charity: water -- if I did a campaign, would anyone donate?
charity: water is the best charity I have so far seen. 100% (100%!) of donated money goes straight to building infrastructure or finding other ways to provide clean water to a village, school, clinic, etc. You can visit the wells, etc, built, or check them on Google maps, and receive a report that shows exactly where your money went and provides stories/pictures as proof.
This is for their September 2011 campaign which is obviously over, but you can still do all the things they talk about like donating birthdays, marathons, etc. What I like about this video is it shows you exactly what they're about:
This one is about the fallout from dirty/diseased water and how much can change with better accessibility to clean water:
What really got me on that video was the mention of women being sexually assaulted/harassed as they travel to get the water, and how more accessible water could help increase girl's attendance at school.
I would really like to start a campaign.
But here's my dilemma: if I do this, how high should I set my goal?
Would anyone of you donate to my campaign, even a few dollars? I only ask to gauge whether doing a straight donation campaign would work or if it would be better to consider another route. It would also help me gauge how high or modest of a goal I should realistically set.
If you don't feel comfortable answering that question or are so strapped for cash you can't donate even though you'd love to, I completely understand (although I'd still love to see a comment saying "Sorry, wish I could but I can't" so I have a good idea of what to expect). I'm honestly going into this assuming that next to no one would be able/willing to donate. This question is primarily to gather information so I can do the best campaign possible and to spread the word.
If you can't donate but want to support them, maybe you could start your own campaign or at least spread the word.
This is for their September 2011 campaign which is obviously over, but you can still do all the things they talk about like donating birthdays, marathons, etc. What I like about this video is it shows you exactly what they're about:
Click to viewThis one is about the fallout from dirty/diseased water and how much can change with better accessibility to clean water:
What really got me on that video was the mention of women being sexually assaulted/harassed as they travel to get the water, and how more accessible water could help increase girl's attendance at school.
I would really like to start a campaign.
But here's my dilemma: if I do this, how high should I set my goal?
Would anyone of you donate to my campaign, even a few dollars? I only ask to gauge whether doing a straight donation campaign would work or if it would be better to consider another route. It would also help me gauge how high or modest of a goal I should realistically set.
If you don't feel comfortable answering that question or are so strapped for cash you can't donate even though you'd love to, I completely understand (although I'd still love to see a comment saying "Sorry, wish I could but I can't" so I have a good idea of what to expect). I'm honestly going into this assuming that next to no one would be able/willing to donate. This question is primarily to gather information so I can do the best campaign possible and to spread the word.
If you can't donate but want to support them, maybe you could start your own campaign or at least spread the word.