My Communities

Hi everyone
I'm Sharon from South Africa. I'm what's commonly referred to as an armchair activist. My goal is to learn all I can about fundraising to offer my services to organisations assisting the Palestinian people.

hello everyone my name is kitts karake from uganda and am happy to be here to learn about fundraising.
am planning to start my organisation.
my goal is to create social impact among children through education.

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My Name is Momoh S Kamara from Sierra Leone West Africa.
Iam an activist and the National Coordinator/Director for the CYPA-SL and also the Secretary General of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Bo Sierra Leone.
I hope to cascade this fund raising knowledge to Collegues in the project department of the Organization and to further use the Idea to promote the Organization and the operational Communities...
This fund raising course will help me a lot in creating funds for the development and promotion of the organization in the Society.

Hallo everyone, Am Rose Kavita from Kenya, Africa and am a resource mobilization officer in my current non profit organization. My goals for this course is to gain knowledge and skills on how to identify potential donors and to apply the acquired skill to identify and attract donors for my organization. Am very exited to learn most on donor mapping.

Hello Everyone, I am Shalom Adedeji from Nigeria. A Student and an enthusiastic learner.

Good Day Everyone, I am Emmanuel Mahee Coleman from Liberia. I am a Public Financial Management Officer at the Public Procurement and Concessions Commission. I am very excited to enroll in this course. I hope to gain insight on fund raising strategies that are useful for NGOs, the private and public sectors.

Hi All, I'm Keli Rutan-Jorgensen from the US. I am a program associate for a small international nonprofit organization called ExpandNet. We are exploring a list of potential funders and developing a strategy for reaching out to them. Since I am new in my position, I am taking this course to get a fuller sense of how to plan and reach out to funders. Also I want to make sure I will be using the right vocabulary when doing so.

Hi everyone! My name is Emily and I just started a job as the Development Director for Advancing Girls' Education in Africa. I'm based in Washington, DC. My goals for the course are to gain knowledge and skills that I can directly apply to my work context to increase fundraising outcomes.

Hi everyone,
I am Vanessa from Kenya. Happy to be here to learn on fundraising and be able to assist and make an impact in development of the needy. Have someone smile again.

Hello Everyone,
My name is Delvonne Duncombe, I live in the Bahamas on the Island of New Providence. I am currently employed in the Military as an executive Officer of one of our Patrol Crafts. I enrolled in this course because i am the president and founder of the CHANGE Organization. I hope to learn more about the subject matter of fundraising as this will help to move my program forward to have the impact that I desire on our nations youth through its programming. I look forward to interacting with as many of you who have enrolled in this program.

Have a great day!

Hello,
It is a pleasure sharing this course with you.

Hi,
Nice meeting you, i hope you get as much out of this course as i intend to.

Delvonne,

Hi Everyone,

I am Udomchai from Bangkok, Thailand.

Nice to share comments with you.

Thank you

Hellow everyone;

I am Vagafu Fagu from Papua New Guinea. I am in Project Management. I am passionate to learn this course to gain the knowledge on fundraising, to network with potential donors to raise funds for my projects. I am currently involved in supporting rural villages in implementing sustainable development projects.

OK great i encourage you to keep on learning abd Master all principes surrounding this course good luck.

My name is Mwape and I am from Zambia. My goal and excitement is becoming a great fundraising , and support my team in leveraging resources to support our mission/vision.

Hai everyone!
I'm Dinda from Indonesia and work with Greeneration Foundation as a Fundraising Manager. We are NGO that focuses on sustainability, consumption, and production in Indonesia. I look forward to knowing more about fundraising and the strategies, to can apply it in a pool of fundraising my Organization

Hello everyone! My name is Simone, I'm from Italy working for AVSI Foundation. I am about to travel to Rwanda as a project junior officer.

Hi everyone,am Anne Nyada from Kenya,a teacher,an education consultant and an entrepreneur.Am delighted to be here,ready to learn, share ideas and use the knowledge obtained here to grow my organization.

Hi all,

My name is Delaney, I'm from the US and currently work with a local nonprofit. I hope to get more comfortable asking potential donors to donate and will use what I learn in our next fundraising campaign. I'm excited to learn hopefully some creative ways to ask and fundraise.

