Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !

Course_Operations

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

nzeygerard

My name is NZEYIMANA Gerard, joining from Burundi , Bujumbura.
No, not working for an organization, have just started one. PASSION FOR THE NATIONS.
3.My goals are first to learn about fundraising, Learn from others experiences and connect to friends that hae
same concern. Since we have just registered our organization, we gonna need funds so we will need to fundraise.
4 Yes I am interested in joining a team for this course
I don't have any.

ClaudiaRebolledo

My name is Claudia, I'm Joining from London, UK but I'm originally from Chile.

I have a Community Theatre Company called RootPrints Theatre. We have a social aim and I'm currently in charge of the finances, which include fundraising

To refresh my previous knowledge about the subject and learn new things that will help me feel more comfortable returning to this role after some years not doing it. Also to feel more confident about fundraising in the UK as all my previous experience was in Chile and I can get very anxious when it comes to networking.

I might be interested but also I have a very limited amount of time so might not be able to commit to working as part of a team fpr the course. Prefer to see first how well I can manage the time alone.

I used to work as a theatre producer and part of my responsibilities included fundraising.

wajihaqayoom

1.Hi everyone. My name is Wajiha Qayoom and I am from Lahore, Pakistan

I am part of a social enterprise that works for nonprofits fundraising and profile building. The platform I am joining you from now is Patient Welfare Association, a non profit organization working in Mayo Hospital Lahore which is one of the biggest and oldest hospitals in Pakistan.
I want to know new and current trends in FR in uK and learn from other joining in from all around the world, hopefully.
I need to know the schedule of this team activity before I can decide. Otherwise I wud love to.
I am a communication person. I manage all the FR communication, campaign development and proposals. I have worked with more than 15 nonprofits with different causes. I hope I am able to add to this platform

amangupta774543

My name is Aman Gupta and I am from India.
I am currently working as a volunteer in WWF(World Wildlife Organisation).
Yes I am intrested in joining a team.
No I don't have any experience.

MuradHasan

1- My name is Murad Hasan and I am from Damascus, Syria
2- I work as a first-aid trainer for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent since 2013
3- My goal in this course is to get the necessary expertise to learn about donor relations with the organization that I work in, and how this mechanism is done to deal with it in the future.
4- Sure!. I like teamwork, but the schedule proposed by you should be looked at in order to coordinate with the rest of the colleagues and see when we can practice the activities together.
5- No I don't.

JahangirZehri

Assalam-o-Alaikum Everyone, Myself Muhammad Jahangir Zehri from Quetta, Pakistan. I am currently serving at People's Primary Healthcare Initiative Balochistan (PPHI-B) a company registered under section 42 of the companies ordinance 1984 as District Monitoring & Evaluation Officer since January, 2013. The main objective of the company is to provide basic health facilities at Basic Health Unit level with a slogan "HEALTH FOR ALL". I can work individually moreover I would love to be a part of a group being filled with diverse characteristics. I have helped my company in proposal writing to donors & philanthropists for the well being of poor masses.
Regards;

JahangirZehri

@wajihaqayoom said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

1.Hi everyone. My name is Wajiha Qayoom and I am from Lahore, Pakistan

I am part of a social enterprise that works for nonprofits fundraising and profile building. The platform I am joining you from now is Patient Welfare Association, a non profit organization working in Mayo Hospital Lahore which is one of the biggest and oldest hospitals in Pakistan.

I want to know new and current trends in FR in uK and learn from other joining in from all around the world, hopefully.

I need to know the schedule of this team activity before I can decide. Otherwise I wud love to.

I am a communication person. I manage all the FR communication, campaign development and proposals. I have worked with more than 15 nonprofits with different causes. I hope I am able to add to this platform

Being a country mate I welcome you at this particular platform, I will be great to learn new skills & methods of fund raising for the well being of poor masses, stay connected stay blessed Ma'am.

ltaisi1984

Hello my name is Leonita Aisi (as in the letters I and C)
I come from Papua New Guinea and have just done a TESOL certificate, and do Learning Support/Special needs Assistant with an IEA school.
My goal here is to make my dreams come big due to the struggles my community faces - I dream to create a Home/Shelter for the homeless and make it reality here in Port Moresby, one day at a time - as an Individual.
I'm equally excited to join people from diverse different cultures all in a team to benefit their Society
Here in my country, it is a real struggle EVERY SINGLE DAY - K100.00 lasts as far as 2 hours because costs are so high. I have taken part in small family fundraisers's and believe me, half of the expected income of the fundraisers any where, falls back to having it on Lay by (credit) .. I want to have better knowledge and skill in this ..so i can follow on for a good cause.
Cheers to you all

wajihaqayoom

@JahangirZehri said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

@wajihaqayoom said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

1.Hi everyone. My name is Wajiha Qayoom and I am from Lahore, Pakistan

I am part of a social enterprise that works for nonprofits fundraising and profile building. The platform I am joining you from now is Patient Welfare Association, a non profit organization working in Mayo Hospital Lahore which is one of the biggest and oldest hospitals in Pakistan.

I want to know new and current trends in FR in uK and learn from other joining in from all around the world, hopefully.

I need to know the schedule of this team activity before I can decide. Otherwise I wud love to.

I am a communication person. I manage all the FR communication, campaign development and proposals. I have worked with more than 15 nonprofits with different causes. I hope I am able to add to this platform

Being a country mate I welcome you at this particular platform, I will be great to learn new skills & methods of fund raising for the well being of poor masses, stay connected stay blessed Ma'am.

