Fundraising in Emerging Markets: Challenges and Opportunities

In Brazil and Colombia, for example, volunteers on motor scooters have been used to pick up donations from pledgers. In the Czech Republic, one nonprofit overcame the lack of mailing lists by volunteers delivering appeals door-to-door in middle-class neighbourhoods. Internet giving portals also are providing ways of making it easier for donors to give — and connecting communities across the globe. In the last few years, a number of giving platforms have been launched to encourage philanthropy in and toward specific countries — for example Conexión Colombia and Reconnect in the Philippines.