We connect donors to frontline African NGOs to maximise their impact. In that way we support African-led projects.
For example, with a €1,116 raised in our first campaign, the lives of 100 men, women and children were improved, meaning: Income of women increased by using climate-friendly ovens in Ghana. And children and youth have been supported with an extra year in school in Kenya.
iMPACT direct is a new initiative. As we grow, we also strive to grow our contribution to a balanced collaboration between northern and southern NGOs, and strengthening civil societies in Africa, starting with Ghana and Kenya.
Reliability: At our website we stage projects from carefully selected NGOs for you to directly support quality projects. The NGOs publish updates about their work and report about the impact of your donation, unfiltered and unedited.
More value for every donated euro: You select the project you want to donate to; we transfer 95% of your donation directly to the NGO. That saves costs of middlemen and makes sure a maximum amount will be used for improving lives.
Increased impact: Donations are unconditional. That means that the NGOs themselves decide on how they will spend the donations. As they know best what is needed on the ground and come up with the solutions that are locally build, owned and sustained.
“Today my grandson was born. And it reminded me how well-off we are in the Netherlands. That’s why I decided to donate.”
“I am passionate about developing social solutions with the people concerned and – as a team – realising our ideas. This can be a sports project with teen girls and the municipality in my hometown or developing a social business idea with international reach.”
“With an educational background in international development cooperation and years of experience in the sector, I was looking for alternatives for those things within the development sector that need to be improved in order to create equal collaboration and thus projects and teams creating (more) impact.
That’s how the idea of iMPACT direct started. Together with Richard and Isaac we developed a first prototype – that attracted our first expert volunteers, participating NGOs and donors. Now we’re working of professionalising iMPACT direct and we hope that soon we can stage more projects in more countries and thus make more impact!”
“I am a serial entrepreneur and have supported many entrepreneurs, companies, and NGOs in their early start-up to become sustainable entities. Both in industrialised and developing countries with a special focus on diaspora and youth entrepreneurs(hip).”
“I truly believe, and I am convinced that people who continue to develop themselves are best equipped to make a sustainable difference towards more equitable societies. As such my focus area has always been in capacity development of individuals, organisations, partnerships and networks, aiming at achieving positive impact within their communities.
I have a passion for business development, while putting social impact at the forefront of everything that I do. I do not believe in quick-fit solutions, but always seek to develop capacity and train others to pay it forward.
After years of doing this in Europe, I am now doing this in Africa. Being part of iMPACT direct is a natural course in my journey of contributing towards a sustainable equitable society.”
“I am born and bred in a rural village on the foot of Mount Kenya. As an experienced and successful social entrepreneur with a background in international relations and community development, I hold expertise in implementing and executing creative solutions to solve social problems.”
“What’s more, I am a solid leader who is highly analytical and strong at developing, planning, and implementing comprehensive strategies to achieve goals and objectives that lead to measurable results.
I have a strong drive and passion to improve the lives of others, and especially those on the lower end of the periphery in the society. I am particularly interested in co-creating social initiatives with a high added value for different social groups, with a special focus on sustainable development, believing that a meaningful and lasting change can only happen when various institutions work closely together. Moreover, I personally think that solutions designed in the North may not work on the ground in the South because of the differences in culture and social fabric. Hence, the unwavering commitment to this noble project.”
“I am passionate about making development work for all. As such, I believe that people-centred policies are fundamental to achieving lasting solutions to complex issues. Solutions that must be jointly created with the local community.”
“The local community facing the hardship and are frequently the first to respond during a crisis. Create solutions together with the international experts who are providing relief.
With more than a decade of first-hand experiences with the intricates of development financing and public policy in an interconnected world, the inclusion of aid donation recipients in the decision-making process balances power and subsequent quality of the decisions. Connecting donors to donation recipients also ensure overall ownership and sustainability of the policies. Being part of iMPACT direct is a natural progression towards a fairer, collaborative global community where we disrupt the systems by replacing North decision-makers for NGO’s led by those with significant understanding of the realities on the ground”.
iMPACT direct gives you the opportunity to support a cause you believe in directly. Not through INGOs or small private initiatives.
