Charities have been using Social Media as a way of spreading the word about the great things they do and help get exposure for their future activities. A good example of this is the “justgiving” pages people are able to add to their Facebook pages to help raise money for charity.
More often than not social media has been used to raise money by people who then do activities like marathons and sky dives but Christian Aid has seen an opportunity to use social media as the activity rather than just a communication tool.
Christian Aid’s Twitter QuizAid
The Twitter Quiz launches Christian Aid’s annual fundraiser, Quizaid which takes place between 13 and 19 September and aims to raise £230,000 for Christian Aid’s work with communities in 50 of the world’s poorest countries.
The Twitter QuizAid is a live Quiz that takes place over Twitter, with comedian Omid Djalili being this year’s official Quizaid Master. He had this to say about the event:
Twitter is the perfect way to get thousands of people quizzing at the same time, no matter where in the UK they are. The challenge will be to keep the questions under 140 characters. There are no prizes, just the glory of beating your friends, family or work colleagues.
Anyone can get involved in the Twitter Quiz and also set up their own own QuizAid event at home, work, school or in their local pub by simply applying for a free Quizaid pack online at www.christianaid.org.uk/quizaid. The pack includes the quiz questions and answers and everyone who enters a quiz makes a donation.
The money raised will help change the lives of some of the world’s poorest communities. £2 could buy four school books for children in Burundi, £12 could pay for six months of school fees for one child displaced by conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and £29 could pay for a year’s supply of stationery and uniforms for a child orphaned as a result of HIV in South Africa.
So whatever you’re up to, log on to Omid’s Twitter account, get your brain into gear and get quizzical!
More news to come at Christian Aid’s online PressRoom.
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Social media has been a great fund raising solution now a days since it gives exposure to the people all over the world…facebook,twitters are now a days a great help in getting funds…they are sometimes the best techniques to get the funds raise higher than anything…
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