Foundations, Fundraising, and Philanthropy

From MobileGiving.org:

The Mobile Giving Foundation brings the power and reach of mobile phones to nonprofit organizations as a new fundraising and donor interaction mechanism. Through the Mobile Giving Foundation, non profits can leverage the ubiquity of mobile without the complexity, expand and cultivate a new base of givers and create permissive donor interaction.

Read about a project of the Mobile Giving Foundation on the MobileActive blog.

References / Past Projects

From MobileGiving.org:

Our goal is to enable the use of wireless resources and technology to support good causes by solving the organizational and operational barriers that currently prevent the mobile channel from being effectively used for fund raising and donor interaction by charitable organizations. Merging philanthropy with the power of the mobile medium serves the broader objective of expanding the pool of contributors to include those who might only be able to afford to make a small gift through a $5 or $10 charge collected through their carrier bill. In addition, we have found through past experience with emergency relief for Katrina and tsunami victims that the interactive dynamic of the medium with other marketing channels truly makes an impulse gift possible ? you can respond to a call to action immediately whether it is delivered at point of sale, on television, via print, etc.

PAMONet - the Pan African Mobile Activists Network - has a growing membership in ten African countries in East and Southern Africa and in Western Africa. PAMONet member organizations have been using mobile telephony for activism in relation to:

o Gender violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
o Environmental issues and tobacco control in Nigeria
o Monitoring human rights activities in Zambia

References / Past Projects

PAMONet - the Pan African Mobile Activists Network - is a network of civil society and technical experts from across Africa who are using mobile phone technology for social change.

The objectives of the network, as articulated by members:

o To provide a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences.
o To connect mobile telephony practitioners, developers, projects and products.
o To promote, facilitate and strengthen the use of mobile phones among practitioners and developers in creating positive social change.
o To raise awareness on available resources and the benefits of mobile activism.
o To ensure that interested individuals and organizations know when and how to use mobile technology in creating positive social change.
o To provide a platform for Pan-African solidarity incorporating capacity building, training and fundraising.
o To develop best practices and indicators in the implementation of mobile activism.
o To contribute to regional and continental policy on mobile technology distribution, cost and use.

PAMONet has a steering committee of seven members elected from various African countries and from all regions in Africa. Fahamu-Kenya coordinates the activities of the network from the Fahamu – Kenya office in Nairobi.

The network has a growing membership in ten African countries in East and Southern Africa and in Western Africa. PAMONet member organizations have been using mobile telephony for activism in relation to:

o Gender violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
o Environmental issues and tobacco control in Nigeria
o Monitoring human rights activities in Zambia

We are seeking new members interested in learning and sharing experiences in the use of mobile technologies for social activism. We are interested in organisations and individuals from all African countries, with particular interest in Botswana, Cameroon, Rwanda, Senegal, Egypt, Mali, Sierra Leone, Cote D’Ivoire, Namibia, Gabon, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Malawi, Djibouti and Somalia. To join the network, send an email to pamonet-list-subscribe@fahamu.org