#RunforACause is a donate-ng initiative that encourages people get fit by running for social good or for charity in a big to raise funds. 

Participating athletes of the Lagos city marathon take advantage of the publicity to promote a social good or charity they are passionate about; sharing picture of their fitness journey and encouraging friends, family and their loved ones to support them by donating towards their crowdfunding campaign.

Why should i run for charity?

Charity runs are a great way to get fit and raise money for a cause that is close to your heart.

This way you are not just complaining about a cause you are passionate about, but actively doing something about it while keeping fit irrespective of the amount raised, you are fulfilled knowing you were part of a cause greater than you!

What is the benefit for me as a runner?

Apart from the physical benefit of keeping fit, there are the memories of running for a good cause and ultimately the impact of your charity run on your beneficiary is a long-lasting fulfillment.

How will the charity collect the money I raise?

Proceeds are remitted to charities at the end of the campaign or when requested (whichever comes first)

How will people donate?

As you share the crowdfunding link, Donor click on the DONATE button boldly inscribed on the campaign portal as they open the url. This present the payment gateway options. For example donate offline by bank transfer or donate online using the secured payment gateways provided. 

Will money be sent to me?

The platform www.donate-ng.com have multiple payment gateways allowing donation from anywhere in the world saving the hassle of send account details among others, and for transparency all donations are updated on the campaign as received.

Donations are remitted after bank/admin charges at the end of the campaign or when requested (whichever comes first)

Is there any way to confirm the charity is real?

@donate-ng, we go an extra mile ensuring all campaigns are vetted and validated before approval. All our charities are registered under CAC with an active board.

How can I know for certain what the money is used for?

Our charities sends impact reports after campaign has been executed, detailing amount raised, how it expended and before and after status of beneficiary highlighting impact.

How do I participate to run for charity?

Simply visit www.donate-ng.com/runforacuse to register or send an email to info@donate-ng.com

How can I get people to donate to support to my charity run?

A link to donate will be provided to you, days leading to the run (and even after) you can share this link on all your social media handles, send as sms and email inviting friends, family and audience from anywhere in the world to give to support your run for a cause,.

You can also promote your #runforcharity through ad and other means.

Can I run for a personal cause that is not charity?

Yes, you can run for a personal cause.

What happens if I do not reach the fundraising target before the run?

You can either choose to extend the fundraiser date to allow you more time to reach more people for donations (even after the race) or request the amount donated be remitted to the charity.

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Today, with the increased use of Internet, NGOs around the world are utilizing to the power of the social media to create awareness as well as raise funds for the causes they support. In the United Kingdom, donations through websites, social media and apps now account for £2.4 billion, a quarter of charity funds raised annually. According to the National Council of Nonprofits, crowdfunding is expected to become a $90-96 billion industry by 2025 and it is currently being adopted by a number of NGOs.

So what is Crowdfunding? 

Crowdfunding is simply a term that refers to any effort to raise money with donations from a large number of people i.e. the crowd.

The concept of Crowdfunding in Nigeria is really not strange at all.  From time to time, you would have seen students during events such as world polio day, world malaria day or world AIDS day attempt to raise funds for worthy causes by wearing rags and carrying sealed containers for donations. However, with the advent of the internet and smartphones, crowdfunding for social causes and NGOs in Nigeria can now be performed online as these technologies have changed the way we live, work and interact.

We have heard about how little drops of water makes the mighty ocean. We were also taught that every little effort we make amounts to the huge success that everyone sees. An athlete’s success is a combination of every effort he/she has ever put in on the way to the achievement. Every step, every sleepless night spent perfecting a move, every advice taken from the coach, every drink and every food eaten/abstained from, all combines to make up the champion that we all see. In the same vain, the little donations in a crowdfunding campaign can help serve the purpose. One thousand naira (N 1,000) donated by five thousand people can provide portable water in a remote Village in Borno or help educate 100 children in Anambra, or even foot the surgery bills of a sick child in Abeokuta.

How viable is crowdfunding for NGOs in Nigeria?

Funding a sizeable charitable project is easy if you can just get small pledges from a lot of people. This way, it is possible to spread the burden, create awareness for the project, eliminate the need to prepare and present detailed presentations multiple times, and meet goals for a specific project on a timely basis.

Several crowdfunding sites exist internationally. However, donate-ng (www.donate-ng.com) is one of the renowned ones in Nigeria known to support charities and help bridge the gap between the needy and the donors. The passion, integrity and professionalism put in by the donate-ng team, comes from the conviction that no man or woman should stay silent and suffer while help is just a click away. With over 86 million internet users, it is expected that crowdfunding will soon become the highest contribution to the funding of NGOs in Nigeria over the next few years.

In just its first year of operating, donate-ng has processed over 7 million Naira in donations. Campaigns such as #SaveBornoIDPs created by SDGsNigeria Action Group, raised 600,000 Naira in 3 days, and by day 60 of the campaign, about 1.4 million Naira had been donated for the IDPs in Borno using the donate-ng platform. Also, in December, an individual raised 167,000 Naira in 10days (67% more than its 100, 000 Naira target) to support motherless babies at the Red Cross centre in Yaba, Lagos.

