My Communities

Hi Everyone ,
My name is Crystal Chigbu , Founder of The IREDE Foundation a non profit working with Child amputees . We inspire action so that Child Amputees and their families can live independent and limitless lives .

Hello colleagues, Sheila from Kenya, happy to be part of this course

tony uzoma, a medical doctor from nigeria. My goal is to become a grant writing specialislink text

tony uzoma, a medical doctor from nigeria. My goal is to become a grant writing specialistlink text

Hallo everyone.my name is winnie okeyo.I am a founder of a non profit organisation in Kenya (Winnie Mirriam Foundation) and i am here to work on my fundraising skills for the sake of the organisation.

tony uzoma, a medical doctor from nigeria. My goal is to become a grant writing specialistlink text

Hello All,

I am taking this course as part of the 3 course series. excited to keep learning

My name is Wilson. I'm from Ghana and reside in Brazil. I'm here to learn how to connect with donors to help improve my fundraising knowledge. I work full time in the Telecom sector. I'm currently planning to start an organization to assist rural children with access to digital technology

My name is Wilson. I'm from Ghana and reside in Brazil. I'm here to learn how to connect with donors to help improve my fundraising knowledge. I work full time in the Telecom sector. I'm currently planning to start an organization to assist rural children with access to digital technology

Hello my name is Toria. I currently reside in the United States and work in the Education field. I would like to learn more about philanthropy and engaging with individual and corporate donors. I am excited to learn how to present and pitch opportunities to potential donors and secure numerous multi-million dollar donations to support students and families.

Hello
My name es Irma,
I am from Monterrey Mexico, I want to learn as much as possible from these courses, to be able to establish my foundation of aid already in a formal way.

I am a researcher and activist of the food security in the Global South issues, currently living in China and working for joint projects between Latin America and Asia that are mostly based on volunteering and efforts from other academic fellows to take place. I want to go further in fundraising as for matching other project management skills I already have with the demands of my current organization.

Hi there! I am Erika, and I am from a domestic violence shelter in Ontario, Canada. I am hoping to learn how to better connect with new and existing donors to assist in growing our donor base.

Am Kenton Mutethia Muthaura from Kenya.I do work with the Nonprofit Sector.
Through this course am looking forward on getting the finer details on how I can be able to network with donors so that I can closely work with them in meeting our organization's objectives.
Moreover,am much excited to know the donor funding opportunities available for various thematic areas like Gender equality and Gender-Based Violence.

Hi all,
Working with large multinational org in the supporter relations sector, looking to enhance my fundraising capabilities and excel.

Hello I am Sulaiman Kamara from Sierra Leone

HI! m name is Teboho Polanka the founding director of a social impact organization called Living Gadgets on a Mission.

Hi, am Lojino William from South Sudan, I would like to learn how to fundraise for CBO and how to link with donors around the world, thanks.

I am Sibusisiwe Mbedzi from Zimbabwe responsible for Resource Mobilization in my organization. I am interested in improving my communication skills that can effectively connect with donors and techniques to expanding the donor portfolio.

Hello everyone,i'm Abass Kargbo from The Gambia.

My name is Kellie Szabo and I live in the U.S. I work in the wireless industry and manage Media Relations. I am interested in learning new tools and bring back to the company so we can better serve our associates, our nonprofit partners and our leaders. I also want to deliver openness as we look for new partnerships.

Hello Everyone, My name is Calvin from Kenya, East Africa. I work as an M&E intern in a NGO. I am here to learn and be equipped with skills to do fund mobilization to help our company in reaching its targets.

Hi everyone, I'm Despina from Athens, Greece. Just started a new fundraising job and I'm here keen to learn.

Hi everyone, I'm Despina from Athens, Greece. Just started a new fundraising job and I'm here keen to learn.

i am newton from zimbabwe here to learn new things

My name is Olufemi Oyedeji from Nigeria. I work with a local NGO that advocate for the rights of vulnerable and marginalized women and children in Nigeria. The organization provide targeted empowerment program for the most vulnerable particularly children and women living with HIV/AIDS, trafficked children and women, victims of domestic violence/abuse as well as children on the move. Our organization hopes to establish a shelter that will accommodate some of the children for improved care and support services. Thus, I am offering this course to improve my fundraising skills to be able to accrue more resources to the organization.

