By Anna Irvin | Project Leader
Dear Supporters and Donors,
Last year, your generous donations and support enabled KHRP's project to secure a permanent place on the Global Giving network by raising nearly £3,000 for our project Access to Justice for Women in the Kurdish Regions. Since then, we have have posted a new project helping 1000’s of people affected by the construction of the Ilısu Dam in Turkey.
This month, the US site www.GlobalGiving.org is back with a new challenge, with $100,000 available in matching funds to be awarded to projects. Running from Oct 12, 2010 between 12:00 am and Oct 21, 2010 11:59 pm EDT (GMT-4) or until matching funds run out, it will match all donations at 30%, 40%, or 50%.
The match percentage is based on the size of the donation so the bigger the donation, the more they will match it with (see below)
Donation Size –> Percentage Match
$10 – $499 –> 30%
$500 – $999 –> 40%
$1,000 – $2,500 –> 50%
Matching is applied up to $2,500 per donor per project, and in addition to the match, GlobalGiving is offering a $1,000 bonus to the project that raises the most funds between Oct 12-21 and a $1,000 bonus to the project that receives donations from the most individual donors! So every donation made, large or small, could help us to reach the bonus amounts. With no administration fee being charged, all of the money raised will go to the charity.
If you’d like to take part and help the project to get more for your money, click on the links above and make a donation to project of your choice.
“We were overwhelmed by the support that we receive last year and impressed by how people dug deep to help these projects,” said Managing Director Rachel Bernu. “The situation for women across the Kurdish regions, and the prospect of the damage to human rights and the environment that the Ilisu Dam will bring, are 2 areas of key concern to the KHRP, and this challenge comes at a much-needed time as funding for charities is scarce”.
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