My Communities

Hello everyone, my name is Thomas Sankara and I come from Rwanda. I have joined this course because I would like to obtain knowledge on fundraising. I am also a student at the University of Tourism, Technology and Business studies in Kigali. It's an honor to be part of this course.

My name is John Kelvin Hove form Zimbabwe. I don't work for any organisation at the moment, am still studying (BA in Development Studies). My goals for this course to understand the concept of fundrising and being able to know how to go about it. Joining a team is my wish. I don't have any experience related to this course.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

1. My name is Tendai Mutsambiwa, Im comming from Gweru in Zimbabwe.
   2.Im not working for any organisation now.
2. I would like to help with my church in the fundraising department
3. Yes would really ove to be part of a team for the course
4. No experience yet

@johnkelvinhove said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

My name is John Kelvin Hove form Zimbabwe. I don't work for any organisation at the moment, am still studying (BA in Development Studies). My goals for this course to understand the concept of fundrising and being able to know how to go about it. Joining a team is my wish. I don't have any experience related to this course.

Hi john,

My name is Francis Munyigi I am from Naivasha Kenya ,am glad join thousand of learners in the world to this topic of introduction to fund raising,will also be glad to join a team so that we work together to achieve our goal that we hope all to attain. My goal for this course is to gain maximum experience know how to fund-raise for a particular course and how to use them to uplift peoples life. have no any experience on this and it is my hope i will be able to achieve and know much about it with the help of my peers i hope to gain what i yearn for.

@noreent said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@johnkelvinhove said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

My name is John Kelvin Hove form Zimbabwe. I don't work for any organisation at the moment, am still studying (BA in Development Studies). My goals for this course to understand the concept of fundrising and being able to know how to go about it. Joining a team is my wish. I don't have any experience related to this course.

Hi john,

welcome lets travel together

@OYOM said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,
I am by name Dominic Oyom Luchano Achaha and i am joining from Juba, South Sudan.
I am the Director of Organization for National Charity and Empowerment (ONCE)
My main objective is to involve fully in the training and gain sufficient knowledge and skills on how to mobilize funds.
I am more interested like yesterday; indeed a team who brainstorm and learn together always come out with positive results.
Fund raising begins with the individual or members contribution in the organization apart from the contribution from government offices, companies and other private sectors through writing to them a formal request with a proper proposal attached therein. On the same, much or part of contribution might come from other big non-governmental organization through proposal writing. These are the few i can present and thanks.

lets have great time together as we study

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi all, My name is Sherry Deal and I reside in Georgia in the U.S.
My passion is in helping those who have a difficult time obtaining a job due to their criminal background, primarily misdemeanors. Unfortunately I've see where a lot of young adults who have made mistakes growing up and when they begin looking for a job doors are shut in their face constantly. This usually result in them not being able to become productive citizens in the community and unable to support their family this thus they begin wondering if it's better to live a life of crime.

My goal is to give them a 2nd chance by offering them paid training and assisting them in obtaining a job. I have no experience in this arena, it's all very new to me, but through this course and other courses I'm hopeful I'll have a better clue on how to get started. Looking forward to learning with each of you.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 am pir Umair khan from pakistan.
No.
To understand the course and use it for the benefits of the society.
Yes.
No.

I am Kelechi Amadi joining from Imo State Nigeria. I work for a non-governmental organisation as Secretary.
I want to learn the skills of fund raising. i want to join a team and I do not have any previous experience on the course.

@sldeal said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi all, My name is Sherry Deal and I reside in Georgia in the U.S.
My passion is in helping those who have a difficult time obtaining a job due to their criminal background, primarily misdemeanors. Unfortunately I've see where a lot of young adults who have made mistakes growing up and when they begin looking for a job doors are shut in their face constantly. This usually result in them not being able to become productive citizens in the community and unable to support their family this thus they begin wondering if it's better to live a life of crime.

My goal is to give them a 2nd chance by offering them paid training and assisting them in obtaining a job. I have no experience in this arena, it's all very new to me, but through this course and other courses I'm hopeful I'll have a better clue on how to get started. Looking forward to learning with each of you.

Dear Sherry,
Its good to have you here. Hoping to have a good learning experience here. welcome

@Framunga said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@OYOM said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,
I am by name Dominic Oyom Luchano Achaha and i am joining from Juba, South Sudan.
I am the Director of Organization for National Charity and Empowerment (ONCE)
My main objective is to involve fully in the training and gain sufficient knowledge and skills on how to mobilize funds.
I am more interested like yesterday; indeed a team who brainstorm and learn together always come out with positive results.
Fund raising begins with the individual or members contribution in the organization apart from the contribution from government offices, companies and other private sectors through writing to them a formal request with a proper proposal attached therein. On the same, much or part of contribution might come from other big non-governmental organization through proposal writing. These are the few i can present and thanks.

lets have great time together as we study

Dear Dominic,
Feels good to have you here. Hoping to have a wonderful learning experience with you on board

Hi everyone,My name is Rumbidzai Mudimu and i am joining you from Botswana.I am currently volunteering with the Cancer Association of Botswana as the Fundraising ,Marketing and communication coordinator.My goal is to learn as much as i can in regards to my post and equip myself with knowledge that i need to excel in fundraising as well as advocacy campaigns

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 people,
Am Rachel Kwasu from Abuja Nigeria, currently not employed but working towards getting employed soon.i really would love to work with a team,as in join a team to aid my studying on this platform because I have absolutely no afore knowledge of this course. It truly feels great to be here.