AOA good to hear from you. I am looking forward to learning more about your organization, issues and the way you sustain.

HoussemBahi

Hello everyone,
My name is Houssem Eddine El BAHI I am from Tunisia
I am the MENA Hub coordinator for Innovation for Change Netwrok
I am willing to learn more about communications with Donors

I would love to work as a team member

I have been managing MEPI funds and USAID funds

HoussemBahi

@MuradHasan said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

1- My name is Murad Hasan and I am from Damascus, Syria
2- I work as a first-aid trainer for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent since 2013
3- My goal in this course is to get the necessary expertise to learn about donor relations with the organization that I work in, and how this mechanism is done to deal with it in the future.
4- Sure!. I like teamwork, but the schedule proposed by you should be looked at in order to coordinate with the rest of the colleagues and see when we can practice the activities together.
5- No I don't.

Salam Murad,
I am houssam from Tunisia. Can we move to a private chat ? I have a quick question regarding your work in Syria.
May god bless you

531-

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My name is Francis, joining this course from Laos but from Uganda .
Currently working for Oxfam as a project management advisor and doing some work close to fundraising so is the interest.
Get a deeper understanding of fundraising and where possible secure a longterm funder for our project in Uganda an organisation i started before moving to Laos.
The values i attach to group work make me attracted to join one and i will.
Only the knowledge from the introduction to fundraising with small trial of fundraising on the Globalgiving online fundraising in March. Am interested in learning more and if the university may have a practical test of it, i would be willing to participate or if it would be allowed those in the group i will belong may fundraise practically for my project in Uganda.
Finally, i thank all participating and TOU.

wkazarwa

Hell friends,
My name is Wilson, from Kigali, Rwanda, Africa.
I work for Compassion International as a Program Trainer. I want to acquire skills in Fundraising because I have passion of forming charity organization to help the poor nd orphaned children in the community where I live, in the near future. My very tight schedule may not allow me working in a team currently though I love working in a team. I hope this will be exciting to both of us. Thank you all.

SangKap

I am Ronald Koech from Kenya

2.I am currently not working.Should any member has any role he/she is free to contact me.

3.I want to learn techniques of fundraising. That is how to write Compelling reports and how to connect with donors /funders.

4.I like working in a team. Several perspectives are shared.

5.I don't experience in fundraising. This will be an opportunity for me to learn.

I take this opportunity to welcome you all.I hope we shall learn a lot from each other.

sixfootjames

1- My name is James van der Hoven and I am from Cape Town, South Africa
2- I work as a director for Leaderless, a non profit company teaching Social Entrepreneuers how to use technology to cut out government corruption and corporate greed.
3- My goal in this course is to learn how to raise additional funds for the projects we have planned for our platform.
4- Absolutely. Collaboration is at the heart of the Leaderless project.
5- Only a little. And it's been a lot of hard work but there is more to learn.

joi

Hi my name is Joyann and I operate in Barbados, along with working with my founding charity The Sistah Talk Charity, I have worked on other committees, the common thread is raising funds. This course will me tremendously although I would have touch on this topic in my studies

sixfootjames

@joi said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hi my name is Joyann and I operate in Barbados, along with working with my founding charity The Sistah Talk Charity, I have worked on other committees, the common thread is raising funds. This course will me tremendously although I would have touch on this topic in my studies

Welcome @joi - nice to meet you

MullerJH

Hi all. My name is Jan Muller and I am from South Africa and currently working in the UAE. I am a new volunteer with a charity organization in South Africa that focus on giving interim housing and food to destitute Veterans and then to try and get them a job and give them back their pride and feeling of self-worth. My goal with this course is to gain more knowledge on how to connect with donors which will help me to achieve my goal in becoming better at fund raising and a more effective volunteer. For this course I would like to be part of a team which I believe will help in getting different perspectives and learn from others experiences. Currently I have limited experience in talking to donors.

Tabbisson

Hi fellow learners, Emmanuel Nchio Shey joining the course from Cameroon.
2)No sir, but we are about to create one that will address the needs of internally displaced (IDPS) persons as a result of the socio-political crisis affecting the two Englishs speaking regions of Cameroon.
3)My goals- gain working knowledge in best fundraising practices and good communication skills needed to connect with potential donors.
4)Yes, I am ready to join a team but a balance schedule must be agreed upon.
5)No.

sumanrana007

Myself Suman Rana from Jharkhand, India.
I am a volunteer of a non-profit organisation, Bhumi. I have worked for orphans and worked for RTE (Right To Education) in slum area of Bengaluru, India.
I am interested in Fund raising course so that I can help the needy.
I am very uch interested in joining your team.
No, I have never done such type of course before.

SamuelSijenyi

My name is Samuel Sijenyi? From Kenya
Yes, I am working with an Organization as Deputy Director
I hope to learn more about how to relate to existing donors and new ones and to communicate better with them on what our vision is and what we have achieved so far
Yes! would love to join a team
No, no experience on this yet

SamuelSijenyi

@sixfootjames said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

1- My name is James van der Hoven and I am from Cape Town, South Africa
2- I work as a director for Leaderless, a non profit company teaching Social Entrepreneuers how to use technology to cut out government corruption and corporate greed.
3- My goal in this course is to learn how to raise additional funds for the projects we have planned for our platform.
4- Absolutely. Collaboration is at the heart of the Leaderless project.
5- Only a little. And it's been a lot of hard work but there is more to learn.

