MyPage is a tool which can be used by anyone to raise funds online from the global community of internet Users. It can be used from our website to raise money for a good cause that is close to your heart.
Innovative? How about asking your friends to donate to a selected charity or a NGO selected by you through your "MyPage" here instead of giving you the gifts on your Birthday or anniversary. Another attraction is the 50% tax break by all donations made in India.
Read ahead.
If you are an Individual
You may like to celebrate your birthday, wedding anniversary, school alumni dinner, first job, your Guru's Ashram, for Mumbai terror victims or even a kitty party in a special way by raising funds for a charity. And, you do not want to collect cheque / cash from your friends/ family personally. That can be embarrassing at time. MyPage is the way to go.
A. What can MyPage be used for
Imagination is the limit of the causes for which you could raise money :
- For a sick family member, friend or a poor person whom you wish to help.
- For a disaster cause eg a victim family of Mumbai terrorist attack.
- For a charity or a NGO for a cause close to your heart.
B. How to raise funds using MyPage
Imagine on your wedding day you request your friends & family to donate online to your chosen charity instead of giving you gifts. Not only your marriage will be blessed, you would have made a difference to someone's life.
Besides your own MyPage, how about raising funds for a sick family member or friend, ask a relevant NGO to add the request as one of their donation options on our website. Go ahead and raise money and route it for the treatment of your family member or friend or anyone else.
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For your birthday: It's your birthday, but you're not interested in the usual gifts. Instead, set up an MyPage and tell friends and family to donate there to make your birthday special. Or instead of getting more dolls, games, and toys for your children who already have everything, use MyPage to teach them that the joy of giving can be as good as the pleasure of receiving.
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If you're getting married: The big day is around the corner and everything is planned down to the last detail. The only thing you can't possibly plan for is what gifts you'll receive - from tea sets, to crystal vases, to silver coins - your new home will be flooded with things you may not like or need. How about making the start of your life together, a chance for someone in need to have a chance at a better life. Set up an MyPage to accept gifts on your behalf and rest assured, your marriage will be blessed.
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Create a web page on our site ( It is very simple and menu driven and you just have to fill in details) describing that you wish to celebrate by raising funds for a charity instead of getting gifts. You can describe the charity and the beneficiary too which could be a child with terminal illness, mid day meals for poor or whatever. We will facilitate all this.
Now invite all your friends and family members worldwide to come and donate online here. Send them the link (Say www.karmicfoundation.org/MyPage/MyCancerChild). Advertise in Orkut, Facebook and blogs too.
Once you are through and have raised enough cash ( you can monitor it online on our website), we will donate the money to a NGO/Charity of your choice. You can then get in touch with them to encourage them and enjoy the joys of giving when you meet them.
If you are a NGO
While we do promote the causes of our NGOs, here is an opportunity for the NGO to be directly involved in fund raising even more for themselves specifically. This opens up a new world of thousands of donors whom you can reach out to directly without any paperwork or costly mailers NGOs can ask regular donors and supporters to set up a MyPage for a specific project of the NGO. Promote your MyPages you a global community of donors. The fund raising coul be for anything from buying new equipment for school lab, renovating classrooms, improving a clinic.
This could also be for various crisis eg Mumbai terror victims, Bihar floods, major surgeries for someone or any other emergencies.
How does it work
Set up your own MyPage by simply filling in a few details, such as your reason for raising funds, how much you wish to raise etc. Once done, you need to do is send the link to people you know, from supporters to friends and relatives; and they can learn about your fundraising motives and support you by donating through your page.
Go to "Create a MyPage" which will take you through step-by-step to create the MyPage. Alternatively, we will create it for you.
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Share with others why, for whom and how much money you wish to collect. Including personal photographs as well as inspiring messages will motive others to donate (Please keep a 100*100 resolution image ready). Preview your page, make changes, if required, and create the page.
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