Three Types Of Fundraisers You Should Start During Covid-19
Three Types Of Fundraisers
18-11-2020
Bring Some Festive Cheer To Those Who May Have None
How should we celebrate Diwali in 2020? This year has made us question a lot of things. Even our festivals and their celebrations are being analysed in a new light. Is Diwali just about shopping, visiting friends & family, and exchanging gifts? Or is there more to it?
Diwali signifies the victory of light over darkness, of good over evil, and of knowledge over ignorance. This 2020, with our actions and our efforts, we can help make this Diwali special for everyone. Especially for those who cannot celebrate it.
“Guard bhaiya!”
There are many people in our lives who we take for granted. From the person who collects your garbage early in the morning, to the watchman sitting outside day and night, to the sweeper who keeps the streets outside your home clean. Think about it: a day without them, and you will start feeling their absence. But their Diwali is going to be even more muted than usual, in the shadow of the pandemic. Why not make it special for them? This could be as simple as getting them something they may really need (masks, sanitizers, gloves), to ensuring that they have some money to send back home. They keep our lives ticking; can we help make them realize how much it means to us?
They need your help, but they cannot say it!
Diwali brings not just festivities; it also brings crackers & pollution. Be it stray dogs or cats, or even the winged visitors outside your home; they are all affected in different ways. But you can do your bit to help them. If you can, try to leave some food (bread, rotis, grains) and a bowl of water outside your house. Make sure that no one in your vicinity tries to harass the stray dogs and cats outside, and that you are able to give some semblance of a safe hiding spot for them till the crackers stop.
Come online and make a difference
This is that time of the year when we are bombarded by advertisements, and with posts by happy families we know of. It is only normal to wonder whether our celebrations are enough, whether we are doing enough. But pause for a moment, and think of those who will be unable to celebrate Diwali this year. Maybe their loved one is in the hospital or maybe they don’t even have a home, let alone a lamp, at this time of the year. We can’t change their lives by our efforts alone. But with the help of other kind strangers, we can help crowdfund a miracle!
Buy Local? Yes, But Buy With A Cause
There are so many things we need at this time of the year: diyas, lamps, lights, the likes. But rather than looking for the best discount or the best store, look for something else. There are a large number of NGOs helping women Self Help Groups make products and sell them online; TRIFED (under the Government of India) sells products made by tribals across India. Have a look at their portals and buy from them. Yes, you may have to spend a bit more, but you will not just be buying any other diya or dress. You could be supporting our country’s rich heritage in one way, or making socio-economic independence possible for some.
Volunteer
It is said that the first step is the hardest step. Maybe, you want to help but are unsure of how to help. Or maybe you know what to do, but cannot do it on your own. In such cases, how about volunteering for already established organizations? You can choose to offer your time and expertise in any way possible, knowing that your efforts are helping people & causes close to your heart. A simple search online can throw up names of a number of NGOs working in your area.
This festive season, as you light up your home, bring some light into other, less-fortunate lives as well. Happy Diwali!
Make Diwali Special Twice - Light Up Someone’s Life
Diwali will be a bit different this year. Less sweets, more sanitizers; less crackers, more masks; less home visits, more video calls. But even this type of Diwali is a privilege for many. In 2020, there are many who are struggling to buy even the basic essentials. The pandemic has changed the lives of many, and for the worse. This Diwali, let’s remember those who are less fortunate than us. Let’s help bring some light into their lives as well!
Help Our Four Legged Friends!
Our four-legged friends have always had a tough time during the festive season. But as of today, they have been suffering for months now. The pandemic confined the people who fed strays, and almost shut down the animal welfare homes which take care of these strays. One such organization is Dogist India, based out of Sonipat (near Delhi). Dogist India not only takes care of strays, but also ensures that they get adequate medical attention. But treating injuries, buying medicines, and even feeding our four-pawed friends is an expensive venture. All that these samaritans want from you though, is your support.
Making Sure Our Elders Do Not Go To Sleep On An Empty Stomach
The COVID-19 pandemic rages on. Many have now accepted this situation, and try to go about life as they used to before. The elderly though, are struggling to adapt. They are not only more susceptible to falling sick, but earning a livelihood and staying alive is doubly hard for them. Dignity Foundation is trying to provide food relief to elderly citizens across the country, helping them make it through these tough times. With their assistance, at least our elders will not have to struggle to find a meal during Diwali!
Healthcare, For Those Who Cannot Pay For It
Health care has never been more important. However, not everyone can access the same level of health care. India’s rural areas especially suffer from a glaring lack of facilities and medical personnel. Singhvi Charitable Trust is hoping to continue providing free eye camps, dental treatment and physiotherapy in Tamil Nadu & Rajasthan. Paying the doctors, buying the medicines, along with supplying free spectacles to the rural poor who need them, means that organizing these camps requires money. Will you help sponsor these free health camps?