Welcome @James glad to meet you

emmanaquino

My name is Emman, I'm joining from Zamboanga, Philippines.
I'm currently managing a Community Radio Station, which include fundraising.
To learn new things that will help me feel more comfortable doing my role after nine years doing it. Also to feel more confident about fundraising.
I prefer to see first how well I can manage the time alone.
Big part of my responsibilities included fundraising. I do regular visits to donors, distributing monthly newsletter, fund-raising activities and annual reporting to faithful donors.

Win4Youth

I am Lorena Clerc from Zurich, Switzerland.
I work for Plan International as partnership coordinator.
I am a newbie in the field of Philanthropy and would like to learn more about the field especially in tapping individual and major donors as well as serving our current donors better.
I find learning and working together in a team interesting.
I have just joined our organization; I'm afraid I don't have much experience.

drmurshid

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello everyone I am Murshid from Bangladesh.I joined the course to know about fund raising for public health projects and how to maintain communications with donors? Hope it will be an enjoyable journey with you.

drmurshid

@Win4Youth said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

I am Lorena Clerc from Zurich, Switzerland.

I work for Plan International as partnership coordinator.

I am a newbie in the field of Philanthropy and would like to learn more about the field especially in tapping individual and major donors as well as serving our current donors better.

I find learning and working together in a team interesting.

I have just joined our organization; I'm afraid I don't have much experience.

Nice to know about you Lorena.You are welcome to the learners club!!

imnakichu

My name is Imna and I am from India.
Currently I'm not working for any organisation.
My goal is to learn about the basics of fundraising and learn from the experiences shared in this course.
Yes, I am interested in joining a team.
No, I don't have any prior experience.

ayehu1213

My name is Ayehu Kassaw Asres, from Africa, Ethiopia. I got my Msc degree on Adult health nursing from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Currently working as Nurse Lecturer at Axum University, Ethiopia.
If I got all the necessary funding I planned to start and maintain evidence based nursing.

Yes I am highly interested
no I had no experiences
Regards!

Sarah_Kachimfya

My name is Sarah Nkonde and I am joining from Lusaka, Zambia
Yes I am, I'm in the Operations Department as an Events Coordinator
I would love to learn as much as possible regards connecting with donors, as this will help our organization when it comes to fundraising and help our organization accordingly
Yes I am interested
No I don't

Lu

Hello, my name is Luis and I am from Bogota, Colombia.
My organization is called ALA (Animals Latin America) Project, a charity recently which recently obtained its status and I am starting to look at the FR perspective. I am the Founder and Director.
My goals are to learn how to connect and interact in the best possible way with potential donors and start fundraising for my organization. As a new organization I must start to build the base of donors and for this, the course is very important.
I love team work, but it also depends on times and availability of others and myself.
I took the first course "Introduction to Fundraising" which I found fabulous. No previous experience in the field.

onyinyeokoye12

My name is Onyinye Okoye joining from Nigeria. I do not work with any organisation yet. I'm here to broaden my knowledge and gain new skill set in order to help me have more opportunities of getting work. I'm interested in joining a team to learn from others to because I have no experience in this topic.

onyinyeokoye12

@Lu said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello, my name is Luis and I am from Bogota, Colombia.

My organization is called ALA (Animals Latin America) Project, a charity recently which recently obtained its status and I am starting to look at the FR perspective. I am the Founder and Director.

My goals are to learn how to connect and interact in the best possible way with potential donors and start fundraising for my organization. As a new organization I must start to build the base of donors and for this, the course is very important.

I love team work, but it also depends on times and availability of others and myself.

I took the first course "Introduction to Fundraising" which I found fabulous. No previous experience in the field.

Nice one.

riziki

hi everyone, im riziki from nakuru(Kenya)..im a student.

N25

Hi. My name is Nawaal Nacerodien. I am from Cape Town, South Africa. I have worked in the NGO space for 9 years and recently started my own NGO focusing on women empowerment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can so I can share the knowledge with my teammates within the NGO as well as other NGOs.

immahmad93

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello everyone!
This is Israr Ahmad and joining from Kabul, Afghanistan.
I am currently working with one the telecom companies in capacity of Business Development Manager.
My goal by taking this course is to know the methodology, tricks and formal way of fundraising from different donors and organization since I am involved in donation activities since 2 years, and it is among small network of friends. After completion of this course, I am sure that I will have the idea on how to do fund raising and it will help me convince my colleagues, management and the stakeholders of the company to take part in fund raising.
Of course! I believe in teamwork since it is really impactful while generating ideas, making decisions and coming up with the solution for a specific issue.
I do not have the academic experience of this course but I have some practical experience of fund raising that I did in past 2 years. However, it is worth mentioning that I collected around 5,000 USD within a month for specific medical condition of a child having eyesight problem by using my personal network and the network of people whom I knew.

Suzanne_1-

My name is Suzanne A. Johnson, and am joining from Liberia. I work at SMART Liberia, a social venture that equips aspiring young leaders with the skills, networks and opportunities needed to be change leaders. I work as the Fundraising and Development Associate. Through this course, I have a goal of acquiring the knowledge, skills and techniques needed to attract and retain donors as well as every other skills that are connected to fundraising. Team work is essential to my practice and as the saying goes: two heads is better than one.