From Tanzania, hallow to everyone..... with a keen interest in Fundraising, hope the discussion board will be of great assistance to my learning

Good day my name is Ontatlhile Justin Selatlho. I am in Botswana. I hold Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration. I assist human rights organizations now and then as I am currently unemployed.

Hi Everyone! I am Dorra Guedri from Tunisia and currently a Grants specialist/ officer in FHI360 Tunisia.
I am pleased to be here and ready to learn , contribute and apply fundraising knowledge.

Hello. My name is Bolanle. I am a communications and PR professional and I've always been informally involved in fundraising for projects and community groups.

Hi everyone, my name is Adeshola Adegbite and I'm from Nigeria and a graduate of Urban and Regional planning from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. I run a digital agency called Inclide ( inclide.com ). I've always had a thing about volunteering and giving back and I realised many organizations and charities have issues with raising funds so that's why I I'm taking this course so hopefully I can help them achieve their aim and do something for the greater good of humanity.
Also, I hope to have my own NGO in the future so this is something that will come in handy.
I hope I get to meet others like me.
Cheers, all the way from the sweet country of Nigeria.

Welcome Balanle, nice to meet you. You can join my team and let's get started together.

Welcome Shalom. My name is Adeshola and I hope we can work together. You can join my team let's get started

Hi Akoko, welcome to the group. Enjoy your day

Welcome Ayo, pleased to have you here.
I hope we can work together someday.

Nice to have you here.

Nice to meet you Benita

Nice to meet you Benita

Hello everyone, I am Edna Sofia its a pleasure to make part of this platform and group of studies. I am Mozambican who is working in a poultry project now. In this course I pretend to be able to connect to donors and make me and donors and other people involved in the project satisfied with the work we develop, I think that what I am most excited to learn is the practice of the entire process which will give the ability to achieve my goal.

Hi,my name is Cassimo Gulamo and I from Mozambique. I am a Project Management specialist and I have worked in some non-profit associations such AMVIRO

Hello everyone, My name is Athanase RUkundo from Rwanda. I am currently working in the nonprofit sector and I want to enhance my fundraising skills. I am excited to be part of this community taking this specialization together. Happy to connect with everyone

Hello everyone, I am Simone from Hong Kong. I have been volunteering and working with various NGOs for the last few years. I would like to learn more about the fundamentals and systematic approaches to fundraising in order to be of better use to NGOs which desperately need expanding their funding capacity.

Hello Delany, just wanted to say "hi". I also wanted to learn to be more effective in fundraising for NGOs.

Hello Everyone, good to be here. I am from Nigeria. my goal for taking his course is to enhance m capacity for fundraising as i take on a new role in international cooperation in my organization.

Hi Ganga, nice to meet you, could tell me more about the work you do in India?

Hi Everyone!

My name is Ellie and I am Australian. I am currently a Livestreaming Fundraising Assistant at WWF-Australia and am happy to be completing this course with the colleagues in my team at WWF.

Hi Everyone!

My name is Ellie and I am Australian. I am currently a Livestreaming Fundraising Assistant at WWF-Australia and am happy to be completing this course with the colleagues in my team at WWF.

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My Name is Colin, From South Africa, My Organization is East Rand Excellent Soccer Academy. I am an Executive Business Administrator

My Goals for this course is to learn how can i improve my strategy to fit within the fundraiser and attract more donors to help my organization, the organization is currently running with minimum funds which don't meet all the requirements we need to function/run the organization to its full potential.

I have come across the 4 Financial Support which i didn't know well and or never hear of them before how will they help me restructure my proposals in order to get good fit donors

I am so excited i came across Philanthropy, hopefull i will gain more as i go along.

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Is there anyone from South Africa Please respond

Hello! My name is Caitlin and I'm from Australia. I work as a fundraising administrator for a range of fundraising channels at an environmental nfp. I'm really excited to be here and hope to learn more about fundraising as I progress in my career as a fundraiser.

Hello everyone,
I am Hosna and I completed my bachelor in Commerce and started working in a NGO as accountant .
I am passionate to learn about fundraising and the the terms and technics applied by donor and the organization.

Hi all. I'm Karen Mandy, Director of Rediscovering Me Ltd which runs a global, online, good-deeds network for women called How Bright Can We Shine. We link businesses, volunteers and small social projects together, to impact communities around the world. I'm excited to take this course so that I can advise our project hosts on better ways to fundraise.

