[Iyrp-gcg] IYRP fundraising

[Igshaan Samuels]

Dear IYRP GCG member

I hope you are doing well.

As the IYRP continues to gain strength (support, technical outputs, etc.)
as we move closer to 2026, we are still confronted with the two
large components we urgently need to address and improve on. These are
communications and fundraising (particularly at a global level).

A proposal is being presented here where there is an urgent need to develop
a global communications strategy to amongst others, reach people and
institutions that we normally do not interact with. We need to make the
IYRP circle bigger, if I may put it that way. For an effective
communications strategy, we need funds. We have approached many people
within the IYRP ISG who might be able to voluntarily  assist with
communications, but we understand, everyone has a limited capacity. While
few people have offered limited assistance, it is nowhere enough to get the
IYRP communications "machine" fully functional and to do what we want it to
do. As such, we need to have more people on board, and would have to
compensate them for their time, which we fully understand.

Prior to setting up a global communications team of volunteers and
appointed members, we need the communications strategy. Given that the
development of such a strategy will also require human resources, and
itself might be costly, we seeked the support of the Yolda Initiative, an NGO
based in Turkey, whose is led by Engin Yilmaz, who has been a very active
member within the various structures of the IYRP for some time now. This
would ensure that we have an in-house institution who understands what the
IYRP wants to achieve but also would be  more cost effective for the IYRP.
Yolda, who would have to use human resources to develop the
communications strategy, would have to cover their expenses, which we agree
with. Therefore, it is proposed that we embark on a crowdfunding campaign
to raise funds for the development of a global IYRP
communications strategy.

I, therefore, seek your opinion and endorsement of doing a crowdfunding
campaign to develop our communications strategy. It would be appreciated if
we can have your comments by 25 Sept 2023. The crowdfunding platform
suggested is *GoFundMe, *and those who have knowledge and experience of
this platform are encouraged to comment.

Once the strategy is developed, we will at our next GCG meeting, discuss an
extended fundraising campaign to fund the communications of the IYRP, which
would include approaching IYRP ISG members and
other philanthropic organizations.

Kind regards
Igshaan Samuels
IYRP ISG co-chair

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