Amidst The Festive Season, They Struggle To Piece Back Their Lives
The recent Hyderabad floods may have abated, but they have left behind a trail of destruction in their wake. While people struggle to piece back their homes, and their lives, Kriya Sangh Society is trying to provide an assured supply of cooked food to the flood-affected victims. Through their community kitchens, they are able to ready the food & supply it to the people who need it the most. They, however, need our help to continue at their task. Can we do our bit, and help them have a happy Diwali?
Why Should Someone Else’s Crime Harm Her Life?
An acid attack shattered then 18-year-old Saranya’s life. But 10 years later, she is still reeling from the attack. Though the criminal is now behind bars, this cannot reduce the pain Saranya has to go through. The medications she needed - after the attack - affected her kidneys. Now, Saranya needs cosmetic surgery, along with an urgent kidney transplant. Can we together bring a little light into her life?
Amidst the festive atmosphere, and the lights & decorations, let us remember that there are those who are less fortunate than us. There are some who even in this auspicious period, will need to be in a hospital. This includes a 4-year-old child, a daughter who wants her father to recover, and a sister who is seeing her brother lie unconscious. Let’s celebrate our Diwali, but let’s also remember & help those who are a bit less fortunate than we are.
Diwali is a festival of togetherness and light. It signifies prosperity and integrity. This year’s celebration with social distances and masks will be of a different kind. To keep the spirit of a community alive. Here are 5 reasons to start a fundraiser this Diwali.
Give The Gift Of Health
Diwali is a festival of giving. What is a better gift than a gift of well-being? You can start a fundraiser for anyone around you who is in the need of funds. It can be for educational, personal or medical purposes. Due to Covid-19, there are many people who are in need of funds to pay their medical bills and treatment. A simple process of starting a fundraiser for them will help them live a better life.
Bring People Together
A festival is a time of togetherness. Happiness brings people together to celebrate. This year let’s make this celebration more meaningful. You can start a fundraiser with your friends or family. You can assign responsibilities to everyone participating. This will bring your close ones together for a meaningful cause and in turn, will help someone have a better Diwali too.
ImpactGuru offers 0% fee to start a fundraiser. Here are some great Fundraiser Tips that you and your friends can benefit from.
Let There Be Light
There are so many people around us who are unable to celebrate this festival of light, due to their financial state. This Diwali you can start a fundraiser to help people like these celebrate. For example, you can start a fundraiser for raising funds for new clothes or diyas. Your fundraiser in support to raise money for such families will not only bring happiness to them but will also give you a sense of fulfillment.
Diwali is a festival of lights. This Diwali let there be light but of a different kind.
Give Back To The Society
Diwali is a festival celebrated as a community. This year’s celebration will be different from all others due to Covid-19. Social distancing has limited our celebration. But there is one way to celebrate together, start a fundraiser. You can start a fundraiser for people in your community who need to raise funds. Covid-19 has led many people in need of medical funds. You can start a medical fundraiser for a patient.
This is a great way to give back to society and help individuals with the spirit of light.
Involve Children
Give them an activity this Diwali. Ask your children to start a fundraiser for someone they think is in need of funds. This will not only give a sense of empathy but will make them realize the importance of giving. it will boost their morale and make them grateful.
Three Types Of People Around You, You Can Help By Starting A Fundraiser This Diwali
Fundraising is a simple process of seeking voluntary financial support from people on an online platform for personal or social causes.
Diwali is a festival of togetherness and light. It's a time of giving and sharing happiness. Unfortunately, there are so many people who can't celebrate Diwali because of their financial condition.
If you look around yourself, you will find at least a few people on a daily basis who need financial support. This year has hit us with Covid-19, which has led so many people in need of medical aid. If we step out of our comfort zones, we will find people in need of financial aid much bigger than an individual can handle. Choose to start a fundraiser for someone in need to get the financial help they are in need of. Imagine the amount of financial aid you can raise with a 0-cost fundraiser. During these hard times, it’s time for us to give back to the community. Here are three people around you that you can help right now by starting a fundraiser this Diwali.
Start An Education Fundraiser
The pandemic has changed everything, especially the education system. Students are required to attend classes and even give exams online. But how many of us realize that so many people around us can’t afford a laptop or a smartphone. Our domestic help, drivers, and staff are people who can barely meet the school fee requirement. You can start a fundraiser for them to raise money for electronics that can be used for their education. The question of ‘why should they be deprived of basic education because they can’t afford a smartphone?’ can be answered by starting a fundraiser. ImpactGuru is one of the few fundraising platforms in India that supports all types of fundraising. Here is how crowdfunding works.
Help Out A Friend
People have lost their jobs, businesses have shut down, medical emergencies have increased. In this world scenario, we all know someone whose life can be made easier with financial support. Starting a fundraiser for a family member or a friend is a great way to support during this tough time. Read about some great fundraising ideas to get you going.