Hey everyone!
My name is Veronika and I am joining you from Denmark, though I am half-Italian and half-Austrian.
I am currently unemployed, having graduated in December. Since then, I have been focusing on improving my Danish and have been looking for an internship or entry-level position in NGOs based in Copenhagen.
I have worked in communications before and am enrolling in this course, because I would like to improve my fundraising skills and understanding of outreach strategies.
I prefer to work independently, because I probably have very different schedules depending on the week.

I see many of you have positions in NGOs and other initiatives, and so many of you are self-starters! That's truly inspiring!
I myself have worked with international NGOs like Amnesty International and also worked one year with the UN in the Philippines.

I look forward to learning with you and hope that this course will help me develop new skills to improve my chances of finding a job.
Cheers,
Veronika

@KelechiIhejiaba said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@sldeal said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi all, My name is Sherry Deal and I reside in Georgia in the U.S.
My passion is in helping those who have a difficult time obtaining a job due to their criminal background, primarily misdemeanors. Unfortunately I've see where a lot of young adults who have made mistakes growing up and when they begin looking for a job doors are shut in their face constantly. This usually result in them not being able to become productive citizens in the community and unable to support their family this thus they begin wondering if it's better to live a life of crime.

My goal is to give them a 2nd chance by offering them paid training and assisting them in obtaining a job. I have no experience in this arena, it's all very new to me, but through this course and other courses I'm hopeful I'll have a better clue on how to get started. Looking forward to learning with each of you.

Dear Sherry,
Its good to have you here. Hoping to have a good learning experience here. welcome

Hi Sherry,
Sounds like you have an ambitious and very laudable goal! I was talking to a friend recently about her experiences in volunteering with NGOs working with homeless people and how often one of the main problems they face, is helping homeless people find and keep a job. We would love to start something to create the change we want to see, but financing is the first hurdle we encountered when talking about it even just superficially. Hopefully we all learn from this course how to think strategically about fundraising opportunities!
Veronika

Hi Everyone, I am Kinjal Maru from Mumbai, India.
I am currently working as an HR consultant in Developmental sector and visiting lecturer for HR subjects at various management colleges in Mumbai. I love to work with marginalized communities and hence I am always on the look for groups to start various projects in upscaling. For the number of projects, funding is essential at the start and hence I would love to learn to raise funds for social and sustainable causes.
I would love to join a team as it would enrich my learning from interactions.
I lack formal experience; however, informally I constantly ask relatives and family to contribute to various projects.

Hello Learners,

My name is John Heineman and I am from Lincoln, NE. I work for summer camps in Minnesota as the alumni manager. I am new to the fundraising experience as a retired teacher and want to become more comfortable in my role as a fundraiser.

My name is Fatmata Elizabeth Chendeka

My name is Fatmata Elizabeth Chendeka and I'm a student of Njala university Bo campus Sierra Leone,studying higher Diploma in Public Health

Hello everyone. My name is Oluwatosin from Lagos in Nigeria.

Am currently working as a Laboratory technician in a private hospital.

I like the courses offered in Philanthropy University that's why I'm joining this new course again to explore in the field of fundraising.

I'd love to meet you so we can study together and I'd also love to work with a team if available.

Here's is my WhatsApp contact+2347063120328 or on Facebook: YungDr Oluwa toseen. Thanks all 😘👌

@ElizabethChendeka said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

My name is Fatmata Elizabeth Chendeka and I'm a student of Njala university Bo campus Sierra Leone,studying higher Diploma in Public Health

Good to have you Elizabeth 😁👌

Hello, I am Akina Lee from Hong Kong. I am a banker in private banking division. I wish to set up a charity fund for animals. Learning fundraising is an essential step towards my goal. I love to join a team for this course if possible.

Hi! I'm Rob Kinslow, joining from just north of Boston (Medford, MA). By day I'm vp of life sciences for a medical/healthcare marketing agency. I am also finishing a master's in divinity and preparing to become a Unitarian Universalist minister. I have just completed a 2-year internship as student minister at First Parish Church in Taunton, Massachusetts, where I plan to launch a nonprofit program called Meaning of Magic, in which I will teach middle school (grades 5, 6 and 7) students in this city how to learn and perform magic.

My goals for this course are to level-set on starting and running a nonprofit, and to update what knowledge I have on the subject. I have nonprofit experience, having worked for a not-for-profit hospital for 10 years and being very active in fundraising there. I also was a writer for a now-defunct magazine, New England Nonprofit Quarterly. I would be very interested in joining a team for this course. In my online classes in seminary, I've found it extremely helpful to partner with another student (usually by Zoom) on a weekly basis.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Learners,
Hello
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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Ikyegh Jessica

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   No

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   want to learn more about fund raising and learn more from others

4. 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

5. 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 experience

Hello Everyone,
My name is Peter joining from Nairobi - Kenya.

I am an IT operations manager for the organization I work with.

My goal for the course is to learn about funds mobilization to help support the programs our organization run by being part of the fundraising team.

I'm more than happy to join a team and work together throughout the course.

Unfortunately, I have no experience regarding the course. This is my first interaction with this course.

Thanks and best of luck to everyone!

Hi team,
Am Tambwe Wilfred from Tanzania, Am working with Non government Organization.
My target is to get skills that could help my group to raise funds in our organization.
I dont have any experience in this course.
Thanks.

@Wamz said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Everyone,

My name is Wambui joining you from Nairobi.

I work in a finance department that oversees project activities in peace building.

My goal is to learn how to fundraise for the organization and also build networks

Hello, Am Tambwe Wilfred, from Tanzania. You are most welcom.

