# SURF raise over £10,000 online in one month

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/05/12/surf-raise-over-10000-online-one-month/
- Published: 2004-05-12T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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).
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.

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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

 

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