Tagged: africa

August 24, 2013 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

SunFunder, has successfully funded their single largest crowdfunded loan to date raising $25,000 for SunnyMoney’s solar schools campaign in Tanzania.  The project was dubbed Solar for 4500 students raised the money from 173 contributors.  The loan term was structured for repayment in 12 months via… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 4:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Take a versatile wi-fi hotspot, build it to withstand everything the outdoors could toss at it and give it enough backup power to withstand a minor blackout. You’d be holding a BRCK. The BRCK works much the way your cell phone does, by intelligently and… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 4:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Millions of people in Africa suffer in pain from terminal illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer with too few medical workers trained in palliative care and pain management to care for them. FHSSA has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for up to five… Read More

January 10, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By AllAfrica.com  |  

Colleen Wainwright wanted to do something big for her birthday, so she challenged herself to raise $50,000 in 50 days for WriteGirl!, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that empowers girls through self-expression. By the eve of her birthday, Wainwright had raised $61,517. How did she do… Read More

December 11, 2012 @ 3:00 am By Jennifer James, Babble  |  

Have you heard of Catapult? It’s a new crowdfunding web site where all dollars donated go specifically to programs that benefit women and girls; not to overhead or salaries, but to the specific programs you choose to donate to. I have been periodically giving to projects in… Read More