Hallo All.

I am Joshua oprong working as project manager in ICT, i grew up seeing my late dad initiating projects geared towards uplifting social economic welfare of the community but most of us did not understand the" how" of raising funds for the project. Lately i have been planning to pick up some of his "orphans" projects and pusj them forward but due to limitation we have with funds i have been motivated to study and gain knowleadge in fund raising and engaging with right people who can help in realising dreams of my dad.

Hello people,
My name is Rachel Kwasu from Abuja Nigeria and I am currently unemployed but working on getting employed. I am really hoping to increase my knowledge and broaden my horizons in other to better my immediate community and my future employers .

@Oprong said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hallo All.

I am Joshua oprong working as project manager in ICT, i grew up seeing my late dad initiating projects geared towards uplifting social economic welfare of the community but most of us did not understand the" how" of raising funds for the project. Lately i have been planning to pick up some of his "orphans" projects and pusj them forward but due to limitation we have with funds i have been motivated to study and gain knowleadge in fund raising and engaging with right people who can help in realising dreams of my dad.

Welcome on board, nice to meet u

@WilfredTambwe said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi team,
Am Tambwe Wilfred from Tanzania, Am working with Non government Organization.
My target is to get skills that could help my group to raise funds in our organization.
I dont have any experience in this course.
Thanks.

Welcome teammate, Nice to meet you

@VDAnna said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@KelechiIhejiaba said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@sldeal said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi all, My name is Sherry Deal and I reside in Georgia in the U.S.
My passion is in helping those who have a difficult time obtaining a job due to their criminal background, primarily misdemeanors. Unfortunately I've see where a lot of young adults who have made mistakes growing up and when they begin looking for a job doors are shut in their face constantly. This usually result in them not being able to become productive citizens in the community and unable to support their family this thus they begin wondering if it's better to live a life of crime.

My goal is to give them a 2nd chance by offering them paid training and assisting them in obtaining a job. I have no experience in this arena, it's all very new to me, but through this course and other courses I'm hopeful I'll have a better clue on how to get started. Looking forward to learning with each of you.

Dear Sherry,
Its good to have you here. Hoping to have a good learning experience here. welcome

Hi Sherry,
Sounds like you have an ambitious and very laudable goal! I was talking to a friend recently about her experiences in volunteering with NGOs working with homeless people and how often one of the main problems they face, is helping homeless people find and keep a job. We would love to start something to create the change we want to see, but financing is the first hurdle we encountered when talking about it even just superficially. Hopefully we all learn from this course how to think strategically about fundraising opportunities!
Veronika

Hi Veronika,
Thanks so much for the heads up. I know my goal is a tough one. I was told of a church that tries to help ex-prisoners land a job. I'm not to sure what their success rate is like, but I've seen were good people made bad decision in life, but they now want to turn their life around and be able to support their family or just themselves. Mine is a dream that I would love to make a reality. This course is my first step. I so look forward to learning with everyone.

Hello everyone, my name is Biswash and iam joining from Kathmandu, Nepal. Iam currently working at King's College, Kathmandu, Nepal. Iam working as MBA Coordinator of MBA Nonprofit and MBA Agribusiness degree. My goal is to grab the technical, theoretical concept of fundraising skills so that i can teach other graduates in MBA Nonprofit course as well as apply the concept in NGO/INGO where i might work in near future. I would love to work in team in the near future after. I have worked in a few organizations where i have been directly involved in fundraising and grant writing. I would love to write more in class later.

I am Dike Mbah Joseph
From Nigeria in Africa.
I have higher national diploma in Statistics.
I have the interest of building a global fund that will see to the welfare of the less privileged ones. Pay school fees of people that require such help, check and control reviewing ailments, such as HIV/AIDS, VVF, down syndrome, albino, etc and settlement of healthcare bills of the down trodden.
Undertaking this course is very crucial to feat above and will enhance our credibility in the nearest time.

Hallo am Sal from Nairobi Kenya. I have no experience in this and am looking forward to learning and understanding fundraising in depth. I believe in team work to get more work done.

Hello Sir/Madam,
am ousman ceesay from the Gambia west Africa. am a teacher by profession and am teaching level four.
My goals to the course is to have skills in fundraising so that funds can be raised to help the people in my community.
Yes,i would like to join a team for this cause i believe in working together with people.
i have no experience in this course

1. Ufok Ibekwe is my name and Iam joining from the city of Abuja, Nigeria
   2.. Iam the head of a newly set up organisation called Integrity Conscience Initiative
   3.I enrolled in this course to learn how to raise funds to carry out the anti corruption campaigns and humanitarian objectives of my organisation.
2. I will be glad to join and work with a team for this course
3. I do not possess any experience on funds raising techniques

@maxs said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Sir/Madam,
am ousman ceesay from the Gambia west Africa. am a teacher by profession and am teaching level four.
My goals to the course is to have skills in fundraising so that funds can be raised to help the people in my community.
Yes,i would like to join a team for this cause i believe in working together with people.
i have no experience in this course

Hi Ousman, Iam Ufok Ibekwe from Abuja , Nigeria. Iam a Lawyer by profession. I look forward to more interactions from you as we commence this course soon

@wsalyn said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hallo am Sal from Nairobi Kenya. I have no experience in this and am looking forward to learning and understanding fundraising in depth. I believe in team work to get more work done.