Hi, I'm from eSwatini, so I guess that we are technically, neighbours.

Hi Simone. Nice to meet you. I'm based on the other side of the world in southern Africa, but have connections in Hong Kong.

Hi Everyone!!
My name is Nikhil Kumar. I am from India. Currently, I am pursuing MA in Development Management from Madras School of Social Work. As we know that it is very difficult to run any organization without funding so I want to learn this fundraising through this course. So that in the future I can give my best by working for any development organization.

Hello everyone, I am Chris from Texas, USA. I am here to learn how to engage and get active, sustainable responsiveness from donors. There are many social issues to be tackled in our current state of the world, and I want to do my part to try and solve them.

That's awesome that you have devoted your life and education to social causes. I hope we can all get the most out of this course. Good Luck!

Helo! My name is Claudete, I am a lawyer and for 6 years I have been raising funds for the Social Projects of the NGO Cepac in São Paulo/ Brazil. I'm super excited to learn more about fundraising, especially fundraising with individuals. Thanks for the opportunity. Let's go there.

Hi Everyone!!
My name is Nikhil Kumar. Currently I am pursuing M.A. in Development Management from Madras School of Social Work. I want to learn this course because in future I want to raise fund for any organization where I will work in future and for my own organization if I will establish.

Hi every one. my name is Obwala Leo. I work with SOS Childrens' Villages Uganda as a program officer. I am intrested in this course because I belive it will help be gain practical skills in fundrasising that will that I will apply in my organization.

Hello everyone! my name is BENJAMIN from DR Congo and I am one of the founders of ADCi ngo. The pleasure is all mine to be learning with you guys.

Hi! My name is Paolo in Ohio. My expertise is in Education organization policy and administration as well as public sector administration and leadership. I have an MPA, and an always interested in learning new things. In particular I would like to increase my understanding of fundraising, as this will likely be a useful skill as I'm looking to transition into new employment.

Hello everyone, My name is Christi Quinn and I am joining you all from Birmingham, England. I'm here as I have just started working in Fundraising and would like to broaden my knowledge and skills.

Hello, I'm Marcos, a agribusiness management student in Brazil, searching for more knowledge and experience to broaden my professional capabilities so I can offer the best assistance to farmers and homesteaders in my region.
I believe fundraising is a fundamental skill to forward agricultural projects and a amazing skillset on how to deliver proposals to investors.
I'm excited to understand the fundamentals of this subject that is poorly disclosed in management courses in Brazil.

Hi my name is Ana Reynoso from Mexico City. With more than 12 years of experience in the Federal Public Administration and Government Management and over 18 years working with different organizations. My professional career is focused on Strategic Planning, Program Coordination, Training and Professionalization of Public Servants, as well as in the design and evaluation of Public Policies with National and International NGO’s for the attention of vulnerable groups focused on the areas of migration, ethnic and cultural diversity, gender, culture of crime prevention, alternative means of conflict resolution and youth programs for social reintegration through sports and environmental strategies.

Although I’ve worked with several organizations as part of their field – program managers, 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 start my own organization and will need fundraising strategies to identify potential donors and for program implementation.

I’m excited about acquiring tools to help me implement successful fundraising strategies that allow me to reach and serve a greater (larger) population in vulnerable situations.

I am Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, CEO of Somali Disability Welfare. I joined this course to get a basic knowledge of fundraising and it is an interesting experience.

I am Abdulkadir Mohamed from Somalia

Hello! I'm Bekka Austin, a nonprofit professional with 7+ years experience, specializing in direct response fundraising, communications, and individual giving. I currently work at Homage Senior Services as the Donor Relations and Communications Manger. I'm interested in this course to brush up on the basics and add a certificate of achievement to my resume.

Good day,

My name is Rick Wijngaarden. In 2015 I emigrated from Holland to The Gambia. Currently active in the Health Care, IT and Agriculture sector.

Most profit from my company is directed to my NGO to help IT and Medical Students, Farmers and supporting the most poor with basic needs.

Since the Corona outbreak I faced a major increase in help requests which is already exceeding my budget.

I have high hopes a fund raising course will extend my financial NGO capabilities to keep at least my (new) projects up and running.

