Raising Funds for the Kianh Foundation

As a non-profit organisation, the Kianh Foundation relies solely on voluntary donations to continue its projects at Hoi An Orphanage. Our achievements to date have been down to the kindness and generosity of our supporters.

We therefore desperately need your help to maintain, and hopefully develop and increase, our projects at Hoi An Orphanage.

Fundraising Resources

The following resources have been produced to raise awareness of our work and assist fundraising activities. These can be viewed, or downloaded, by clicking on the links below:

Information Sheet
Leaflet
PowerPoint Presentation

We have also put together the following information to help you to raise money to support our ongoing work.

JustGiving

We’ve teamed up with Justgiving.com, the UK’s leading online fundraising website, so you can donate and raise funds for us online. The service can be used by anyone, anywhere in the world with internet access and a credit or debit card. Using Justgiving saves us costs and reduces our admin burden, so going online is by far the most efficient way of supporting us.

It’s easy to make a single or monthly donation with a credit or debit card online - all you need to do is click the following link:

Justgiving automatically reclaims 28% tax on every donation from a UK taxpayer, and pays your donation directly to us at the end of every week, and the site is 100% secure.

Justgiving also makes it easy to raise money: you can create an online fundraising page in minutes to collect donations for any sponsored event or appeal. See the examples of recent Kianh Foundation fundraising events below. You can create your own fundraising page for any event by clicking the link below:

Fundraising pages are just like paper sponsorship forms, except they’re online, so you don’t have to traipse around collecting cash and cheques. Simply personalise your page with a photo and message and email the web address to all your contacts. Friends, family, work colleagues and anyone else, from anywhere in the world, can then make a donation using your page. You can create a fundraising page for absolutely anything. You could get sponsored to run, swim, cycle, get fit, grow a moustache or have your head shaved. The only limit is your imagination.

The Justgiving widget

This is a mini version of an online fundraising page which fundraisers can put anywhere online, from blogs to web pages (See the examples below). It’s a great new way for your supporters to spread the word about their fundraising page. You can find more information here.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions, or need any help, you can contact the Justgiving helpdesk on 0845 021 2110 or helpdesk@justgiving.com Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm.

For more information, please visit their website at Justgiving.com

Kianh Foundation Fundraising Events

Andrew Horne and Rob Hankey cycled from Big Ben in London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris on 6 June 2007. Paul Hadfield, Steve Allan, Tricia Moore, Stephen Trimble, Nigel Owen and Gareth Leece from Manx Telecom recently completed a trek to the Atlas Mountain Range in Morocco.

German friends Dorothee Schallner and Monika Becher (who lives in Norway) have set up a German and Norwegian fundraising page to support our work.

Anna and Freya Morton climbed Mount Fuji in Japan on 6 July.

These people generously gave up their time, and spent their own money, to help raise valuable funds for our work. We are extremely grateful to them.

Click on the adverts below to learn more about these events, and to make an immediate, secure, online donation.

Fundraising Hints and Tips

Here are Justgiving's top Hints & Tips to help you raise successfully online.

1. Personalise your page

Make your page as compelling as possible by adding your own photograph and text. Make sure your page communicates the reason you have chosen to raise money, and why you believe your chosen charity deserves support. Be creative!

2. Email your family and close friends first

Before sending an email to your entire address book, asking your closest friends and family to donate first. An empty page can be a little intimidating, so do make sure to capture a couple of donations before contacting your entire list of potential sponsors. People tend to match the amounts already listed on the page, so do target your most generous supporters first!

3. Tell everyone you know

Email your family, friends and colleagues with a link to your page, but don't forget other groups of potential supporters: former colleagues, old school and college friends, fellow members of a church, club or PTA — you may be surprised how many would like to sponsor you. Encourage them all to pass on the message to anyone else who might support your chosen charity.

Also think of those people living in different parts of the UK or abroad. The Internet is global — so make the most of it!

4. Contact your local media

Publicity in the local media can be an invaluable fundraising tool. A few lines in the local paper, or an appeal for sponsorship on your local radio station, can yield amazing results. With Justgiving, attracting sponsorship couldn't be easier — readers and listeners can simply visit your page and sponsor you direct.

The best way to get some publicity is by sending out a press release. To give you a helping hand, we've created a mock release in MS Word format to give you an idea of how yours might look. Click here to download the mock release. There are some tips on how to customise your press release on page two.

5. Keep your page updated and email your friends — again

Be persistent. It takes more than one round of emails to reach one's target. Encourage people to re-visit your page by regularly updating it. Change your picture, post updates on your progress and, if you are taking part in a sporting event, keep a training diary. Let supporters know how much you've raised so far. An email update is interesting for those who've already supported you and a nudge for those who haven't. You know what it's like - people mean to donate, but sometimes they don't quite get round to it on the first request.

6. Use your own email as well as the facility on the page

Because you are already familiar with your own email system, you can set up groups and you'll be able to send more emails at once than you can via your sponsorship page. Some of your potential supporters may feel more comfortable opening an email that comes from you personally through an email address they recognise.

7. Change your email signature at work and/or at home

After your name and title etc, add a line at the bottom including the address of your web page. This will raise awareness of your event and ensure every email you send has the potential to prompt a donation.

8. Communicate what a donation will buy

Let your supporters know what their donation will buy for your chosen charity. It is more compelling to tell someone £10 will buy a school desk, or £20 will restore someone's sight, than to ask people to support a generic cause. You will find this information on many charity websites. If not, contact your charity and ask.

9. Put a notice up in your gym, church, college, children's school, etc.

Don't just rely on email. A simple poster asking people to visit your fundraising page can reach people whose email address you don't have. You might also consider printing some flyers to hand out to people when you see them.

10. Ask to be on your company's website

See if your company would be prepared to add your web address to its public website or private intranet. Many companies like to promote the charitable and public-spirited efforts of their staff and you could get a lot of extra donations from this. Some companies may even offer a "matched giving" scheme where they offer to match any amounts you have raise, so this action could help you reach your target even faster.

11. Personalise your thank-you email

When you create your page, you have the opportunity to personalise the thank-you message each donor automatically receives. In addition to expressing your thanks, use this opportunity to ask supporters to pass on your web address to anyone else who might be interested in sponsoring you.

If you have already created your page, you can log in to your account to personalise the thank-you message at any time.

12. Keep fundraising after your event

Some 20 per cent of all donations through Justgiving come in after people have completed their fundraising event. So don't stop fundraising once you've cross the finish line. Update your page and email your supporters with news of your success. Remind those who haven't yet donated to do so, and ask others to donate again in recognition of your achievement.

13. Use our local rate telephone number – 0845 021 2110 (UK Residents only)

Add this to any email or press release you send out, just in case people have difficulties donating. Our helpdesk is available Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm to answer any queries you or any of your sponsors may have.