Hello Sai, Iam Ufok Ibekwe from Abuja , Nigeria. Iam a Lawyer by profession. I look forward to more interactions from you as we commence this course soon

@josephmbahdike said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

I am Dike Mbah Joseph
From Nigeria in Africa.
I have higher national diploma in Statistics.
I have the interest of building a global fund that will see to the welfare of the less privileged ones. Pay school fees of people that require such help, check and control reviewing ailments, such as HIV/AIDS, VVF, down syndrome, albino, etc and settlement of healthcare bills of the down trodden.
Undertaking this course is very crucial to feat above and will enhance our credibility in the nearest time.

Hello Dike, Iam Ufok Ibekwe a Lawyer by profession based in Abuja. I look forward to more interactions from you as we commence this course soon

@Biswashchepang said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone, my name is Biswash and iam joining from Kathmandu, Nepal. Iam currently working at King's College, Kathmandu, Nepal. Iam working as MBA Coordinator of MBA Nonprofit and MBA Agribusiness degree. My goal is to grab the technical, theoretical concept of fundraising skills so that i can teach other graduates in MBA Nonprofit course as well as apply the concept in NGO/INGO where i might work in near future. I would love to work in team in the near future after. I have worked in a few organizations where i have been directly involved in fundraising and grant writing. I would love to write more in class later.

Hi Bisswash, Iam Ufok Ibekwe from Abuja , Nigeria. Iam a Lawyer by profession. I look forward to more interactions from you as we commence this course soon. I love you MBA non profit and MBA Agrobusiness degrees. As we proceed on this course I hope to know more from you. Thanks

@sldeal said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@VDAnna said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@KelechiIhejiaba said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@sldeal said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi all, My name is Sherry Deal and I reside in Georgia in the U.S.
My passion is in helping those who have a difficult time obtaining a job due to their criminal background, primarily misdemeanors. Unfortunately I've see where a lot of young adults who have made mistakes growing up and when they begin looking for a job doors are shut in their face constantly. This usually result in them not being able to become productive citizens in the community and unable to support their family this thus they begin wondering if it's better to live a life of crime.

My goal is to give them a 2nd chance by offering them paid training and assisting them in obtaining a job. I have no experience in this arena, it's all very new to me, but through this course and other courses I'm hopeful I'll have a better clue on how to get started. Looking forward to learning with each of you.

Dear Sherry,
Its good to have you here. Hoping to have a good learning experience here. welcome

Hi Sherry,
Sounds like you have an ambitious and very laudable goal! I was talking to a friend recently about her experiences in volunteering with NGOs working with homeless people and how often one of the main problems they face, is helping homeless people find and keep a job. We would love to start something to create the change we want to see, but financing is the first hurdle we encountered when talking about it even just superficially. Hopefully we all learn from this course how to think strategically about fundraising opportunities!
Veronika

Hi Veronika,
Thanks so much for the heads up. I know my goal is a tough one. I was told of a church that tries to help ex-prisoners land a job. I'm not to sure what their success rate is like, but I've seen were good people made bad decision in life, but they now want to turn their life around and be able to support their family or just themselves. Mine is a dream that I would love to make a reality. This course is my first step. I so look forward to learning with everyone.

Hi Vero you have gotten a fine vision there. Iam Ufok Ibekwe from Nigeria . We will connect more

Hello fellow students. My name is Judah Obadan. Joining you from Kaduna, Nigeria. Work as Chairman/CEO of Children non profit organization
"For lack of knowledge, my people perish" and "Knowledge is power". So my main goal for studying is to amongst others, have a better understanding of " fundraising". With this understanding, should be able to raise funds to better the lives of the distressed children we reach out to in our communities.
Two good heads they say, is better than one. Also, "one can chase a thousand but two will chase ten thousands". Strongly believe in team work. By working as a team, we learn from each other and make use of individual uniqueness.
Looking forward to great and revealing experience during the course. Thank you

@mechou said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,My name is kugororoka gervais, i am joining from Burundi,Bujumbura.
I am the Chaplain of a christian school located in Burundi,
My goal is to gain skills that could help the head of the school to raise funds for the desadventaged and oppressed kids
I like working in teams because we can reach far away and more achievements
I don't have much expériences to this,just some knowledge

Hi Kugororoka. Great job you are doing. Have similar passion of working with children and helping them. Children are leaders of tomorrow. If any nation/country wants a better, prosperous future, it must invest and take care of its children today. Welcome

Abeer Ali from Yemen is the head of a voluntary initiative concerned with relief, displaced persons, war displaced people and small projects. Dori is an organization and supervisor of the initiative. I plan for the monthly and annual tasks of work and I carry out field visits and monitor the cases and provide them with assistance. I want to establish an independent institution that cares for the poorest and their care. The course is because I want to develop my skills and not limit myself to a certain framework and develop the initiative as well

@obajudah2014 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@mechou said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello everyone,My name is kugororoka gervais, i am joining from Burundi,Bujumbura.
I am the Chaplain of a christian school located in Burundi,
My goal is to gain skills that could help the head of the school to raise funds for the desadventaged and oppressed kids
I like working in teams because we can reach far away and more achievements
I don't have much expériences to this,just some knowledge

Hi Kugororoka. Great job you are doing. Have similar passion of working with children and helping them. Children are leaders of tomorrow. If any nation/country wants a better, prosperous future, it must invest and take care of its children today. Welcome

@kugororoka Hello my colleague I am from Yemen and am very happy to share ideas and cultures with you also your work is very beautiful and humane

Hi my name is Ronewa. I'm joining from Midrand South Africa. I've recently just graduated from university and I'm looking to find creative ways of raising funds for PDI's in my local community. I am interested in joining a team for this course. I have no experience in fundraising but I am willing to learn...