Regards,

Rick

Hello everyone! I am Jordan Cortez from Philippines. Currently working as a College Instructor at the same time an active member of an NGO. I am eager to learn fundraising strategies and meet new people here shared with same interests and passion.

Hello everyone! I am Jordan Cortez from Philippines. Currently working as a College Instructor at the same time an active member of an NGO.

Hi everyone. My name is Asmau Durnin, I co-founded a development agency called Polished Arrows Development Initiative (PolAr) to empower actors in the IDP rehabilitation field in Nigeria. I am taking this course to improve my fundraising skills as a key part of PolAr's work is galvanising grants for NGOs and CBOs working with IDPs.

Hello Everyone, My name is Michael Ngati from Kenya. I am a freelance writer and youth volunteer in my country. I am happy to be here and willing to take this course so that I may get the funding tactics that will network me with donors who will help me alleviate poverty in my country. I greatly like helping the needy children by making sure they have access to their basic needs.

Hi my name is Raymond NGUYEN from Vietnam, I study in France and lived for 40 years and now back to my mother country. I am CFO of social enterprise KOTO and I would like to do the best to support young people in food rescue, education , to give them chance to learn and have good life. I am eager to learn everyday and thanks to Philanthropy University and the Internet system to give this chance. Use your time to learn for your self and no cost !

Hello Team,
My name is Matthew Matacho, I'm from Kenya. Am a credit analysis individual, researcher and policy enthusiast.

Hi Everyone here! My name is Mercedes i live in Buenos Aires, Argentina and this year istarted working for Fundación Multipolar. I'm trying to give my best to the foundation so i'm enrolling in different courses to learn more.

My name is James Jumah from Mombasa City in Kenya - East Africa. I am in the Recreation & Leisure Industry (sports, fitness, wellness, entertainment, Hotel animation...) currently working with Sarova Hotels at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort & Spa.
I am so excited to be pursuing this course "Introduction to Fundraising" as a personal growth initiative towards creating Social Enterprise that will both benefit the society and myself.

My name is Epaphras Ndikumana. I am an Eng. Agronomist working in a coffee company that helps the communities to realize their potential through the world class coffee, as a social and invironmental impact manager. My role is to design and coordinate social and environmental projects for the communities. This is why I would love to learn how to identify funders for the projects designed.
The goal is to get able to identify funders and know the words to use to attarct them and i am very excited to learn the mythes in this matter.

Hello team,my name is Maiko Mtembo,l am Tanzanian,l am project supervisor,l have Bsc with Education experienced on supervision of training based projects.This course will much help me in fund raising programs of our NGO which is fighting against malnutrition in marginalized poor families in rural areas.

Hello Everyone, my name is Thula and I work in Seychelles and am interested in learning how to raise funds in the context of an upper middle to high income level country. My field of work is in public health.

I am so excited that this valuable course is free. How amazing is this! I feel really privileged to be able to join you all in this learning journey. Thank you.

Hello everyone. I'm Otieno from Tanzania. Looking forward to master fundraising skills and make active fundraising networks.

This is very interesting subject. Looking forward to master it.

Thank you for the introduction.

Hello everyone,
It's really exciting to be in this course. My name is Gladys Amiandamhen, a resource mobilization and partnership engagement specialist. And I am looking forward to learn new strategies to fundraising and donor engagement; as well as crowdfunding drives to fundraising. I also look forward to meeting like mind and making new contacts that will expand on my knowledge base and form a network too.
Let's do this. Thanks.

Hello Everyone, My name is Cassimo Gulamo from Mozambique. I am Public Partnership and Resource Mobilization at SODEIT. I'm ready to lean and apply the knowledge and skill obtained from this course.

Hi Nikhil. Nice to meet you

Greetings, same here.

Hi all,
My name is Tuwuyor G. Belleh from Liberia, employed with a NGO on humanitarian activities.
I am excited to form part of this community of learners to acquire the best possible knowledge in this course. It is my expectation to make use of this learning and apply it to the community especially from where my Country whose poverty rate is high. I do believe that by learning this course I may be able to create my own(if not with others) non-profit making organization to help fight in the reduction of poverty and bring basic life to under deserved population.
Thanks

Hello, I am Adewale Bakare from Kano, Nigeria. I am an Independent Researcher that is developing our next UN System for addressing our multiple, and complex global problems. I am so delighted to part of this course as fund raising is a vital part of transforming ideas into reality.