Yes, I have had a little experience while performing my duties as a fundraiser. A part of my duties is having donors engaged. It's interesting and requires patience, involving reaching out to donors and been in touch with them. Most of the donors do not read their emails and those that read,do not respond. At times, I would have to call through the phone to get in contact with them. But again, they almost all the time busy. Fundraising is a beautiful thing that needs a lot of effort and team work.

suleimanshettima

Hello, i'm Suleiman Shettima,i'm from Nigeria, kaduna state to be specific (northwestern part of Nigeria).
I'm currently not working for any organization,but hope to join one as soon as im fully equiped with basic knowledge of fundraising.
My major plan is to get the knowledge of connecting with donors which will guide me on my next assignment.
I'm really interested in joing a team with similar interest.
I have no experience in this field yet.

AAW

1 my name is Abigail Ansah and am joining from Ghana.
2 No I am not working for any organization yet.
3 My goals are to know more and work with it as a Fundraiser ..
4 Yes I am interested in joining a team for this course so I learn more from other team members.
5 No, I don't have any

okwubijohn

My name is Okwubi John, joining from Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria.
I work as the National coordinator for Myvie foundation, a nonprofit organization involved in empowering young, and vulnerable people.
My goals are: To gain valuable knowledge and tap from other members wealth of experience on fundraising, with the hope that the knowledge and experience gained will be useful in accessing funding for my organization.
Yes I am interested in joining a team for this course.
I have assisted my organization in raising funds through social media campaigns via tagged projects.

joycemukani

JOYCE MUKANI FROM BOTSWANA
FOUNDER OF NTLO YA BOTSETSI
MY GOAL IS TO KNOW HOW TO CONNECT WITH DONORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM "THE ASKING MOMENT"

Apamidrop

ODUSANYA MUHAMMED A.? FROM LIBERIA.
YES ? PRESIDENT.
TO LEARN MORE AND IMPLEMENT IT WITH MY ORGANIZATION AND MY COMMUNITY.
YES
NO

joycemukani

WELCOME TEAM TO THIS GREAT COURSE HOPE WE WILL SUCCESSFULLY FINISH THE COURSE N GO OUT THERE TO IMPLEMENT. ALL THE BEST. ENJOY.

strapandsafechild

My name is Bolanle Edwards.Convener of STRAP AND SAFE CHILD FOUNDATION.A Not-For-Profit Organisation which started in 2009 in Nigeria.We basically advocate child safety in a holistic manner .Child safety at home,road and school.This we do through different platforms.Media is our strongest tool so we get to speak to millions of people on the radio,Television,print media and visitation to both private and public schools.

We are currently speaking with the Lagos state Government where we reside to once again review and implement the child's Right Law of Lagos state 2007 where children's rights are fully protected.

We collaborate with the FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORP(FRSC), ROAD SAFETY COALITION OF NIGERIA(RSC), LAGOS STATE.,International Center for Alcohol Policies(ICAP)

We have commissioned safety ambassadors in 10 schools and still counting.

Our Board of Directors consists of seasoned professionals that cuts across different fields.

www.strapandsafechildfoundation.com
@strapandsafe
+234 805 600 0634

jonastetteh1985

My name is Jonas Barnor Narh Tetteh from Ghana.
Am working for Save A littleOne Today (SALT) Foundation as financial and accounts manager.
My goal of joining this course is to learn how raise funds and how to relate with donors.

jonastetteh1985

@strapandsafechild said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

My name is Bolanle Edwards.Convener of STRAP AND SAFE CHILD FOUNDATION.A Not-For-Profit Organisation which started in 2009 in Nigeria.We basically advocate child safety in a holistic manner .Child safety at home,road and school.This we do through different platforms.Media is our strongest tool so we get to speak to millions of people on the radio,Television,print media and visitation to both private and public schools.

We are currently speaking with the Lagos state Government where we reside to once again review and implement the child's Right Law of Lagos state 2007 where children's rights are fully protected.

We collaborate with the FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORP(FRSC), ROAD SAFETY COALITION OF NIGERIA(RSC), LAGOS STATE.,International Center for Alcohol Policies(ICAP)

We have commissioned safety ambassadors in 10 schools and still counting.

Our Board of Directors consists of seasoned professionals that cuts across different fields.

www.strapandsafechildfoundation.com
@strapandsafe
+234 805 600 0634

CamillaDemichelis

Hi everyone!
Great to meet other passionate learners and hear everything about your projects.
1 -My name is Camilla, I live in Los Angeles but I'm french-italian and mexican.
2 - I direct a film festival and I'm a filmmaker. I currently have many social awareness documentary project and I'm looking to polish my fundraising skills.
3 - I want to learn how to become a more successful fundraiser. I am originally a filmmaker and I have had to learn, by doing it (and therefore with lots of failures) how to fundraise properly. I am ready to take it to the next level.
4 - I have a pretty busy schedule so I'd love to join a team if I can find a partner who will be commited to working effectively with me.
5 - I have been securing sponsorships and donors for my festival and films but I have to learn how to manage it properly because it's been lengthy and not always successful.

CamillaDemichelis

@ClaudiaRebolledo said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

My name is Claudia, I'm Joining from London, UK but I'm originally from Chile.

I have a Community Theatre Company called RootPrints Theatre. We have a social aim and I'm currently in charge of the finances, which include fundraising

To refresh my previous knowledge about the subject and learn new things that will help me feel more comfortable returning to this role after some years not doing it. Also to feel more confident about fundraising in the UK as all my previous experience was in Chile and I can get very anxious when it comes to networking.

