Well the (still unofficial) results are in, and the Friends of Burkina Faso project, Lambs for School, ended up in the top four of the America's Giving Challenge. In a matter of five weeks--most of it in the last ten days--they raised $41,400 from 1,635 donors, meaning they will receive an additional $50,000. You can see the AGC leaderboard here.
Can we say WOOHOO!?
That the Friends of Burkina Faso successfully took advantage of an amazing opportunity is an impressive accomplishment, a testament to the Peace Corps community and a stellar example of the Third Goal in action.
It's also another example of the value and importance of the National Peace Corps Association to our affiliate groups and to individuals in the Peace Corps community.
NCPA worked with GlobalGiving for almost two years to develop a framework that would enable returned Peace Corps volunteer group projects to tap into new online resources far beyond what groups could do through the Peace Corps' partnership office or on their own. NPCA identified several groups--FoBF among them--to participate in a pilot of the program. Since then NPCA has heavily promoted this partnership and individual projects to our group leader listserv, the NPCA Facebook group Peace Corps Connect,in our monthly e-newsletter, on our website and numerous times on this blog.
Clearly the message got through to our community. And we're thrilled that these interlocking partnerships yielded such a wonderful result.
Keep up the good work! Without people like YOU, this world would have collapsed!
Posted by: Malene | April 22, 2008 at 06:38 AM