October 2009 Archives

The African Well Fund is hoping to win one of the daily prizes in America's Giving Challenge. To win, AWF must get the highest number of unique donations between 3 p.m. ET today, Oct. 22, and 2:59 p.m. ET tomorrow, Oct. 23, to its Facebook Causes page. The cause with the highest number of unique donations for the day will earn $1,000; the cause with the second-highest number of unique donations will earn $500.

You can help AWF win the daily challenge by making a minimum $10 donation and spreading the word to your family and friends through Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites today and tomorrow. Last week, 22 supporters donated $495 to AWF during the 24-hour challenge period and dozens more spread the word about the challenge online.

Supporters are limited to making one donation per day in the challenge. You don't have to belong to Facebook to make a donation.

AWF will be competing for the daily prize from Thursday at 3 p.m. ET to Friday at 2:59 p.m. Eastern time each week until America's Giving Challenge ends on Nov. 6. The cause that gets the highest number of unique donations during the course of the challenge will earn $50,000; $25,000 will be awarded to the cause who receives the second-highest number of donations. AWF currently ranks 131 out of the 6,195 causes entered in the challenge.

For more information on America's Giving Challenge, click here. To visit AWF's Facebook Causes page, click here. To follow AWF on Twitter, click here.

The African Well Fund is still participating in America's Giving Challenge, hoping to win one of the daily prizes between 3 p.m. ET each Thursday and 2:59 p.m. ET each Friday until the challenge ends on Friday, Nov 6.

During the daily challenge period that ended Oct. 16 at 2:59 p.m. ET, 22 AWF supporters donated $495. Thanks to additional donations made over the weekend, AWF now ranks 101 out of the 5,621 causes entered in the challenge. Dozens of supporters around the world have also been spreading the word about the challenge through their Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.

To help AWF win one of the daily prizes in America's Giving Challenge, make a donation and tell your friends between 3 p.m. ET each Thursday and 2:59 p.m. each Friday until Nov. 6. AWF will next compete for the daily fundraising prize Oct. 22-23.

America's Giving Challenge, a partnership between Causes, a Facebook initiative, the Case Foundation and Parade magazine, is not focused on how much money nonprofits can raise but on how successful they are at building collective action and inspiring people to donate to their cause. To succeed, the goal is to get as many unique daily donations as possible to the cause each day. Supporters don't have to have a Facebook account to donate and can donate a minimum of $10 each day of the challenge.

To learn more about America's Giving Challenge, click here. To visit AWF's Facebook Causes page, click here. To follow AWF on Twitter, click here.

Causes, a Facebook initiative, the Case Foundation and Parade magazine have teamed up for America's Giving Challenge, a 30-day national competition that encourages people to leverage their personal networks and online social media to help their favorite nonprofit win cash awards. The African Well Fund is taking part in the challenge and is asking supporters to make donations and spread the word about the challenge today and tomorrow, Oct. 15-16.

Through the challenge, cash awards will be given to the causes that generate the highest number of unique daily donations until 2:59pm EST on Friday, Nov. 6. One $50,000 prize will be awarded to the cause with the highest total number of unique daily donations during the course of the challenge and one $25,000 prize will be awarded to the cause with the next-highest total number of unique daily donations. Prizes of $10,000 will be awarded to the next five causes with the highest total number of unique daily donations over the challenge.

There will also be two daily awards every day of the challenge--$1,000 to the cause with the most unique donations that day and $500 to the cause with the second-highest number of unique donations that day. Daily awards begin at 3 p.m. ET and run through 2:59 p.m. ET the following day. AWF is hoping to win one of the daily prizes and is asking supporters to make donations between 3 p.m. ET today, Oct. 15 and 2:59 p.m. ET tomorrow, Oct. 16. Supporters can also help AWF reach this goal by sharing AWF's cause link through Facebook, Twitter, blogs and other social media outlets.

The Giving Challenge is not focused on how much money nonprofits can raise but on how successful they are at building collective action and inspiring people to donate to their cause. To succeed, the goal is to get as many unique daily donations as possible to the cause each day. Supporters don't have to have a Facebook account to donate and can donate a minimum of $10 each day of the challenge.

For more information on America's Giving Challenge, click here. To visit African Well Fund's Facebook Causes page, click here. To follow African Well Fund on Twitter, click here.

The African Well Fund took part in the first U2 Academic Conference, held last weekend at North Carolina Central University in Durham. U2 fans from around the world came to the conference to sit in on 19 sessions where 37 papers were presented, as well as listen to speeches and check out films including "It Might Get Loud" and "U2 3D"

African Well Fund presented the break-out session "A River in a Time of Dryness" at the conference on Saturday and Sunday. Katelyn Brewer, West Africa region program manager, and Tina Musoke, media relations manager, represented Africare at the sessions. AWF and Africare also had tables at the conference, passing out literature and telling attendees about the work the organizations do in Africa.

Speakers at the conference included Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone contributing editor and author of "In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and Work," and Neil McCormick, Daily Telegraph music critic and author of "Killing Bono"/"I Was Bono's Doppelganger." Both DeCurtis and McCormick signed books that will be included in AWF's upcoming Got Water? online auction.

The conference was mentioned by Bono during U2's concert at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh and U2.com's write up of the show. Local media also covered the event, with AWF board Vice Chairman Diane Yoder interviewed by The Herald-Sun.

Photos from the U2 Academic Conference weekend can be viewed on AWF's Flickr.