Record Numbers and Global Winners at This Year's IFC

An organisation which champions poverty reduction strategies and natural resource management — Living Earth, Uganda — won the Big Idea, Small Budget Global Award. The judging panel (made up of five eminent fundraising professionals) cited it as “an excellent example of mobilizing local resources in what has developed into a thriving local enterprise”. And the Innovative Fundraising Campaign Award went to a Diakoni, Frankfurt — an organisation which helps people living with disability, in isolation or facing other life crises. The judges described this campaign as “inspirational” and “creating an emotional connection which everyone can connect to.”