Facebook Holiday Drive
A lot has been made in the last year about the successes of Facebook and Twitter as modes of communication–and not just for meaningless communication, but the type that can empower change. Organizations like Charity: Water have very effectively utilized this powerful form of spreading a message of hope.
We at Daraja Academy would like to step up our own involvement in Social Networking this holiday season by initiating a Facebook Holiday Drive. The concept is simple: my name is Mark Lukach, I am a board member for the school, and I have 500 friends on Facebook. If I am able to convince each of those 500 friends to donate just $5 over the next month, then I will raise $2,500, which is enough to sponsor a student at Daraja for an entire year of school. Our first academic year has finished, and for the remaining weeks of 2009 our administration in Kenya will be eagerly conducting admissions interviews to find 25 new girls to add to the Daraja family. While they are hard at work, I figure that I can be doing my part here in the United States, by updating my Facebook status, tweeting about Daraja, and in general, spreading the Daraja message–to involve more people in our social web.
Just by reading this blog post, you are already taking part. If you have your own Facebook account, go get busy! Below are a list of things you can do to help promote our Facebook Holiday Drive through Facebook:
-Become a Facebook fan of Daraja. Doing so will add updates from Daraja to your facebook news stream–a great way to stay updated on campus happenings, as well as how our Holiday Drive is going. (You will probably be prompted to log-in when you click on the link.)
-Check out and join our Facebook Causes Page. This is Ground Zero for our Holiday Drive. It is here that you can donate to our holiday campaign. You can explore around, see who is donating, invite other friends to join the cause, add a “badge” to your own Facebook profile, and various other fun stuff.
-Update your own Facebook status, regularly, and encourage people to check out this blog post, so that they too can learn about the Holiday Drive and get involved. You are welcome to use this abbreviated link in order to direct traffic to this site:
You can also get involved via Twitter. Daraja is on Twitter, so you can follow us, Retweet us, mention us, and all those goodies. A great thing you can do via Twitter, similar to Facebook, is broadcast our campaign by sharing links and information about the school and the Holiday Drive.
Lastly, if you have your own blog, you are welcome to re-post this entire entry, so you can share it with your audience as well.
Thanks for your support of this Holiday Drive. Keep an eye on Facebook and Twitter for updates on how the Drive is progressing!
Tags: daraja, daraja academy, facebook, fundraising, holiday drive, kenya
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Dec 1st, 2009
