ideas, Guatemala, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

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 [...][...]

June 29th, 2010 - 3:02 am § in Good Ideas, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

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[...]

June 8th, 2010 - 2:10 pm § in Day in the Life, In the Field, Volunteer

From Capacity Building to Building Homes: Relief Work in Guatemala

There is a certain eeriness to feeling every joint in one’s spine. A mere wave is enough to make an arm shake. And a tetanus shot will render one’s favorite sleeping position out of commission for a couple of days. Shoveling is hard work. You bury the shovel in a mountain of mud, lift, d[...]

February 11th, 2010 - 2:19 pm § in Around Town, Mexico, Tips & Resources

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[...]





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