Hii
My name is Navya
I am from Delhi , India
Currently I am doing my last year in school
And I am taking this course to develop a new skill

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 Armando Tapia, from Mexico City. Today I am re-launching my professional development, and searchind new opportunities. Currently I am not affiliated to any other initiative.

As I am developing my own company, I want to get the philantropy topics, already covered, from the very start of my enterprise.

I am open to join to a group, to discuss, and comparte learning. Since I am just about to learn, as much as I I can from this course.

Hi Guys,

My name's Cheborion from Nairobi, Kenya.

I'm currently working with a non profit cancer awareness organization as the Head of Programs.

I'd like to polish up on my fundraising skills and get new perspectives and ideas in fundraising as well as build networks .

I'm excited to be part of this.

@Wamz said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Everyone,

My name is Wambui joining you from Nairobi.

I work in a finance department that oversees project activities in peace building.

My goal is to learn how to fundraise for the organization and also build networks

Hi Wambui, pleasure to make your acquaintance. All the best in the course and I hope we can get the most out of this course.

@Akina said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello, I am Akina Lee from Hong Kong. I am a banker in private banking division. I wish to set up a charity fund for animals. Learning fundraising is an essential step towards my goal. I love to join a team for this course if possible.

Hello Akina. Welcome to this course and I hope this will be beneficial to you towards assisting you set up your charity. I'd be glad to be part of the team as I have an interest in the protection of endangered species and am looking to volunteer for a local charity in fundraising towards this.

@Emmaviet19 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
Hi I am Angelique and I am joining from South Africa

Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
Fundraising Manager for Meals on Wheels Community Services South Africa

What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
Seeing that I am new to the Fundraising platform I just want to lay the foundation first to apply this in my work place as best as I can on a day to day basis and grow each day.

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.
I am ok to be on my own thanks

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

Hello everyone!
My name is Margaret Leslie and I currently work for a Nigerian based conglomerate in Tanzania. I often come across cases that require fund raising skills and cannot be catered to by the company's common charity foundation. I hope to learn essential skills that will assist me in successfully conducting fund raising activities. I would love to be a part of a learning team and I am fairly new in the respective field.

@Wamz said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hello Everyone,

My name is Wambui joining you from Nairobi.

I work in a finance department that oversees project activities in peace building.

My goal is to learn how to fundraise for the organization and also build networks

Hi Wambui, it's a pleasure to find a fellow East African on the platform.

My name is William Femi Dare, from Lagos, Nigeria.
I'm the founder of Willow Empowerment For Grass Root Development Initiative NGO. We promote organic farming, we mitigating climate change, and give technological assistant to farmers.
My goal is fundraise to my organisation, so as to enable us build a network in Nigeria and the continent of Africa.

Hi, my name is Karina Oconitrillo but call me Kari. I’m from Costa Rica. Now I’m working for BAT( British American Tobbaco) as a sourcing analyst. My goals are to learn as much as I can and use all this knowledge to improve my work skills. I’m very interested in joining a team, I think is very important to know how to work with other people.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 Jaybid Justice Ofosu-Appiah from Ghana. Yes I am working with an organization called Akwaaba Africa I'm the CEO of the organization. My goal is to learn and become a good strategic leader for people I work with and render services to. Well an an amateur to this course.

Hi everyone!
my name is Cristina Carrasquillo, and I am joining from Puerto Rico. I work for a non-profit organisation as the director of development. I hope to learn the basics of fundraising, as I am just staring to navigate the world of fundraising for the first time. I spend most of my time searching for foundations that align with our work to seek funding through grantwriting, but I really would like to learn other ways of fundraising so that we don't depend solely on foundation giving. I would like to join a team, and I hope I get advise on how to. Most of my experience is with foundation support. I am in the process of creating a crowdfunding campaign, but have heard that, before soliciting for money, I need to be aware the law and tax requirements of the state from which we get the donations. I am stuck with that question. Also, it doesn't say the time of the course. Can someone let me know so I can arrange my schedule? Thank you and I'm looking forward to learning from you all.

Hi I'm Ryan Sucipto from Indonesia. Currently I'm still 22-years old but I'm blessed to be able to Innitiate Social Designee, a creativity based social community in Indonesia. Our vision is to create a positive social ecosystem for young people, so they can solve social problem and innovation through their creativity. Our current activity is local community development in rural area. We're currently developing 18 villages by empowering 1400 volunteers with various backgrounds.

I'm interested to learn about Fundraising so our movement can stay sustainable and scale to even wider reach. Reaching remote village to truly make a positive social ecosystem. I'm really interested to join a team, especially a team of youth so we can understand better how young people can contribute in nonprofit issues.

Warm Regards,
#MahasiswaSosial (meaning : social student)

1. Hi Everyone. My name is Paul Oluyi. From Lagos Nigeria.
2. I work for a reputable Non for Profit Organization in my country. I am saddled with the responsibilities of a Program Officer, who is to create, get funding and implement programs, to mention but few.
3. My goal is to learn an effective and efficient way to get funding opportunities for my Organization to aid the smooth implementation of sustainable programs.
4. I am a team worker, I'd worked with teams in the past which brought a speedy success. It interests me to work with a team.
5. No.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Deepak Bijaya Padhi. I am from Skill Shalla Foundation, Mumbai, India
2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes I am working for Skill Shalla Foundation as a GM-Partner Development.
3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   Fundraising is a task with creativity. So I want to learn this art to apply it when I am in field.
4. 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.
   I agree too that the learning in team is the best method of experiential learning. So I would love to join a team. any one from any country, I have no restriction in geography, caste, creed or gender.
5. 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 was working with Yuva Parivartan (Kherwadi Social Welfare Association) as Manager Partnerships where a part of my role was to raise funds from corporate donors, individual donors, Government agencies and other distinguished NGOs.