According to Ayodele Amusa, co-founder donate-ng;  “There is so much charitable work to be done in Nigeria and crowdfunding is just taking off. Within just one year, donate-ng has processed N 7 million Naira in donations and we are on a mission to make online fundraising and donating, as easy and transparent as possible. The simpler we make fundraising and donating, the more people will use it and the more we will achieve together.”

Is your NGO planning a crowdfunding campaign soon? Are there any concerns you have about the viability? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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“MPAC is not affiliated to any organization locally or abroad and we maintain political neutrality and independence in our works. MPAC relies only on financial support from individual donors to run and sustain its projects. As a matter of policy, MPAC DOES NOT accept any funding from foreign bodies, organizations or governments. Insha Allah, the political and financial independence of MPAC will sustain the future of our works and help represent the sentiments and interests of Nigerian Muslims and Muslims everywhere.”

So when they decided to raise funds to provide Braille Embosser Machines to cater for Blind Muslims, it only made sense to seek Donate-ng.com, One of Africa’s leading crowdfunding platform. Like many others who have used our platform, they had doubts about the sincerity and accountability of anyone claiming to help raise funds.

In 3 months they were able to raise 369,000NGN for this project and every penny of it accounted for.

“What surprises me the most is the fact that Donate-ng; a Nigerian company can run a platform that raises money without short-changing the client in any way. Their feedback and accountability in unrivalled. The whole transaction was transparent and seamless.”

Donate-ng once again lead the way in showing the world that online crowd-funding is very possible here in Nigeria. Nigerians are a very generous people, and this can be seen in the way we rally around to render help to anyone in need.

From the daily giving of alms to the needy, to donation by envelope printing for individuals and organizations, we even come together to donate money to send a brilliant child to school abroad.

Online crowd-funding is just an extension of our everyday kindness and generosity. Donate-ng is merely creating a platform and using technology to bridge the distance divide. By helping to tell your story, we are asking the world to join in and help achieve and be part of a wonderful story of hope in the face of despair. This is our aspiration and it is what we sleep, wakeup, eat, drink and live for. We remain passionate about helping you achieve whatever it is you set out to.

You too can start a fund raising campaign for a pet project for free using the donate-ng platform at www.donate-ng.com

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donate-ng is a Nigerian crowdfunding website dedicated to charity fund raising and campaigns for social cause.

The #savekehindeadebiyi campaign started mid-November and ended mid-January; completing a 60days campaign period raising a total amount of one million, twenty four thousand four hundred and seventy naira (N1,024,407.00).

The success of this campaign could not have been possibly if not for the donations from well-meaning Nigerians who were moved by Kehinde’s story on the donate-ng crowdfunding portal – https://donate-ng.com/project/73.

Just about the time donate-ng launched its services: the donate-ng team saw kehinde’s story on Linda Ikeji’s blog and decided to run with the story. You can call it “backing up your words with your money or vis-visa”. With this achievement, donate-ng has proven crowdfunding is possible in Nigeria.

Since then, many more individuals and charity organisation have contacted donate-ng to show interest in using its platform to raise funds for charitable deeds.

www.donate-ng.com info@donate-ng.com

The Adebiyi’s Story.

“It’s just like I am still dreaming. How people that do not know us from Adam would be so committed to helping us this much”.

The words of Mrs Adebiyi;  Kehinde’s mother. She runs her small business in the quiet Lagos suburb of Cele Egbe away from the traffic madness synonymous with the “centre of excellence”. Her husband is a professional furniture maker who is very good at his job. They are an average but very OK family with 4 children, relatively unknown in the community until Kehinde developed the cancerous growth in her right ear.

“We didn’t know what to do when it started. We thought it was just boil (abscess) and applied shear butter (locally called Ori) and gave her antibiotics on Doctor’s recommendation. But when it won’t go away we just got frustrated. We cried many nights when cancer was diagnosed.”

Their predicament made them popular and susceptible to scammers. A few people had approached them with the aim of helping, but only a very few truly meant it.

“Several people came to our home and said they could help raise funds for the treatment but only very few of them ever returned with money. A man saw us at the Eko hospital and gave 50,000 Naira. He was always checking up to know how well the treatment was going. A few others also gave some money here and there but it just wasn’t enough. Before the whole dilemma, we were doing well. We could take care of our family with relative ease. But this illness just got beyond any average-living family.”

donate-ng got wind of the story and contacted the family. It didn’t take too much effort to convince them to let us help.