Hello everyone, My name is Raphael, I'm from Nigeria. I am a Project Manager and a Grants Manager for my organization (Centre for Community Health and Development International). Given my later job function, I am excited to learn about opportunities to optimize donor partner relations and facilitated value delivery as a precursor to receiving support and funding.

My name is Stacy. I'm from the United States. I work as a fund development assistant in a global health nonprofit that provides educational and orthopaedic implants to surgeons in under-resourced hospitals. During this course I hope to internalize practical tips about how to connect with people who might donate to my nonprofit and how to maintain those relationships. I am most excited to learn about making the ask.

@PhaelJhay04 Hello Raphael. It sounds like you know a lot more about donor relations than I do! What is facilitated value delivery?

@Oyedeji20 Hi Olufemi! It sounds like your organization is doing amazing work! Thank you for serving your community.

Hi, everyone, my name is Daniela and I'm from Brazil. I work as a institutional development coordinator in a Brazilian nonprofit that collaborate to the development of children and adolescents living in shelters and working in conjuction with their network. I would like to internalize practical tips about how to connect with people who might donate to my nonprofit and how to maintain those relationships strongly.

Hello Everyone ,

I am Audrey Akpevwe Odogu from Lagos Nigeria
A cervical cancer advocate. an aspiring social entrepreneur to eradicate cervical cancer. I currently working with ACT Foundation as the Partnerships & Engagement Executive.
I hope to connect with possible collaborators and partners as well access donors and improve my fundraising skills. ACT Foundation is a grantmaking organisation set up to support NGO across Africa.

My name is Maja. I work for a non-profit in Johannesburg, South Africa. We have a babies home, preschool and teacher training programme. I want to intensify my practical knowledge with this course to improve the relationship with our donors.

Hello! I am Sabina, Volunteer in the NGO Roma Rock School from Skopje, North Macedonia. I already attended the Course Introduction to Fundraising and would like to continue and learn now about Connecting with Donors so I can help the NGO raising money for free music education of disadvantaged children and youth.

Hello! I am Sabina, Volunteer in the NGO Roma Rock School from Skopje, North Macedonia. I already attended the Course Introduction to Fundraising and would like to continue and learn now about Connecting with Donors so I can help the NGO raising money for free music education of disadvantaged children and youth.

Olá nobres Colegas!

Meu nome é PAULO HENRIQUE DA CUNHA FRANCISCO, RESIDENTE DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO-BRASIL. INTEGRANTE DA INSTITUIÇÃO "CASA DA FAMÍLIA", UMA INSTITUIÇÃO SEM FINS LUCRATIVOS DEDICADA EM CUIDAR DE PESSOAS EM SITUAÇÃO DE VULNERABILIDADE E MARGINALIZADA DA SOCIEDADE.
NOSSO TRABALHO CONSISTE EM DOAR ALIMENTOS, ROUPAS E CALÇADOS À PESSOAS CARENTES E ENCAMINHAR PARA OPORTUNIDADES DE EMPREGO E RENDA PARA O PR´PORPIO SUSTENTO, ALÉM DE VIABILIZAR ATENDIMENTO MÉDICO-ODONTOLÓGICO ATRAVÉS DE ENCAMINHAMENTOS PARA OS SETORES PÚBLICOS DE CADA ÁREA DE ATENDIMENTO.

MEUS OBJETIVOS PARA COM O CURSO É DE ABSORVER O MÁXIMO DE CONHECIMENTO PARA APLICÁ-LOS NA ORGANIZAÇÃO, TORNANDO-A MAIS ÁGIL E EFETIVA NO ATENDIMENTO E CUIDADO DAS PESSOAS.

QUERO APRENDER E LOGRAR ÊXITO NO APRENDIZADO PARA MELHOR SERVIR.

Hello noble colleagues!

My name is PAULO HENRIQUE DA CUNHA FRANCISCO, RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO-BRAZIL. MEMBER OF THE "CASA DA FAMÍLIA" INSTITUTION, A NON-PROFITABLE INSTITUTION DEDICATED IN CARING FOR PEOPLE IN SITUATION OF VULNERABILITY AND MARGINALIZED SOCIETY.
OUR WORK IS TO DONATE FOOD, CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR TO PEOPLE IN NEED AND FORWARD TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND INCOME FOR THE SUSTAINING PR´PORPIO, IN ADDITION TO ATTORNEYINGHOLOGICAL-DENTAL-HEALTH CARE DENTISTRY THROUGH CARD.

