SURF raise over £10,000 online in one month
Howard Lake | 12 May 2004 | News
Survivors Fund (SURF) raised over £10,000 online in April 2004 for the survivors
of the Rwandan genocide simply by linking to GiveNow.org, the online giving site run by AOL UK and CAF (Charities Aid Foundation).
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SURF placed the link to GiveNow.org on their site to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, where one million lives were lost in 100 days.
petition on www.survivors-fund.org but by donating online,” said SURF Director Mary Kayitesi Blewitt. “The money raised will be used to provide widows with free anti
retroviral medication, which will not only save lives but is vital for the economic regeneration of Rwanda itself.”
GiveNow.org will be celebrating its second anniversary on 1 July 2004. Over the past two years the Web site has helped raise “hundreds of thousands of pounds for good causes”, according to CAF.
As well as enabling charities to receive secure online donations GiveNow.org helps them to promote their cause by posting regular news stories about their work
and activities.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.