I might be interested but also I have a very limited amount of time so might not be able to commit to working as part of a team fpr the course. Prefer to see first how well I can manage the time alone.

I used to work as a theatre producer and part of my responsibilities included fundraising.

Hi Claudia!
Welcome!
I am a filmmaker, I live in LA and as far as I could see we are probably the only ones in the arts-culture section.
I don't have a team and I am also pretty busy. I think having someone to work with, that doesn't already know me, will be very helpful. However, just like you I am pretty busy so I would like to engage with someone friendly but effective. In case you're interested in forming a team for the assignment lmk.
(Hablo español tambien)

joi

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Hi All I am Joyann from Barbados and I am the founding member of a charity called Sistah Talk where we seek to empower and educate our women and girls, I signed up for this course to help understand funding and donors, I know this will be a great course

531-

@N25 said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hi. My name is Nawaal Nacerodien. I am from Cape Town, South Africa. I have worked in the NGO space for 9 years and recently started my own NGO focusing on women empowerment. I am just trying to learn as much as I can so I can share the knowledge with my teammates within the NGO as well as other NGOs.

I thing this will boost your knowledge in securing for women's empowerment. The introduction was so interesting.
Having your own NGO requires you to have good knowledge in fundraising so that you can mentor the staff as its difficult to get competent fundraisers.
Also engaging other donors during events meetings becomes a upper opportunity for you.

MarianShi

Nice too meet you all,
My name is Mariana Montejano ,I'm from Mexico, I want to be part of a great organization that I admire so deeply .
I want to start learning.

odivick

I am Victor Okeyo from Kenya,

I am co founder of Bayhub which is a tech hub bringing together entrepreneurs and tech lovers.

My main goal is to learn how to fund raise so that I may be able to do proposals for our organisation.

Yes I am interested in joining a team.
No prior experience.

Joe_Okello

Hiya!! This Joe Okello joining in from Gulu, Uganda. Working with Fundi bots, an organization looking forward to improve science learning in African schools through the use of robotics as a tool to achieve that. My goal is to improve technology literacy in the country. So, yes I am looking forward to starting an organization and i am surre that i am in the right place to get my preliminary experience.
Nice study for y'all.

MsZvobgo

Hi, I'm Ashleigh from Harare in Zimbabwe. I currently work in Public Relations. I am taking this course because I'd like to move away from agency work and into non-profit, Although I have a masters degree in development studies, I have no experience, I'm hoping courses such as this one will help! I would really like to join a team! I'm excited to learn!

agathab28is

@nzeygerard said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

My name is NZEYIMANA Gerard, joining from Burundi , Bujumbura.

No, not working for an organization, have just started one. PASSION FOR THE NATIONS.
3.My goals are first to learn about fundraising, Learn from others experiences and connect to friends that hae
same concern. Since we have just registered our organization, we gonna need funds so we will need to fundraise.
4 Yes I am interested in joining a team for this course

I don't have any.

Driungu

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

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What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Driungu

My name is Dianah Riungu.
Joining from Nairobi,Kenya.
I would like to gain knowledge and apply to achieve set goals in my careers growth.
I am interested in joining a team.
Thank You.

ArineitweAlexMulindangabo

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

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What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Hello.
Am Alex Arineitwe.
A Ugandan registered male nurse.
I work for Kanungu district local government.
My goals is to learn about connection & sourcing for donors and scholarship to upgrade my carrier and hence serve my community better, am interested in doing paediatric psychiatry or geriatric nursing as a specialty.
Yes I'd very much love to join a team.
I have no prior experience.

terrykigundu

I m Terry from Nairobi Kenya, I work with Africa Centre for Transformative and inclusive Leadership, a partnership between UN Women and Kenyatta University. I m the Program Manager and also in charge of Partnership management. We train upcoming and existing leaders across Africa particularly women and youth for equitable and sustainable development. I have some experience in connecting the Centre with the donor community or generally the development partners as we love to refer them. I look forward to enhancing my skills and scaling up our success.

Faizi

Greeting,
I am Faiz Muhammad Khan from Pakistan. I have over 18 years of multi-cultural exposure in different organizations (both in International Development Organizations Environment/Commercial Organizations/Oil & Gas/attached to Government-in consortium) due to which I have gained valuable acumen in the fields of Human Resource, Administration/Office Management, Operations, Warehousing, Logistics, Coordination, Security and Project Management.
I believe, that training courses like Donor Relation, Private Public Partnership, Governance and USAID Rules and Regulation will help me understand program side very well and for sure will also take me to senior position on the projects. I would like to be a part of team during learning process.
Regards,
Faiz Muhammad Khan

Olakunle

Good day!
My name is Ebenezer Ayansanya. I goal for this course is to help indigent patients who couldn't pay there hospital bills raise funds.

Cmnyarangi

Hello everyone, my name is Carolyne your course ambassador, please feel free to tag me @cmnyarangi any question or challenge you may face on the course on the discussion board.enjoy your learning.

MullerJH

@sixfootjames said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

1- My name is James van der Hoven and I am from Cape Town, South Africa
2- I work as a director for Leaderless, a non profit company teaching Social Entrepreneuers how to use technology to cut out government corruption and corporate greed.
3- My goal in this course is to learn how to raise additional funds for the projects we have planned for our platform.
4- Absolutely. Collaboration is at the heart of the Leaderless project.
5- Only a little. And it's been a lot of hard work but there is more to learn.

