Challenge will award four NGOs with a million reals. Voting period began on April 29.
A Together.com.vc, a nonprofit organization that allows the financing of social projects is among the ten finalists of the Google Brasil Social Impact Challenge. The challenge has already happened in two other countries. In India it was a success, won over 500,000 votes and the winning project, through popular vote, was the “Integrated water and sanitation system to support health villages”, which aimed to improve water quality in some locations. The challenge also happened in England. Here in Brazil is the first time and four NGOs will receive one million reais for the work performed and popular choice.
A Together uses a crowdfunding platform to make projects, designed by NGOs and social entrepreneurs, come true with the financial help of people and companies who identify with the causes. The institution is the link between those who want to donate and those who need it most. The NGO provides a consulting focused on “how to get donations” to the institutions, with support for formatting the project and building communication strategies, so that the project is successful and can happen.
In less than two years, the institution has already raised more than 890 thousand reais for 66 projects and has the largest donation and successful projects media in Brazil. It is about 200 reais per donor and approximately 80%, respectively. Besides, no commission is charged since, we believe that any value makes a difference for a project to happen.
Now, participating in the Google Social Impact Challenge, a Together.com.vc hopes to achieve, increasingly, the objective of the institution: to encourage and stimulate the culture of donation in Brazil. And with the million-dollar prize, you will be able to help and give more visibility to projects that generate social impact.
Remembering that the vote is only until today, May 8th, on the link: http://bit.ly/1qi3gXg
