With only a week left to raise $5,000 (US$4,000) for an Opportunity International program for Filipino women in poverty I have a teeny tiny, and I hope "tweetworthy" request.
Will you help to make a difference with a single tweet? I really need your help to promote this Wonderwebby Chipin (#WWCI) on Twitter tomorrow for #MicroloanMonday and Tuesday #CharityTuesday
All I'm asking is for your tweets to raise awareness and funds for this Opportunity International fundraiser.
You could tweet: "please donate to this project against poverty http://wonderwebby.chipin.com #WWCI #microloanmonday"
or... "help women in poverty - fundraiser ends in 1 week http://wonderwebby.chipin.com #WWCI #charitytuesday " or simply write in your own words - whatever you think is most compelling.
Over the last several months I have been asking for donations for a 2 year microfinance (also known as microcredit or microloan) program - most people have been donating $20 at a time - and the fundraiser ends in a week on June 30th!!
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Just in case you want to read more or write a blog post, I've put together a list of resources to help you out!
- About Opportunity International
- About the Philippines
- About Microfinance and Trust Groups
- A few stories from women in Trust Groups
- A YouTube clip explaining microfinance aka microlending
- Some slides I made to explain Trust Groups (previously called Trust Banks)
- Some information about poverty in the Philippines
- The similarities and differences between Opportunity International and Kiva
- An interview with Debra Askanase about my online fundraising efforts
- A short and informative interview with Opportunity International Australia's founder, David Bussau
- People can donate using Chipin or PayPal for Australian dollar donations (you can download the widget on Chipin also if you want to include it in a blog post)
- An interview with Des Walsh where I try to explain Trust Banks and the success of the Tribute blog challenge (10 mins) (mp3)
- Some slides - the story of this fundraiser
- A list of the creative challenges held for this fundraiser
- Some Creative Commons licensed photos of poverty in the Philippines on Flickr
Australian donations are tax deductible.
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1 comments:
Jasmin...I admire those who give and look for ways to help.
I have a small media in Kingston, ON Canada, and your article caught my attention for two reasons;
1/ You're from Australia
2/ You're writing about The Philippines.
There is a piece about a company just launched in The Philippines and headed now into Australia and New Zealand, found at Public Free Press. Speaking of fund-raising potential, this may be worth a moment of your time to read up about an incredible product and how you could residualize a fund-raising campaign.
Keep up the great work at IBM, and with your volunteer initiatives...folks like you are awesome.
ARTICLE LINK AT PUBLIC FREE PRESS is here:
http://www.publicfreepress.com/Doctors___Athletes.html
Have a blessed day!
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