Hi James, can we possibly team up for.module 1?

Cmnyarangi

hey @nzeygerard ! thanks for introducing yourself,you mentioned that you have just started an organisation? what programs do you run and who are your beneficiaries?

Cmnyarangi

hey @sixfootjames !thanks for introducing yourself! have you done any fundraising before? what was your experience?

Cmnyarangi

hey @Olakunle !thanks for introducing yourself,do you work for any organisation?if yes what position do you hold?

Cmnyarangi

hey @terrykigundu ! thanks for introducing yourself,would you like to share some of the challenges you faced while connecting with donors?

Cmnyarangi

hey @Faizi ! thanks for introducing yourself,what is your learning objectives on this course and how do you think by achieving them will impact on your work?

Cmnyarangi

hey @ArineitweAlexMulindangabo ! thanks for introducing yourself,welcome to the course and hope you enjoy your learning.

Faizi

As i am operational professional . I believe this course will help me a lot understand more program side of the project. Further, it will also help me to find senior level on the project where i can control operational and program sides both.

Cmnyarangi

hey @Driungu !thanks for introducing yourself,are you currently working for any organisation?what is your learning objectives on this course and how do you think achieving them will impact on your work?

Sphiwe

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My Name is Sphiwe Dada.im joining from South Africa, Mpumalanga Secunda

Im not working for any organization but recently. Started one myself.

My goal is to be equipped and learn new skills to work n acquire fund rasers.

Yes I am intrested in joing a team

No experience.

Xian

1.My name is Xian Watson, joining from Trinidad and Tobago.
2.I am not working for an organisation, I started one in 2016.
3.My objectives are to learn about accomplishing each fundraising task I have set out ,making the right move for my organisation while sharing and learning from everyones experiences.
4 . I am also interested in joining a team for this course as I don't have any .

Stelio_Bila

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My name is Stélio Bila, joining from Maputo city, Mozambique. I work in a civil society organization whose core business is integrity, transparency and anticorruption, as a monitoring and evaluation specialist and process analyst. among other things, I am responsible for stakeholders engagement and fundraising. I believe that the course will provide me with adequate tools for risk analysis in monitoring partnerships, help me to acquire the best approaches in establishing partnerships and retaining existing ones.
Due to my rhythm and routine of work perhaps it is not convenient to enter to some work /study team to not compromise the performance of the group.
The little experience I have in dealing with partners, including donors, is only practical, so I think the theoretical approach I can get here in this course it will be very interesting.

fodays961

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!
Yes I love the course and I am happy learning it.

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
My name is Sillah Foday

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
Not working with an organization but am trying to create one, one which is food for all, it has to do with giving food to the poor and the needy. Today in my country many people are suffering and doing bad thing because they do not have something to eat. So I taught it fit that since have observed the situation I would like to step in to find a help in hand. we also had an Agricultural farm where the people depend on me to develop it but I don't have the money to make it happen.

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
My goal for the course is to find a help and to know how to raise fund for our farm and my food for all organization.

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.
Yes I am

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!
No I don't have

fodays961

@Sphiwe said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

My Name is Sphiwe Dada.im joining from South Africa, Mpumalanga Secunda

Im not working for any organization but recently. Started one myself.

My goal is to be equipped and learn new skills to work n acquire fund rasers.

Yes I am intrested in joing a team

No experience.

Hi my name is Sillah Foday I would like to share my experience with you

fodays961

@Xian said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

1.My name is Xian Watson, joining from Trinidad and Tobago.
2.I am not working for an organisation, I started one in 2016.
3.My objectives are to learn about accomplishing each fundraising task I have set out ,making the right move for my organisation while sharing and learning from everyones experiences.
4 . I am also interested in joining a team for this course as I don't have any .

Hi I am happy to meet you I would like you help in discussion issue as the course progress

FCDACameroon

What is your name? Where are you joining from? I am Etienne Ayuk Ayuk Ndip, I am Cameroonian and joining from Douala-Cameroon.
Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role? I am working for Foundation for Community Development Association, Cameroon(FCDA), an NGO into providing agricultural and financial inclusion programs to the youths as well as digital learning opportunities for Kids after school programs in the rural areas in Cameroon
What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work? I wish to have an exceptional understanding on how to attract donors, maintain donors through engagement and sustainable partnerships. I will put into practice what I am going to learn through my project on GlobalGiving platform so as to raise more funds, I will train my staff as well as apply to more crowdfunding institutions
Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course. Yes
Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise! I participated in the GlobalGiving accelerator crowdfunding campaign which I was successful and raised upwards of 5,000USD on my project titled Provide agricultural funds to 300 youths in Cameroon in 2017. I am now in the leadership status. I am poised in acquiring more skills and ideas to increase my donors network and to maintain the existing donors.

Shooren

Hello Everyone! My name is Surendra Pariyar from Nepal. I live in a beautiful city called Pokhara.
I represent Bahini Educare Foundation (www.bahinifoundation.org) a NON Profit working for children and women in sectors of Education, health and livelihood! I am the Executive Director.

I have come to attend this course with the goals to enrichen my knowledge of Fundraising. I did complete the first course "Introduction to Fundraising" and wanted to know more. I will use this course to connect with our donors better and also with new potential donors.