“We were really very desperate at that point. All our savings had been exhausted. It cost my husband the trust of a key client because he could not execute a project awarded due to him using part of the initial payment for the treatment. We don’t like begging, but we were almost going to take situation to Churches and Mosques to beg for help. We were that desperate (Sobbing). We just couldn’t seat back and watch our daughter die slowly and painfully. We weren’t going to let that happen. We agreed to anything and anyone that came our way who wanted to help. Pictures of Kehinde were taken along with that of the family. We know that many people used our plight to collect money from the good people of Nigeria and the world then diverted the funds for their own use. That is just part of the world we find ourselves in. But thanks to donate-ng, our despair has been taken away.”

Like many Nigerians, the family doubted the intentions of NGOs.

“We really doubted donate-ng at first but we still played along because of our very desperate situation. But when we started seeing the response of people on their website showing the amount that has been raised I cried. I just didn’t expect that to happen that soon and because I knew that our baby was finally going to get the help she needs. They kept in touch with us, asking for periodic updates on the health of the child. They even sent one of their team members to check up on our family after the first instalment of the money was paid. This really gave us absolute joy. They brought gifts during the twins’ birthday and sent a member of their team to attend. This for me was unprecedented. I have never seen anything like that ever. Words cannot describe the joy we feel. Now our family that was on the brink of starvation and disintegration, and the agony of losing a child has been restored. I can only ask that God bless the entire donate-ng team and everyone who donated to ensure that this child doesn’t die. May you all never pass through such a horrific and terrifying experience.”

Kehinde Adebiyi is responding to treatment better than anticipated. Radiotherapy is working absolutely well. The Cancerous lump has slowly eased while the swelling has gone down considerably. The Doctors are monitoring the situation so that they can ascertain when surgery to remove the lump can be done. If need be, chemotherapy will also be done.

Kehinde can now play with her siblings and friends, she has even started going to school. She is a good kid who just like the kids of her age loves to run around and play. Very smart and funny; this girl is a prankster.  We thank everyone who donated to this cause to put back the joy to the Adebiyi’s. This has been a great experience for us and we are glad it has finally come to fruition.

Thank you and God bless.

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By ‘Segun Olojo-Kosoko

October 19, 2015

TwoCan Solution – Nigerian owned Information Communication Technology Company announced today the launch of one of its portal solutions – Nigeria’s go-to and easiest Social crowdfunding portal till date.

The portal introduces the easiest way to raise funds for Charity Organisation, the easiest way to raise money for an Individual, Group or Community Project/Cause.

TwoCan Solutions expect “donate-ng” to improve the Social Crowdfunding ecosystem in Nigeria and encourage Nigerian to bring to life their dreams and desires with the help of money raised by well-meaning.

About Social Crowdfunding

It’s a known fact that Crowdfunding is as old as time which has evolved as technology evolved. With the evolution of Crowdfunding, of all the models of Crowdfunding, Social Crowdfunding has been and is being the most successful Crowdfunding model.

Source: www.crowdmapped.com

Social Crowdfunding is the collective effort of a large number of individuals who donate small amounts of money to help finance charities, projects and causes raised by an Individual or a Charity Organisation. For example; when an idea (a light bulb moment) is raised to help alleviate and change lives of people, funds for this can be achieved with the help of Social Crowdfunding.

Statistic shows the percentage growth in the number of Crowdfunding Platforms worldwide from 2008 increased by 38 percent in comparison to the previous year. The rate of crowdfunding platform growth continued in all of the following years and the growth rate reached 60 percent by 2012. The total number of crowdfunding platforms worldwide as of April 2012 amounted to 342, the estimated number by the end of December 2012 was at 536.

The global funding volume of crowdfunding platforms is expected to amount to just over 2.8 billion U.S. dollars, a massive increase from the 2009 figure which amounted to 530 million U.S. dollars. We saw $16 billion crowdfunded in 2014, with 2015 estimated to grow to over $34 billion.

By 2016 the crowdfunding industry is on track to account for more funding than venture capital, according to a recent report by Massolution.

The crowdfunding industry is doubling or more, every year, and is spread across several types of funding models including social, rewards, donation, equity, and debt/lending.

“donate-ng” is a social crowdfunding portal and below are things you need to know about donate-ng.

About “donate-ng”

1. “donate-ng” is a home for funding your small or big Charity dreams. Our mission is to help ease the burden of raising funds for your charity project or causes, bringing your dreams to fruition.
2. “donate-ng” supports each dream (Project or Charitable Cause) created by individuals or organisations.
3. “donate-ng” in its capacity has tried to curtail all avenues of fraud and mismanagement of funds raised, making sure all funds are used for the designated cause/charity/project.
4. “donate-ng” will support fund raisers to ensure their big dream is met using the “donate-ng” supervisory framework and ubiquitous advice.
5. Register today at www.donate-ng.com and in summary, you are 3 simple steps to raising funds for that charitable cause of charity.

Contact

To learn more about “donate-ng”, please visit

u: www.donate-ng.com

e: we@donate-ng.com

f: www.facebook.com/donatenigeria

t: www.twitter.com/donate_ng

Donate-NG is a Trademark of  Twocan Solutions Limited RC1258475

u: www.twocansolutions.com

e: we@twocansolutions.com, info@twocansolutions.com

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