Hi Everyone!

My name is Mahmoud Hassan from Egypt, Academic lecturer & entrepreneur focus in ICT industry, I'm currently work to raising fund for Telecom mega projects around the world, I take fast review of The art of fundraising book and found interesting topics but it's a great chance to join this course and I trust that it will be helpful for me to build knowledge base about fundraising.

I'll be so glad to join discussion and exchange information during study period.

Sincerely,

Hi everyone. I am glad to join this community.

Hello Everyone,
I am Marta, from Italy. I work in Academia, conducting research about present and past human activities, and material culture and I want to transit towards the humanitarian field.
I am here to learn more about fundraising, hoping to be able to apply this new skill to my ‘new job’ very soon.

Hello Everyone. My name is Shahryar from Tehran, Iran. I am a social policy maker in Iran with about 12 years of working experience in the welfare sectors. Nowadays, I am working at the Social Insurance Fund for Farmers, Rural Residents and Nomads that is responsible for providing social insurance services for people living in Iran's rural areas. Besides, I am a PhD student of polic policy. I am taking this course to become familiar with the concept of fund raising.

Hello good day to everyone, I'm Zion David Eko from Nigeria. I reside in the federal capital Abuja. Am new here a student of fundraising course. I am ready to learn and also to impact our society in any way i can do so.

My name is Sanatbek. I am from Uzbekistan. I am the founder of the Young Volunteers Academy in Uzbekistan, a non-governmental educational institution, and the Golden Wing volunteer organization. I am a volunteer. I am very happy to have found this course that was most interesting and rewarding for me.

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My main goal is to meet you. I am ready to answer any questions. Let's be friends with you if possible!

Hi everyone! I am Charles Mekwi from Cameroon. Currently serving as Project Assistant Intern with GIZ under the programme Skills Initiative for Africa (SIFA). I am delighted to be learning fundraising to master some of the key terminologies used in this sector. Looking forward to successful interaction with you all. Thanks

Hello, this is Sourav Saha from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I am working in the non profit sector with an NGO. My core working area is Youth Development in Bangladesh through capacity building and mobilizing them in community development. I'm Delighted to be here, willing to learn, share ideas, apply those ideas in my Fundraising Course learning Process which indeed will help me grow in my workplace with an increase in the quality of my work.

Hello my Name is Allan Milanzi, residing in Malawi and am working with The Department of Disaster Management Affairs as an intern in disaster risk management for resilience project. Am so keen to have deep knowledge of fundraising because I believe oneday I will manage an organization.

Hello my Name is Allan Milanzi, residing in Malawi and am working with The Department of Disaster Management Affairs as an intern in disaster risk management for resilience project. Am so keen to have deep knowledge of fundraising because I believe oneday I will manage an organization.

Hello, I am Mirza Rizwan Baig from Pakistan and working with a charitable organization. I am happy to be a part of this course. My aim to learn the dynamics of fundraising and improve my skills in fundraising. I hope this course will also cover the topics, how to prospecting, asking and stewardship as well as how to build relationship, retention of the donors (individuals/corporations/trusts/funding agencies). Finally, how to make strategies according to any organizational vision and mission.

Am Jacqueline Mwaniki from Nairobi Kenya working in an NGO that looks into ending sexual and gender base violence.
Working in the field of training boys and girls empowerment skills, it requires resources. I intend to acquire knowledge and boarder understanding of the funding world and how best to identify and make an approach to donors for program implementation.
Excited to learn the best ways and language for fundraising.

My name is Happy Assan.
I am from Tanzania.
I work with a network of people who use drugs
And I am the director.
I am very interested to learn on how to raise funds so I can be able to serve my community more and have lots of branches in every region of our country where drug using is going on.

Hello Everyone, My name is Aliyu Sani from Nigeria, Planning Officer/Systems Analyst and M&E Advisor. I'm excited to join you on this journey to becoming a Fundraising expert. My expectation is to learn the rudiments involved in the topic and also devise strategies to identify potential donors for a particular project and how to make an approach.

My name is DEBORAH PETER
From NIGERIA