@navyaagarwal said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hii
My name is Navya
I am from Delhi , India
Currently I am doing my last year in school
And I am taking this course to develop a new skill

Hi Navya, its Deepak form Mumbai. Happy to see a fellow Indian on these platform.

Hi everyone, my name is Flora Bernard and I’m from Namibia (Africa). I have no experience in this field but wish to make a difference in my community and country as a whole. I hope to learn a lot from this course and I believe that by working in teams we will be able to achieve more as well as take fundraising to greater heights 😊
I really look forward to completing this course.

Hello Everyone ,My name is Ravi Kant Kunwar. I am a global hospitality professional from India 'been into Middle east from last 5 years .I want to open my own company

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!
   Hi Every One.
   I am James From Kenya.
   We are running a Research NGO I'm one of the Board members thus entitled with the responsibility for fund raising and grant management.
   This course would give the best foundation to understand the intricacies in fund raising and open doors for greater opportunities in this course.
   I am interested in team work, it creates a good environment for networking.
   I have no experience in this field and would like to gather more at the end of the training.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

What is your name? Where are you joining from?
My names are Odetayo John Smith
Am joining from Nigeria
Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
Yes
Electrical line Technician
What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
Ability to know how to raise fund for my personal Project in Power generation and
how to manage and use the funds effectively
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 will be glad to be accepted into the team to know more.

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 experience at all

Hi everyone
I'm Iris de Díaz from El Salvador (Central America)
I work for FIDFA (Fundación Internacional para el Desarrollo de la Familia) which helps the families in our country. Right now my position is to do all the design for the events, as a part time work.
I'm interested in joining this course because I want to do more for this organization and improve the things I do. I don't have expirience in Fundraising

Hello Everyone!
My name is Tenying Yangsel. I am currently in New York. I am on the Advisory board for a small youth-led organization based in Nepal. My organization was started by two friends who wanted to help the community in any way possible. We have finally registered in Nepal. All these years the team has been working with funds from their own pocket or from small donations from the community. We just got our first grant last year. By taking this course I want to be able to get into fundraising from grants. I love working with people and in team.

@ryansucipto said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi I'm Ryan Sucipto from Indonesia. Currently I'm still 22-years old but I'm blessed to be able to Innitiate Social Designee, a creativity based social community in Indonesia. Our vision is to create a positive social ecosystem for young people, so they can solve social problem and innovation through their creativity. Our current activity is local community development in rural area. We're currently developing 18 villages by empowering 1400 volunteers with various backgrounds.

I'm interested to learn about Fundraising so our movement can stay sustainable and scale to even wider reach. Reaching remote village to truly make a positive social ecosystem. I'm really interested to join a team, especially a team of youth so we can understand better how young people can contribute in nonprofit issues.

Warm Regards,
#MahasiswaSosial (meaning : social student)

Hello Ryan!
Welcome to this course. I see that you also work with youths, I am looking forward to taking the course together and learning from you.
Tenying

@Deepak_Padhi said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Deepak Bijaya Padhi. I am from Skill Shalla Foundation, Mumbai, India
2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes I am working for Skill Shalla Foundation as a GM-Partner Development.
3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   Fundraising is a task with creativity. So I want to learn this art to apply it when I am in field.
4. 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.
   I agree too that the learning in team is the best method of experiential learning. So I would love to join a team. any one from any country, I have no restriction in geography, caste, creed or gender.
5. 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 was working with Yuva Parivartan (Kherwadi Social Welfare Association) as Manager Partnerships where a part of my role was to raise funds from corporate donors, individual donors, Government agencies and other distinguished NGOs.

Hello Deepak!
Welcome to the course. I am very interested in learning more about your work and also looking forward to taking this course together.
Tenying

My name is Evaristus Penda
I am not working for any organization. I am a Ph.D. Counseling Student.
My goal is to develop a philanthropic organization that would assist the underprivileged population I met most often at my practical sights. Also, I intend to take learn grant writing, thus I presume that this course serves as a prerequisite for the next course that would educate me on grant writing.
I do hope to join a team and look forward to finding one that not fit my profile and interest but open to new ideas.
Unfortunately, I do not have any prior idea about this course.

Hi, I am Kukuyon Kinapoe and I am joining you from Minnesota, USA.
I am not working for an organization but am thinking of joining one.
My goals for this course is to learn the strategies in fundraising and use that in bringing funds to whatever organization I join.
I will be happy to join a team in learning this course
No, I do not have any experience in this course

Hi everyone my name is henry Attepor and am joining this beautiful family from ghana 🇬🇭.
It is my dream to establish my own non-profit organization in the near future so with this course, i think i would be on the perfect path for making my dream come through.
I have no experience when it comes to this course.

Hey everyone my name is David Demba, joining from Brusubi, The Gambia, am a leader of a youth group and my goal to grow my group into a bigger group and raise enough fund to help the youths who are not able to pay for their school fees and accommodation.
I think working in group is a better option considering the fact that the work force is always less and the suggestions or opinions don’t normally lack

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Hi, my name is Dare John Adesanya. I am joining this course from Da Nang, Vietnam

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes, I am working for Cedar Software Development Company. And I am a Business System Analyst at the company

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   I will like to gain knowledge in raising funds for projects of any kind. This includes learning how to communicate project objectives and goals in a way that will inspire VC(s) to see the potentials of a project and opt-in to fund such project regardless of potential risks

4. 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.
   I will be delighted to be part of a team

5. 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

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi Intellectuals,

My Name is Gift. Bill Malobola, Am joining you from Zambia, a Landlocked Country in Southern Africa.