Its a great idea to work as a team but owing to the time differences and also I am kindaa busy now because of the school sessions beginning in a week's time! so I'd for now do it alone. But if it comes to some assignments, I'd look for a partner.

I have been working in this sector for nearly 15 years now and I have some experiences dealing, connecting with donors.

KOPJ

Hi, everyone
My name is Korie Obioma am from Nigeria
I will serve as one of your course amabassadors for this session
Do well to ask me any question when necessary.
You can ask me anyquestion with the tag @KOPJ
Thankyou & happy learning

KOPJ

@Shooren said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Everyone! My name is Surendra Pariyar from Nepal. I live in a beautiful city called Pokhara.
I represent Bahini Educare Foundation (www.bahinifoundation.org) a NON Profit working for children and women in sectors of Education, health and livelihood! I am the Executive Director.

I have come to attend this course with the goals to enrichen my knowledge of Fundraising. I did complete the first course "Introduction to Fundraising" and wanted to know more. I will use this course to connect with our donors better and also with new potential donors.

Its a great idea to work as a team but owing to the time differences and also I am kindaa busy now because of the school sessions beginning in a week's time! so I'd for now do it alone. But if it comes to some assignments, I'd look for a partner.

I have been working in this sector for nearly 15 years now and I have some experiences dealing, connecting with donors.

@Shooren Thanks for your kin introduction.
I Hope to visit the beautiful city of Pokhara one of this days.
Also with your 15years of experience & enrollment for this course "YOU SHOW US' that learning is a continues process and never to late to acquire new skills.
Also we will Love to learn as much as we can from your experience, please do well to share with us on related issues as the course goes by.
Happy learning

KOPJ

@FCDACameroon said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

What is your name? Where are you joining from? I am Etienne Ayuk Ayuk Ndip, I am Cameroonian and joining from Douala-Cameroon.

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role? I am working for Foundation for Community Development Association, Cameroon(FCDA), an NGO into providing agricultural and financial inclusion programs to the youths as well as digital learning opportunities for Kids after school programs in the rural areas in Cameroon

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work? I wish to have an exceptional understanding on how to attract donors, maintain donors through engagement and sustainable partnerships. I will put into practice what I am going to learn through my project on GlobalGiving platform so as to raise more funds, I will train my staff as well as apply to more crowdfunding institutions

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course. Yes

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise! I participated in the GlobalGiving accelerator crowdfunding campaign which I was successful and raised upwards of 5,000USD on my project titled Provide agricultural funds to 300 youths in Cameroon in 2017. I am now in the leadership status. I am poised in acquiring more skills and ideas to increase my donors network and to maintain the existing donors.

@FCDACameroon we are pleased to have you here
My moms from Cameroon & i grew up there too
Your welcome On board
Hoping to hear more from your experience do well to share with us and rest assured you will definitely be inspired & get more skills as you ride along this course
#Bienvenue Happy learning

SankaraThomas

My name is Thomas Sankara and am from Rwanda.
I am a cake decorator at a supermarket .
I want to gain knowledge in fundraising.
I am interested in joining the group.
I don't have any experience with this course.

Ronky

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

1 Hello everyone. My name is Aderonke Malomo, joining from Lagos Nigeria

2.Yes, am working with an organization as the Accountant

3.To learn about fundraising learn how to connect with donors and learn new things

Yes I am interested in joining a team

5.No experience

EMMO2019

Hello Team,
My name is Martin Morris Okolo from Uganda, East Africa, and am team leader for AAI organisation based in Eastern Uganda. I have joined with a goal to horn my resource mobilization skills and Donor relations management skills. I have done this for over a decade but don't seem to have a enough of it. I want to learn more!

salmaabdelaleem12

hi everyone my name is salma abdelaleem
i am from egypt
it is my pleasure to take this cource

DrOse

My name is Osereme Peter Ahabue from Lagos, Nigeria. I volunteer with a non-profit as a programs coordinator for schools. My goal is to acquire skills needed to raise funds and help my organization connect with donors to fund the projects we have developed for urban slums in my community and also connect with learners of like passion.
Yes, I will like to join a team. No, I don't have any such experience

jlunab

Hello everyone

I'm Jimena from Chile

Today I'm not working for any organization, but I want create one.

Well, my goals are create a new organization for people with disabilities to help them to be more autonomous.

I'm interested in joining a team.

This is my first experience related to philanthropy

I'll see you!

Shooren

@KOPJ said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

@Shooren said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Everyone! My name is Surendra Pariyar from Nepal. I live in a beautiful city called Pokhara.
I represent Bahini Educare Foundation (www.bahinifoundation.org) a NON Profit working for children and women in sectors of Education, health and livelihood! I am the Executive Director.

I have come to attend this course with the goals to enrichen my knowledge of Fundraising. I did complete the first course "Introduction to Fundraising" and wanted to know more. I will use this course to connect with our donors better and also with new potential donors.

Its a great idea to work as a team but owing to the time differences and also I am kindaa busy now because of the school sessions beginning in a week's time! so I'd for now do it alone. But if it comes to some assignments, I'd look for a partner.

I have been working in this sector for nearly 15 years now and I have some experiences dealing, connecting with donors.

@Shooren Thanks for your kin introduction.
I Hope to visit the beautiful city of Pokhara one of this days.
Also with your 15years of experience & enrollment for this course "YOU SHOW US' that learning is a continues process and never to late to acquire new skills.
Also we will Love to learn as much as we can from your experience, please do well to share with us on related issues as the course goes by.
Happy learning

Dear Ambassador,
Great to get a reply from you! You are very much welcome to visit Nepal and my city Pokhara! If you should know the country is hosting Visit Nepal 2020!
Life is a learning process and it never ends! Thanks for having us!

