Amy Sample Ward
MAY 5, 2010
Last year, using the theme of gratitude and TweetsGiving, Epic Change catalyzed the global community to help build a school in Tanzania. Imagine if the gifts we gave made the world a better place for children & mamas everywhere. Just imagine. According to the LA Times, this year Americans alone will spend $14.6
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In the end, a sustainable and locally based NGO, staffed with volunteers from across the globe, can offer education to students in a small town in Tanzania. Despite such knowledge, it was the difference in cultural norms that rocked me to my core.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 5, 2010
The money you donate to this effort will support Mama Lucy Kamptoni, a changemaker in Tanzania who once sold chickens and used her income to build a primary school that now provides a high-quality education to over 400 children in Tanzania. I love the design.
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There are definitely things that will make it more successful, like: Consider a matching gift. If you have a donor willing to match every gift dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000, $5,000, or some other amount, you will get more donations. Your gift will give a child the opportunity to enroll in school for the first time.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Stacey is one who launched the first social media infused gratitude campaign during Thanksgiving back in 2008,successfully raising money for a school project Tanzania. This year epic thanks is asking you to share a photo of gratitude and make a thankful gift. Every Thanksgiving since, Stacey has launched a gratitude campaign.
Amy Sample Ward
MAY 3, 2011
Her students consistently score at the top of over 120 schools in the Arusha district of Tanzania. Koseli, which means “gift&# , provides education, food and tender loving care for over 75 young students, and, in the evenings, hosts an adult education program for local women. And now I hope you’ll join me!
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 30, 2008
Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?
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