MY OBJECTIVES FOR THE COURSE IS TO ABSORB THE MAXIMUM OF KNOWLEDGE TO APPLY THEM IN THE ORGANIZATION, MAKING IT MORE AGILE AND EFFECTIVE IN THE SERVICE AND CARE OF PEOPLE.

I WANT TO LEARN AND SUCCESSFULLY LEARNED TO BETTER SERVE.

Hi all I am Jacob Awan , from South Sudan, working for right agency UNICEF , one of humanitarians organization in emergency. I am glad and happy to be part of the team who are learning this important and interesting course. My interest of taking this course , I want to enhance my resource mobilization and fund raising skills

great to know you

HI
MY NAME DR. ENGR. ISRAEL EMEKA-KAMA, THE PRESIDENT VISIONED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, NIGERIA.
AM VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORY, PROGRAM

Enea from Albania here. World traveler. Visiting Asia now. I'm a private investor in stock market and I do financial consulting.

Hi everyone, my name is Moses from Nigeria. I am Agronomist. I want to complete this course to be able to judiciously raise fund to implement a project that supports smallholder farmers in some communities affected by crisis in Nigeria.

Am looking forward to yet an educating course

Happy to be here! Looking forward to learning about how to create stronger connections and relationships with donors.

Hello Everyone!

Really excited to be here. My name is Adaeze Sokan from Nigeria and I am the Ag. Executive Director for Ventures Platform Foundation where we support tech-entrepreneurs to build economic prosperity in Africa.

I am looking to learn how to build relationships with donors and how to listen better.

Looking forward to learning and interacting.

Hi, I'm KJ. I'm a former teacher and looking forward to completing this course.

Greetings everyone, my name is Kainat Khanzaaada, I work at an NGO as a finance officer and I am from Kabul Afghanistan. i am taking this course because I would like to know how to deal with donors and improve skills of asking and raising the funds. by the time I finish the course I want to directly implement it in my working area as of applying for new projects (ask for new fund) or raising the current project fund. I am excited to learn what interests donors show in asking the fund and how to overcome donors anxiety.

Hello, my name is Savanna Floyd. I from the United States and working in marketing research and analytics. My goals are to learn how to appropriately connect with donors and keep those connections strong. I am excited to learn how to keep donors interested.

Hello, my name is Emily Abbott and I am volunteering with the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity. I want to learn how to better connect with donors and give donors the opportunity to make a difference by providing volunteer and financial support to Habitat. I am interested in forming a team to go through this course if anyone else is taking this course at this time. If so, please let me know!

Hi. My name is Mwape from Zambia.

My goal for this course is to improve my fundraising skills. And excited on how I can support my team to become good at fundraising!

name: Evans Kosgei
country: Kenya
industry/field of work): WASH(water, sanitation and Hygiene)

What are your goals for the course. Enhance my skill on how to handle the donors and get the best from them
and how do you plan to apply them in your work? to be able to lead a fundraising team for the best results

What are you most excited to learn? i am exited to learn and improve my fundraising skills for the organization that i work with

My name Akintuyi Iroseye Ayanfe, I am from Nigeria and I work with an NGO. My expectation for this course is to learn effective means or ways of connecting with Donors

Hello, my name is Satasha. I have been in higher education for over 20 years. More and more colleges and universities have to rely on fundraising and donor support to sustain programming and student scholarship offerings. I want to complete the Fundraising specialization so that I can learn practical skills and strategies the enable me to support in building partnerships with potential donors and connecting with donors to support in the work of teaching and learning within higher education.

Hello. I am Guadalupe from Uruguay, Professional Life and Sports Coach, Expert on Emotional Intelligence and Neuroeducation. Planning to start a fundraising for a project that has been on my mind since a long time. Happy with Introduction to Fundraising course which has given me the first insight into the subject.

I'm Ayomide Daniel, from Nigeria.
I have an NGO supporting kids with vocational and digital skills I have been through the introduction to fund raising course. I'm delighted to tell you that I have been equipped by that course I'm here to gain further knowledge on fundraising.