DCopeland

MY name is Dana. I am currently living in Egypt as a teacher and I'm wanting to open my own NGO. My goal is to ultimately learn how to connect with these donors to open my organization. I do not have any experience related to this course.

catherine_kukunda

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Fundraising: Connecting with Donors (April) !:

Hello Learners,

Welcome to the course discussion board!

The first step in the course is to post a response to this thread answering the questions below, and to read and respond to the posts of others.

After submitting your post answering these questions, please reply to at least one other learner who has posted before you to welcome them. Feel free to ask questions about their work, goals, and backgrounds.

Happy learning!

What is your name? Where are you joining from?

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?

Are you interested in joining a team for this course? We have heard that learners who work in teams are more successful in meeting their learning objectives in the course.

Do you have any experience related to this course? If so, please share it with us. We’d love to hear more about your expertise!

Catherine Kukunda. joining from Kigali Rwanda
Yes, Save the Children International working as a project Officer.
Learn listening and fundraising skills, I want to join the Program Development Development department
Yes, I am interested in joining
No

isanyaya

Hello friends.
I am Isah Nasidi from Nigeria. I am the founder of Bakin Ruwa Students'Union (BASU) a CBO that concerns with Education and Capacity DeceDevelop.
I am happy to vb here.

Museme

Hello fellow Philanthropists!

My name is Rebecca and I am logging on to learn from the Dominican Republic. Originally from Calgary, Canada I relocated here over 7 years ago. Mostly to escape the cold and be closer to the ocean but also to be able to focus on giving back.

I have volunteered with numerous organizations here, but currently focusing on the beginning stages of a new initiative called The Be Kind Project which focuses on bringing health and wellness clinics to small neighborhoods.

While visiting these villages we have noticed a huge need for dental and medical operations and certain medications such as parasite meds. We have had a decent amount of sponsors so far within our community, but I wish to learn how to bring funding in from across our borders as well. I also believe we both (my partner and I) have a handful of donors in our hands but are possibly not reaching them in the most effective way, so I hope to learn for the both of us how to effectively raise funds for our small projects with the hopes to be able reach a more global scale of awareness on how to Be Kind.

A team sounds interesting, but I dont believe my partner would be interested in this course. So if someone else wants to take me in please feel free to reach out.

My experience in giving back has been somewhat all over the place. I started learning about humanitarian work after dating someone here who had a large foundation based in Canada but operating here. He was a huge player and had many stories and strategies to learn. I spent a lot of time sitting back watching him do his thing which usually meant
fundraising large amounts, using gripping stories and tactics to attract donors of all denominations. He had a way of captivating an audience that I could only dream to be able to do one day. Since, I was living and breathing this new way of life in my home I knew I needed to also include this life outside so I started volunteering my time with a feeding program in a Haitian Batey (sugar plantation) I visited the village 3 times a week and helped cook and distribute meals to over 300 children. Sometimes this meal was the only meal they would enjoy that week. Obviously the more time I spent there the more involved I became in the lives of these people. I started seeing need for many other things, like education for the children, clothes, medicines, family education among many others and this is where my first fundraisers, my first campaigns and my first successes at planning and executing these things began. From that experience I knew this was my purpose, this was why I was here. If I couldn't leave a huge mark in someone's life, I would at least try to leave a little and since then I have been doing everything I can along the way to make an impact big or small every day.
Whether it be food drives, spay and neuter clinics, school fundraisers, clothes donations and drops, medical clinics, donating to crowd funds or just sharing some kindness along the way.

It's a beautiful thing this life and once you start its hard to stop, but now I need to focus on learning some real techniques and strategies to help further my experience in giving back.

dhoney

My name is Adedoyin Opadare,am a Nigerian and am also based in Nigeria.

dhoney

My name is Adedoyin Opadare,am a Nigerian and am based Ibadan, Oyo state,Nigeria. Am a result driven individual,who is passionate about bringing positive changes wherever I find myself.

Evangvictor

Hello learners,
I am Victor Uchechukwu Richards from Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
I am learning this course to strengthen my knowledge base, hoping to work with an NGO someday.

Aleryani

My name is Mohammed Aleryani and I'm joining this course from Yemen, after finishing this course I hope that I can identify and practice communications skills that help me connect with potential donors.

IsraelHayfield

I am Israel Hayfield. I joined from Botswana.

I work with different CBOs. I write proposals and reports.

My goal is to understand fundraising better. How to build better and mutual relationship with donors.

Yes, I want to join a team.

I have little experience. It is a bit of challenging that the reason I want to improve on it.

TshegofatsoSithole

Hello philanthropist

My name is Tshegofatso Sithole and i am joining you from South Africa. I work for an organization and i am the founder. My goal for this course is to learn, equip myself through the knowledge gained to benefit my team and the organization. I am very much open to the idea of joining a team, i just need to schedule my activities so i don't track behind or even worse have no depth. I've no experience related to this course.

erik_rusyadi-19

My name is Erika Irfan Rusyadi HM from Jember Indonesia
I am student of Agriculture Science
I get my goal by networking with other people who related with my study and can apply oir knowledge practice
Yes, i am interesting
I don't have any experience

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