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គន្លឹះនិងមេរៀនដែលបានរៀន

Nguzo Africa will repackage Nguzo Social Enterprise of planting trees near schools, and sell it as a product to the county government, business community and local farmers.                   
Nguzo Africa is organising a dinner for local leaders, professionals, large scale farmers and the business community to support the initiative. When organising an event like this you have to take into account the costs of publicity materials, media attention, location bookings, etc. After all it costs money to raise funds and you have to budget for this.                    
Local professionals and business people should be made aware of the importance of giving back to the community. And don´t forget to give them proper recognition when they do donate. Personalised thank you letters, awards and maybe even their names linked to the initiative are some good ideas.                   
And finally: call regular community meetings to share the project outputs. With stakeholders share prompt and transparent financial and project status reports. This will encourage people to support your future projects.                   

ត្រួតពិនិត្យដោយមូលនិធិ Wilde Ganzen

Nguzo Africa tried to get matching resources from a local development institution and found this to be very difficult. This fundraising campaign taught them how important it is to involve the local community, local leaders, and local businesses in your activities. If you inform them well and continue to do so, if you give them proper appreciation and recognition when they support you, you may not even need institutional support in order to fund your projects. Nguzo Africa is making a strong plea for local fundraising and obviously learned a lot from this experience too; see their ´Tips and lessons learned´.