But why donate to African-led NGOs directly? It creates more impact for less budget. And local NGOs can react to immediate or changing needs much faster.
What’s also new: donations through iMPACT direct are unconditional.
And the updates and reports of the NGOs at our website will not be edited or filtered.
With iMPACT direct, 95% of the donations go directly to NGOs.
And that is a lot!
In comparison to:
Note: The remaining 5% of your donation through iMPACT direct, will be used for website costs, financial system costs and transfer costs. During this pilot the entire team works on a voluntary basis (though we are professionals).
The iMPACT direct website stages professional African-led projects that are improving lives in their communities. Making a big difference with small budgets.
These are our selection criteria:
Participating NGOs:
After NGOs applied through an application survey, selection of NGOs is done by an expert in the country. Currently, we work in Ghana and Kenya only. As we grow, we hope to also start working in other countries.
We are now open for applications from more NGOs from Ghana and Kenya. Fill in the application form before 22 February 2021.
Of course! This works exactly the same way as for individual donors.
If you do want to tell the world about your donation, let us know at info@impactdirect.eu or via our social media channels and we can share your update!
Unconditional means that the NGOs themselves decide on how they will spend the donations. As they have the knowledge and expertise and know best what is needed on the ground and come up with the solutions that are locally build, owned and sustained.
They are experienced NGOs with excellent records of making impact in the places they work. That’s why they were selected in the first place.
For example, donations can be used as start-up capital to small businesses of women in fisheries in Ghana, or toward school fees for secondary-school students in Kenya, or they could go toward staff costs – because hiring professionals for the job requires money too.
NGOs will share the project donations are collected for, updates and a report on how they spent the donations, directly on the website; unfiltered and unedited.
To get to know if we’re making the impact we envision, we:
As a starting initiative, we use all these learnings to quickly learn, adapt and improve.
If you have suggestions or ideas for improvement, please let us know at info@impactdirect.eu!
We started iMPACT direct in April 2020 with €0 budget! Expertise and time to test our idea were donated, by website developers, a legal expert, communications experts and the team!
We want to test our idea: do donors like it, do NGOs like it, and can we take first steps towards the change that we envision?
We want to provide an alternative for both donors and African-led NGOs. We want to support civil society in Africa, because times are hard on civil society, yet NGOs are a vital power claiming human rights in a system shared with (multinational) companies and governmental institutions.
The basic features we test during the pilot are:
As we grow, we plan to present more NGOs from more African countries on our website.
And we need your feedback to be able to improve! Please, let us know yours at info@impactdirect.eu!
In 2021 we will plan for three campaigns and develop, prototype and develop specific aspects of our idea further, with the help of one or more funds:
The donation button refers you to Bunq Bank. Here you can easily pay with iDEAL, credit card, Sofort or Bancontact.
For manual transfers inside the European Union, you use:
NL37 BUNQ 2044 8290 45
to Stichting iMPACT direct
From outside the European Union, you can easily donate via a bank transfer to our TransferWise account in your own currency.
When doing a manual transfer, please indicate the NGO you want to support. Otherwise, we will split the donation into four equal parts for each organisation.
For Euros choose:
iMPACT direct
BE21 9671 0967 1903
Bank code (SWIFT / BIC): TRWIBEB1XXX
Address: TransferWise Europe SA, Avenue Marnix 13-17, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
For British Pound choose:
iMPACT direct
Account number: 66314087
IBAN (to receive GBP from UK only): GB63 TRWI 2314 7066 3140 87
UK sort code: 23-14-70
Address: TransferWise, 56 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6JJ, United Kingdom
For US dollars choose:
iMPACT direct
Account number: 8310677028
Wire transfer number: 026073008
Bank code (SWIFT / BIC): CMFGUS33.
Routing number (ACH or ABA): 026073150.
Address: TransferWise, 19 W 24th Street, New York, 10010, United States
Note: We’re working on a PayPal button for people outside the European Union and to allow for regular donations.
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