Hope that we will be through this together

I'm Susan Nanduddu from Uganda. I'd like to improve our NGO effectiveness through attracting and retaining donors. I look forward to learning from you.

I am Gcebile Hlophe Finance Officer At HealthPlus 4 Men Swaziland.This course will help me in Connecting with Donors to grow my Organization.

Hello, my name is Merit i am a Nigerian, i work for an NGO and i hope to learn how to raise funds for my organization.

Hi All,

I'm Abu Alex Mathew, currently working at Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. Focused in WASH and Environment. Functioning in the capacity of Manager, Fundraising and Partnerships.

Our current mission is to accelerate SDG 6.2 to 10% of India Urban Population by 2030.

My objective from this course is to learn how to successfully onboard potential donors who can fund our mission.

Look forward to interacting with you all. Feel free to ping me.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abu-alex-mathew-17128135/

-Abu

Hi Susan, Glad to meet you !

Hi Merit, Glad to meet you !

Hi Evans, Glad to meet you, Would love to know more about your work!

hi! my name is Abena. i am a doctor working in a children's hospital in Ghana. i work with children with neuro-developmental health problems. i am hoping to learn about fundraising to be able to raise funds to assist these children

Hello Everyone, My name is James Diers; I am exited to be part of Philanthropy University and more especially to join this course. I am looking forward to sharing with you my experience and learning alot from you guys. Although I have vast knowledge and experience in implementation of development programs, my knowledge in fundraising is very limited.

Am called Alex Okoth, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

Hi, I'm Marline, I start to work at Kinesis Fundationin the communication and marketing department. Now I'm exploring and learning about fundraising to re-build our communication departament. I want to complete the Fundraising specialization so that's why im starting "Connecting with Donors".

I hope learn a lot and apply right away all the knowledge you share with me.

Hello! My name is Martha and I am excited to be here taking this course. My desire is to learn new ways of connecting with donors and partners, especially during these uncertain times with the COVID pandemic. I also look forward to interacting with others taking this course and learning from their experiences.

Hello from Los Angeles, USA! I'm Adrienne Luce, a social impact leader with more than 20 years experience in the philanthropic sector. I am currently the executive director of a corporate grantmaking foundation for HMC Architects. However, I have been the executive director of two other nonprofits in a fundraising capacity. My goal is to learn how to be a more strategic and disciplined fundraiser in order to advance the mission and impact of organizations that are working to build a more inclusive, equitable, creative and sustainable world.

I am Deborah Zepeda from Managua Nicaragua, I am administrative assistant at Fundacion Nueva Vida. I am here to learn how to connect with donors

Hi my name is Ana Reynoso from Mexico City.
I don’t have much experience in fundraising and I believe it is crucial for organization management,
My main goal is to learn about fundraising because I want to help my organization gather resources to be able to reach more people in vulnerable situation and also learn to identify potential donors for program implementation. I’m excited also excited about acquiring tools to help me implement successful fundraising strategies.

Hello. My name is Paolo. I'm really excited about gaining a better understanding of how to engage with donors and build strong relationships. I hope to use what I learn to create a really high quality fundraising plan. I work in the education sector.

Ana, I very much agree with your observation about the role of fundraising in organizational management. Partnerships are so very important -- and when we do our work together with others, we will likely be stronger and more effective.

Adrienne, I love what you say about being strategic and disciplined. This is so important to being able to fundraise efficiently and with the greatest return on the investment of time and relationship-building.

My name is Geoffroy AOUANGBO and I am from Benin (Republic).
I am interested in this course because I plan to support farmers' organizations in my country in the search for funding

Hello,I'm Dianah from Kenya and I am studying fundraising to help develop my upcoming organisation on serving street people

Hi, I am Jola from Poland and I work in Communications & Fundraising in Habitat for Humanity Poland. I have knowledge and many years of experience but I really think it is good to catch a big picture ones in a while. I am also looking for courses that I can share with my colleagues.

My name is Jola and I am also interested how narrative and ways of Connecting with Donors changed because of complicated times of COVID.

Hello. My name is Lombe from Zambia and a Civil Engineer by profession working at a Local Authority as well as managing a farming business.

