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Is Save the Children missing a trick with Kroo Bay?

Submitted by simoncollings on 25 June, 2008 - 08:41.

If you can’t take donors to see your programme 'in the field', then perhaps creating a virtual experience is a substitute.
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Could volunteer tourism be a part of your stewardship strategy?

Submitted by simoncollings on 24 June, 2008 - 10:09.

One of the ways NGOs in developing countries mobilise resources for their work is through attracting paying volunteers to spend time with them.
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MBA students can be a resource for NGOs

Submitted by simoncollings on 23 June, 2008 - 16:54.

I have just returned from Hyderabad in India where Resource Alliance is partnering with ICFAI Business School (www.ibsindia.org)to establish a foundation course in fundraising for NGOs in the South of
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Dental tourism anyone?

Submitted by simoncollings on 20 June, 2008 - 04:01.

Many people from the Gulf travel to India to get their teeth seen to - the way Brits go to Poland. Treatment can take several weeks involving a number of visits to the dentist.
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Understanding diaspora philanthropy

Submitted by simoncollings on 13 June, 2008 - 15:08.

Last month the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium held a conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the subject of diaspora philanthropy. The specific focus is on giving by Asians to Asia.
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More on philanthropy in China

Submitted by simoncollings on 6 June, 2008 - 14:56.

The latest issue of Alliance Magazine has an interesting piece by Olga Alexeeva of Charities Aid Foundation on civil society and philanthropy in China:
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Interesting times for civil society in China

Submitted by simoncollings on 6 June, 2008 - 10:57.

The past few years have seen the Chinese government slowly relaxing its controls on social enterprise and voluntary action.
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Telefacing - could it work for you?

Submitted by simoncollings on 5 June, 2008 - 15:03.

Anup Tiwari of UNICEF has been pioneering a donor acquisition technique in India which combines telemarketing and face to face.
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Raising funds from the Filipino diaspora

Submitted by simoncollings on 28 May, 2008 - 11:38.

Reconnect (www.reconnect.org.ph) is a giving portal launched last year in the Philippines. The aim of the site is to link NGOs in that country with the huge Filipino diaspora around the world.
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Are you a 'luxury' NGO brand?

Submitted by simoncollings on 25 May, 2008 - 15:21.

According to Andrain Lee of Asia Pay 80% of consumers of luxury brands expect the companies behind those brands to have high standards of social responsibility.
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