Daily Care For Senior Citizens
Diwali can be a great opportunity to show people you care. Especially the people around us. In any society, senior citizens are the most vulnerable. In a time where medicinal supplies have increased prices and low volumes of production, senior citizens are suffering the most. They are retired, suffering from various age-related illnesses and most of them lack the means to pay for their medicines. You can start a fundraiser to help senior citizens who live around you. This will help them to buy medicines that are expensive and give them a chance to continue with their medical treatments and stay in good health.
Starting a fundraiser is a great way to give back to society and make a difference this Diwali.
Finding funds for a small business is tough, which is why crowdfunding can be nothing less than a boon for such small businesses. In fact, crowdfunding is about more than just making funds available. In fact, if you create the right campaign, you can not just find funds for your business, you can also find something even more important:a successful business venture.
Why & how, can fundraising help small businesses and their owners? Here are 5 reasons:
Loans are not always ideal for a business at the initial stage:
A small business owner worried about how to repay a loan
Having a small business means every client is too valuable to lose. But in the unforeseen circumstance of your business losing a client, even repaying a loan may seem like a business-threatening complication. This is a stage where you should be focusing on your product offerings and on acquiring new clients. Why spend this time worrying about how to repay your business loan?
With crowdfunding, there is no payback liability
The people who donate to your campaign are either interested in your idea or want to use your product or simply want to support you in taking it to the next level. That’s it. With a crowdfunding campaign, you are not creating lenders to your small business. You are creating a group of people who believe in you & your business idea.
They could be your customers, your patrons - and as we will see below - they could be your business partners too!
Maximum outreach for your business and your products
Online crowdfunding platform helps two businessmen make a deal
A crowdfunding platform is accessed on a daily basis by thousands of people, from across the globe. These people are looking for small business ideas similar to yours, and are more likely to be interested in your pitch and your products. They may want to support you by buying your product; they could also be confident about the future prospects of your business, enough to want to reach out to you about any potential partnership or distribution deals.
Find a platform to get genuine customer feedback & integrate it
You may be able to make an amazing product, but even 1 minor defect could affect its selling potential. Or maybe your product is good, but customers are looking for certain value additions to it. There’s no better place to integrate all this feedback, than on a crowdfunding platform. People who are actually buying and using your product can give you detailed and helpful feedback.
Different customers giving different types of feedback, on crowdfunding platform
Find one place to get the support of all your well-wishers
Before anyone else, your family and your friends are your biggest supporters. They would love to know the specifics of your business idea, and about how they can support you in it. What better place to do that, than on a crowdfunding page for your business? This way they can understand your idea while at the same time being comfortable enough to support you as per their convenience. Also, they can share your crowdfunding page among their social circles, thus giving your business even more visibility. Finding people who can invest in your business is always a tough task. Why not solve this problem with people you know?
Crowdfunding has been able to help students, entrepreneurs, patients and NGOs raise funds, no matter what their cause. When it comes to making your business idea a reality, all you need to do is create a campaign, and start.
Crowdfunding is an easy process of raising funds from crowds for a medical, personal, or social cause on an online platform. Some people encounter medical emergencies, in which case it’s impossible for them to handle the expense. What crowdfunding will do is, besides asking for help from a few people around, your need to raise money will be shared online. When hundreds of people look at the purpose of your fundraiser, they will voluntarily donate to support you. All you need to do is, start. Here are 3 simple steps to start and have successful crowdfunding.
Create A Fundraiser
Fundraiser or Fund-raising is a process of raising voluntary funds. ImpactGuru, one of the best platforms for medical fundraising gives you an easy to use the online platform to help you through this journey. You can start a fundraiser on your own or you can assign someone you trust to handle it for you.
What does the fundraiser include?
A fundraiser tells your story. If you want to raise money for a medical emergency then your fundraiser will talk about the emergency you encountered and what state it has put you in. The most important thing to know is that it's okay to be vulnerable. We understand this is a hard time for you, but remember that everyone in this space is here to support you. You are building a connection when you tell your story. So, it’s okay to overshare. Writing a story may be hard, at ImpactGuru we have professionals who help you at every step of your fundraiser.
The impact that a clear image has on a viewer is often underestimated. Therefore, it is always encouraged to add an image to your fundraiser. An image gives visual aid to your story.
Video
People will either read your story or watch your story. After writing your story you must create a video showcasing your fundraising cause. It’s a visual alternative to your story. Show it the way you want people to see. ImpactGuru, with its premium services, help you narrate your story in a way it best reaches people.
Share, Share, And Share!
Crowdfunding is raising funds from the crowd. For that, you want the fundraiser you created to reach the crowd. You need to have a wide social media presence for your fundraiser to reach the masses. You simply have to share.
