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If you’ve ever wondered how your non profit can get involved in mobile fundraising, this guide will give you a step by step breakdown of all the areas to consider.

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A tee from underground t-shirt website Threadless.com has raised over $90,000 for Haiti relief efforts according to the Threadless weekly video update. The Haiti tee was launched on Jan. 19 with the Creole phrase, “Men anpil chay pa lou” (Translation: “Many Hands Make the Load Lighter”). All proceeds from the $10 per shirt sales benefit the Red Cross.

By Kate Ausburn

On Tuesday January 12th, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The earthquake has destroyed the nations capital of Port-au-Prince including the Parliament building, the United Nations national headquarters, the hospital, the prison and many homes and businesses. Tens of thousands are dead and millions displaced in an event that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has described as the worst humanitarian crisis in decades.

Photo by IFRC.

The United Nations, who lost 46 staff members in the earthquake and have hundreds more still missing, are …

Type “Haiti” into Twitter, Facebook or Youtube and you soon encounter a message from @redcross sent at 05:38 GMT on Jan 13.
In less than 48 hours, the American Red Cross had received more than $35m in donations – including $8m directly from texts.
“This breaks all world records for a mobile giving campaign,” says their spokeswoman, Gloria Huang.
“It’s been incredible. People have donated more to Haiti than to Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami in Asia.
“And Twitter has played an extremely significant part.”

via news.bbc.co.uk

It’s that time of year when all us professional procrastinators scramble to make that donation we meant to give months ago — just in time to avoid the tax man (sort of). My donation will go to the brilliant volunteers and underpaid/overworked staff at Global Voices. I appeal to you to join me in giving to Global Voices.

tweetsgiving logoToday is Thanksgiving for those of us in the United States, but Nov. 24-26 is TweetsGiving everywhere. Tweetsgiving began last year by Epic Change, an organization that uses social media tools to amplify that stories of those in need. This year they aim to raise $100,000 in support of the same project run by “Mama Lucy,” which they raised 11k for last year. Proceeds will help build a classroom, library, dormitory/orphanage, and cafeteria.