How crowdfunding can make dreams a reality
Crowdfunding encourages the internet community to contribute towards specific goals. Here’s more about crowdfunding in South Africa.
Crowdfunding asks the internet community for donations towards specific goals.
Platforms like BackaBuddy and GoFundMe make dreams possible, one donation at a time. Charities and private individuals use these platforms to ask for contributions from others – online Ubuntu in practice.
Do you have a dream, or can you help to fund someone else’s?
Here’s how platforms like BackaBuddy work.
CROWDFUNDING: DREAMS IN THE MAKING WITH SOME HELP
Crowdfunding is a way to make dreams happen if you don’t have the funds.
Funds can be for anything on the planet. Some people want to buy a piano, while other people may need help maintaining their medical costs.
The internet is a network of many people who want to help.
Crowdfunding connects donations with people and charities.
Do you have a dream?
Can you make someone else’s dream a reality?
That’s what it’s all about.
CROWDFUNDING: EXAMPLES OF DREAMS IN THE MAKING
The game Exploding Kittens was created with crowdfunding. A Veronica Mars movie is also planned and funded through Kickstarter.
Funding has helped people create songs, movies, and games. If you have a dream, it can be funded by asking the right people.
What do people ask the internet for?
Helping our doctors fight Coronavirus has raised over R1, 5 million of its R3 million goal. Piano 4 Pianist is a top-performing fund on BackaBuddy, and Jason hopes to fund a piano purchase.
Medical funds, like Help Robin Live, also exist. This one is for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) patient Robin Cornelius.
If you need something, its ok to ask.