To start with, you can share your fundraiser on WhatsApp with all your contacts and groups and ask them to share it with their contacts. This is the simplest way to start a never-ending chain of sharing. Sharing can also be done on Facebook were with one share you reach hundreds of people at once. Facebook is a very effective social media tool for fundraising. Instagram, on the other hand, can be used to share more visuals of your fundraiser, images, and videos. Twitter can be used to share the title of your fundraiser and link it to your campaign. Social media is a strong tool for fundraising because of the innumerable amount of reach.
Receive Donations
After you have started sharing, people who believe in your cause will start donating. By following the first two steps correctly, this step should be a part of your success. ImpactGuru works on trust and safety, so you don’t have to worry about your donations being transferred.
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5 Terms To Understand Before You Start Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is a newly introduced idea in India. To understand and take full benefits from the idea of crowdfunding, one must understand what it is. Here are 5 simple terms that you should know when you think of crowdfunding.
Definition Of Crowdfunding
If you are planning to start crowdfunding, you already know what it is. but it’s crucial to understand crowdfunding clearly. Most simply, crowdfunding implies Crowd and funding. It is raising funds from the crowd. It is a simple process of gathering funds from people for social or personal causes. It takes place online via crowdfunding platforms. Crowdfunding in India is still a developing concept, know more about Crowdfunding in India.
A Crowdfunding Platform
Crowdfunding is a process. This process takes place on a platform, mostly an online platform. ImpactGuru is one of the top fundraising websites in India that help you start a fundraiser in a few simple steps. There are various types of platforms that support different types of crowdfunding. For example, some websites support only medical fundraising. So if you are planning a medical fundraiser, then You can choose your platform accordingly. Only a few platforms like ImpactGuru supports all types of crowdfunding.
A Fundraising Campaign
To raise funds for your cause, you need to be organized. This is where the word ‘campaign’ comes. A fundraising campaign, in simple words, is presenting your campaign to the crowd. This presentation will include your story, pictures, and appeal. It will be the only connection you have with the crowd. A well-crafted story of what is your fundraiser about and why you need to raise money is the key to a successful fundraising campaign. Only a good story can convince the crowd to donate voluntarily for your cause. Pictures related to your fundraiser will add a visual aid to your campaign. After your story and an appropriate picture can you appeal to the crowd to donate to your cause. Remember, not everyone may be in favor of supporting your fundraiser, but a strong campaign can persuade donors. Here are a few compelling fundraising ideas!
Donors
When we say Crowdfunding, the crowd in this word are the donors. The crowd which believes in your cause and chooses to donate. You will be surprised to see the number of people that turn into donors. In the end, if you have enough donors, your fundraising campaign is a success.
Crowdfunding Fee
Different Crowdfunding platforms charge different crowdfunding fees. These fees include bank transfer charges, minimal service charges, etc. you can learn more about prices and fees here. ImpactGuru lets you start your fundraiser at 0-cost, learn more.
After going through these 5 basics yet very important terms about crowdfunding. You are all set to take it to another level. Start your fundraiser now.
Three Types Of Fundraisers You Should Start During Covid-19
Covid-19 has hit all of us hard. It has changed the way the world functions and most importantly, it has made all of us vulnerable. During these tough times, some people are more at risk than many of us. These are people who are living in low sanitary conditions, who live below the poverty line, and whose income is substantially low. These are the people who are already living in a hand to mouth situation. The need to start a fundraiser has never been bigger.
Here are three fundraisers that you can start now during the ‘Covid-19 outbreak’.
Medical Fundraiser
Covid-19 has increased the number of medically affected people. These unforeseen medical conditions have led to many deaths, as we know it. Financial funding could have saved a lot of underprivileged people who lost their lives. Covid-19 has affected people’s health. Therefore, starting a medical fundraiser for someone you know who is financially unable to get medical aid would help them. ImpactGuru is one of the top medical fundraising platforms in India. See how it works. It will help raise funds for a cause and in turn, the individual can overcome her difficulties.
Covid-19 has changed the education system. Schools are shut and classes are being conducted online but the fee remains the same. For people who work around us, drivers, watchmen, cleaners are already struggling to pay their children’s fees. It is almost impossible for them to afford a laptop or a smartphone for online classes. Due to insufficient funds, their children are deprived of basic education. You can start an education fundraiser to raise funds for electronics used in educating them. ImpactGuru lets you start a fundraiser at 0-cost, here is how to get started.
NGO Fundraiser
If you are part of an NGO, you already have a few causes to start a fundraiser for. Covid-19 has made it difficult for NGOs to personally interact and raise donations. Starting a fundraiser for your NGO on ImpactGuru can help raise awareness and funds. This will also help the NGO grow on an online platform Here are some great ideas to start a fundraiser.
Fundraising is a platform that brings a community together for a common cause. Check out frequently asked questions about crowdfunding to get you going.