I look forward to learn from your years of experience. Am interested in this course because of my line of work and my start up farming business. Acquiring knowledge in fundraising would really assist me, my local authority and the community that we serve in Luwingu District.

Adrienne, its pleasure to be in this course with you and i am looking forward to learn from you.

Hello everyone, my Starfold Gwedeza, Executive Director of Tideres International Organisation in Botswana. we are a Humanitarian and Developmental non-profit Organisation. Glad to be here.

Good day team. I would like to take an assessment for module on active listening. Is there anyone who can partner me here to take the assignment, for it needs a pair to do it?

Hello, I'm Erick form Tanzania.
I'm here to advance my knowledge in fundraising.

I have completed the introductory course, which have help me re-analyze my strategies on how to select a fit donor to fund my projects.

I’m Giselle Arce, team member and fundraiser for two projects for women empowerment, Sí Mamá and Mujeres Deconstruyendo

In Sí Mamá we are a group of women with business background, teaching Financial Skills and the Business Model Canvas to women that are household heads and currently unemployed, also women that suffered domestic violence, who look up to be financially independent, to start its own business and have better opportunities in life, financially speaking.

In Mujeres Deconstruyendo we are a group of women teaching Carpentry, Mechanics, Electrical skills -and others known as “manly”-, combined with financial skills, to women from vulnerable areas around the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.
Our goal is to transmit our knowledge in this field to other women, encouraging each other to work in these fields and start our own businesses too, to empower ourselves as a community of women breaking gender stereotypes.

We hope one day we could also introduce psychological counsellors to our team in the future, but for now we are a small self funded project that aims to grow slowly but successfully. For us, the story of each woman matters.

I'm here to try to figure out how to raise money for more tools and a bigger place for our organization, for more women in our workshops.

I'm also glad that I found this course, and for finding such interesting people and projects. Hope we can lift each other up and achieve goals together!

Hi everyone. This is fatoom Hazza. I am from Yemen. i have been working in programme dept more than 5 years. also, i have work with more than 20 donors worldwide for Yemen humanitarian response.

Hello everyone, my name is is Daniel Twesige and I am from Uganda.

Hi Marlene,
I am Bobbie Jo and happy to be learning more about fundraising and ways to improve my ask and connect with donors. Good luck on your endeavors!

Hello everyone I'm the Talha and I'm the founder of the Non-profit fundraising NGO in Pakistan. We collect the funds for educating the poor in local schools and academies.

I believe in gathering as much information about any project I am going into. One of my goals is to start up a non profit in the not too distant future. The courses on this platform have been immensely helpful in helping me plan towards these goals. My nonprofit will focus on empowering women. I am looking forward to learning how to raise funds in a world that's still dealing with COVID 19 . My name is Eunice Abiona and I am delighted to be here.

Hi, my name Gattuak Ruot Yiek from South sudan working with a non-profit organization. I am here to learn more and develop my skills in fundraising and donor connection.

Hello All,
I'm Yao, a writer and development/humanitarian worker from the DR Congo. Most of my NGO experience had been in Comms & Info, which I consider a firm base for fundraising (and advocacy). I'm aiming to grow, having dabbled with fundraising at the local level as an Officer. I'm excited about the whole course: everything!

Hi, name is Victor, I am founder and executive Director of aN NGO called Nyayo za Maarifa, we are working to support children in conflict with the law and women prisoners to obtain educational rehabilitation programs. I have want to complete this course because I think as a founder it is very important for me to expand my knowledge around this area

Hi, Victor! It's a pleasure being on this course with you. Best of luck!

Hello, Gattuak! It's a pleasure being on this course with you. Best of luck!

Hi, Eunice! It's a pleasure being on this course with you. Best of luck!

Edward Nyameri here.sometimes back i got a certificate in connecting with donors from Philanthropy U and so i am here to make the best of circular economy's policies though in a social perpective

Hello Everyone,
Looking forward to learning in this course! Good luck!

hi everyone, I'm nori from philippines but working in dubai currently working as back office support for a telecom company, I would like to improve on my fundraising abilities to help more of my relatives or friends donate to UN cause.
I am excited to learn how to connect more to people and deliver your thoughts across clearly in different situation.

wow thats impressive, more power to you Yao!

you got me with the "big picture" , wish you the best jola!