Am not in actively employment, but am a volunteer in various, sectors helping the youths to acquire meaningful lively hoods, working with Widows ,Orphanes and less privillaged children by providing them with viable fundraising ventures and projects to see them live well There by eradicating poverty and other vices that caffect the fore-mentioned indulge in activities that endanger themselves . Still Seeking partners and sponsors for this noble cause hence my interest in joining this great Course.

May not have much experience per say, because am coming from an ICT industry. But by virtue of the activities I do for the poor. I have undertaken quite a number of fundraising ventures. But with difficulties.

I hope this Course will prepare me fight all such challenges.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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. My name is Rofiat Abdulyekeen. I am the founder of a community service foundation. My goal is to learn how to raise funds to help improve the community and the lives of the people

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 am by name Mary Mlambo and i am joining from Pretoria, South Africa.
I am the Co-Founder of Eastern Valleywood Club (EVAC)
My main objective is to involve fully in the training and gain sufficient knowledge and skills on how to mobilize funds.
I am indeed interested in joining a team for this course
I am interested in learning everything there is about fundraising to help my organization.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

I’m Ombeni John Lance joining from Tanzania

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

I’m currently not working for any organization but for myself

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

my goals are to understand and know how to raise funds for an organization which I’m planning to start in the near future

4. 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.

I would love to join a team. Teamwork is the best chance of survival.

5. 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 haven’t any experience. But looking forward to new knowledge

Hi my name was Rajesh,
My need get me to this courses,
I believe in miracles,I hope I can find some miracle through this course!
I'm new to team working,so I don't any experience with team working!
But I wish to learn it!

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   My name is Tumisang Molefe and I am joining from South Africa.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I am the director and events coordinator.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal is to understand how to run an organization that is productive and implementing change as well as to create sustainable ways or my organization to grow and implement change.

4. 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.
   I would love to join a team.

5. 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!

Welcome Thabo

@ttau365 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi colleagues, my name is Thabo Ncube and I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I am a Co-Director of a Non Profitable Organization(NPO) in Johannesburg.
I am very passionate about empowerment to the disadvantaged, and therefore my goal is to acquire and empower myself
with adequate information that I will share with my counterparts, in an effort to understand the processes of seeking funds
and how to run an NPO.
I am a team player, as I believe that team work can bring out diverse ideas and solutions to simplify problems.
No experience at all, just general knoeledge.

Welcome Thabo ```
code_text

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Hi! my name Ranie from Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Yes, I'm a local church pastor.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal is to learn how raise a fund for me to help and teach local that does not have enough funds to sustain the ministry work. I will share this to the church where I work at and we will do it together with the leaders to perform and do it as a team.

4. 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! And hoping someone here in Iloilo can reach me out. I'm new to this course and website.

5. 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!
   None, I'm a newbie and dedictated to learn to help other organizations because this is the major problem mostly in our area.

@ryansucipto said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi I'm Ryan Sucipto from Indonesia. Currently I'm still 22-years old but I'm blessed to be able to Innitiate Social Designee, a creativity based social community in Indonesia. Our vision is to create a positive social ecosystem for young people, so they can solve social problem and innovation through their creativity. Our current activity is local community development in rural area. We're currently developing 18 villages by empowering 1400 volunteers with various backgrounds.

I'm interested to learn about Fundraising so our movement can stay sustainable and scale to even wider reach. Reaching remote village to truly make a positive social ecosystem. I'm really interested to join a team, especially a team of youth so we can understand better how young people can contribute in nonprofit issues.

Warm Regards,
#MahasiswaSosial (meaning : social student)

Hello Ryan, This Ranie from Iloilo City, Philippines. That's grear to hear your working with. I'm a local church pastor and I really want to learn that movements on the youths. Hoping we can work together and learning together with colleagues.

1. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   You can call me Kasturi. I am joining from Malaysia

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   I am currently an Owner of a For-A-Profit organization, a micro enterprise with less than 5 people which I would like to grow.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   My goal of the course is to learn Fundraising which I would like to apply to our social responsibility initiatives - which is to raise funds for ourselves as well as for our partner/beneficiary organizations using innovative ways

4. 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 interested to join a Team

5. 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!
   Not in particular though I am more than willing to share ideas on how to fund raise but have actually have to execute and expedite my ideas and methods for my micro enterprise

1. Hello everyone, my name is Sarah Nkonde from Lusaka, Zambia

2. I am the Events Coordinator at Set Apart International.

3. One of my goals is to gain knowledge and skills that could help the NGO I volunteer at as well as other friend's projects to raise funds for its events and projects.

4. Yes please

5. No, I don't have any experience.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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!

Hi, My name is Supriya and I am from Mumbai, India. I work for one of India’s oldest non- sectarian organizations in the philanthropic sector. After a couple of years working in Program Design and Implementation I am currently working with the Strategy team to build sustainability, scalability and replicability in all programmatic interventions. I intend to build my skills and help improve my organisation to build better sustainable impactful strategies for the last mile beneficiaries. Since Fundraising forms an important component in social sector, I would like to learn and incorporate these course learning into my work. Yes, I would definitely like to be part of a team for this course for I believe “Knowledge increases by sharing but not by saving”. I do not have much experience in fund raising although i have worked for grant giving organisations. Would love to share and learn more from my peers more on this topic. Look forward for the course commencement.

My name is Muhammad Anwar and I am joining from Pakistan. I am working for Olive's Trust Pakistan (OTP), a national registered non-profit organization. I am leading the organization as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). My goals are to learn how to raise funds more effectively at an early stage of an organization's development. I will apply what I learned from the course to raise funds for OTP social action programs, and social enterprises development. Yes, I like working in a team. No previous experience, only general knowledge.

I am Chinyere Nnenna Igwegbe and I am from South Eastern part of Nigeria.
Yes, I am working for an Organization - co-founder of the Society of African Women in Construction as well as the Brain behind "BRIDGE THE GAP" an initiative am working on right now. In these two NGO's i develop the ideas leading to projects and programs meeting the purpose or goal pf the organization.
My goals are - To know the process and strategies in fund raising to be able to meet the organization goals in empowering the people in my community.
- To learn how to network with others, run a successful and sustainable NGO.
Yes, I am interested in joining a team because I am a team player as it helps me to understand people of different culture and see things from their perspective.
Well my experience in this course is that for me to raise fund, basically i go to an individual, usually it could be someone I know or someone i know through another person as long as i realize he or she has affinity for the project am embarking on. I approach the person, explain what my plan or project is all about and if he/she owns a company, i tell him or her the benefit of partnering with me or sponsoring the program'project. Most times their benefit comes via publicity of the company via print materials, media, website . if your program meets the company social responsibility policy then they will be moved to contribute.
Also i go to family members and friends to support. i also get volunteers and i do appreciate their time.

Hi everyone,
My name is Chinyere Igwegbe and I come from Nigeria.
I am a co-founder of an NGO and I basically initiate and plan for the program or projects executed
I have the passion to empower my community by bridging the gap. hence my goal is to learn the process and strategies as well as gain the skill for fundraising to give back to my community. (provision of quality water, education and electricity in the rural areas) and run a successful NGO.

I love team work and this will broaden my knowledge with respect to culture and getting to know each individual better and share experiences in the field.
Yes, with regards to experience, when i have an initiated program or project i check out organization with social responsibility close to my project and i write to them requesting for sponsorship or partnership while listing out their benefit which usually is publicity via print media

@ttau365 said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi colleagues, my name is Thabo Ncube and I'm from Johannesburg, South Africa.
I am a Co-Director of a Non Profitable Organization(NPO) in Johannesburg.
I am very passionate about empowerment to the disadvantaged, and therefore my goal is to acquire and empower myself
with adequate information that I will share with my counterparts, in an effort to understand the processes of seeking funds
and how to run an NPO.
I am a team player, as I believe that team work can bring out diverse ideas and solutions to simplify problems.
No experience at all, just general knoeledge.

Hae Meshack here from kenya

Hi everyone,
My name is Chinyere Igwegbe and I come from Nigeria.
I am a co-founder of an NGO and I basically initiate and plan for the program or projects executed
I have the passion to empower my community by bridging the gap. hence my goal is to learn the process and strategies as well as gain the skill for planning , monitoring and evaluation of the projects embarked by the NGO to make sure it is sustainable and able to give back to my community. (provision of quality water, education and electricity in the rural areas) and run a successful NGO.

I love team work and this will broaden my knowledge with respect to culture and getting to know each individual better and share experiences in the field.
At the moment we have a project on Water meets Arts coming up in July

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?
   Hello,i am jane wanjiku.Joining you from Nairobi kenya.

2. Are you working for an organization? If so, what is your role?
   Not yet.

3. What are your goals for the course and how do you plan to apply them in your work?
   I have been involved in volunteering activities in the community before and we needed to raise money.I didn't have an idea on how to go about it.I look forward gain knowledge on the same to be more effective in future.

4. 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.

5. 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 do not have any experience,i look forward to learn.

@Chysquare said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

Hi everyone,
My name is Chinyere Igwegbe and I come from Nigeria.
I am a co-founder of an NGO and I basically initiate and plan for the program or projects executed
I have the passion to empower my community by bridging the gap. hence my goal is to learn the process and strategies as well as gain the skill for planning , monitoring and evaluation of the projects embarked by the NGO to make sure it is sustainable and able to give back to my community. (provision of quality water, education and electricity in the rural areas) and run a successful NGO.

I love team work and this will broaden my knowledge with respect to culture and getting to know each individual better and share experiences in the field.
At the moment we have a project on Water meets Arts coming up in July

Welcome Chinyere .I love what you are doing for the community.Water meet Arts entails what?

This is going to be very educative.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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 am Richard A. Ugbe from Nigeria. Presently, I am the President/Executive Director, Anti-Suicide Global Initiative (ASGI), Nigeria. My goals are: 1. To acquire skills on how to raise funds for my organization, 2. Places I can go to be able to raise funds, 3. How to Begin a fundraising project. Yes, I am very much interested in joining a team. I have little experience. We normally generate appeal fund letters/envelopes and distribute them to people around. And then go back later to collect them from those we have shared the envelopes or letters with. We used to organized open voluntary contributions. Lastly we used to approached banks for them to generate soft code for us. People can transfer any little amount as their own contribution through this soft code.

@Course_Operations said in Introduce Yourself in Introduction to Fundraising (May)!:

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. What is your name? Where are you joining from?

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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,
My name is Ahmad Abdulaziz, i am from Kano Nigeria, i am a member of NGO Teens Development Initiative (TDI), i will be glad to understand the basic concept of the above course, and i will like to work in team so, we can share idea for the betterment of our generation.