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Reach your beneficiaries, volunteers and supporters on the communication channels they use every day.

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The charities sector in numbers

Over 200 000

estimated registered NGOs in South Africa varying in size and operating in the formal and informal economy.

78%

of charities have deployed digital to speak to new audiences since COVID-19 pandemic (The Charity Digital Skills Report 2021).

60%

of charities now have a digital strategy in place (The Charity Digital Skills Report 2021).

80%

of all donations were digital in 2020 and this is likely to increase again in 2021 (Global Trends in Giving survey 2020).

How CM.com can help your NGO

One-Off Fundraisers

Humanitarian

NGOs need strong engagement with their local community and CM.com helps them do that. Cloud software such as Mobile Marketing Cloud enables NGOs to personalise their beneficiaries interactions, to be more relevant and increase engagement.

Global Charities

Agriculture

Engage your beneficiaries using messaging channels such as SMS, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger to offer more accurate advice about effectively managing cropping and crop disease.

Local Charities

Healthcare

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were turning to non-government organisations for healthcare information, resources and support. You can scale to meet those needs by offering access to important information using messaging channels and chatbots.

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Inspire your supporters to do more everyday

Build relationships with your donors and volunteers by reaching them on the communication channels they prefer.

Make it simpler for people to contact you and donate, by enabling short codes (which are easy to remember), SMS and WhatsApp messaging support to inspire action for social change.

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Increase your donor retention rate

From creating awareness to attracting donations, charity marketing may be difficult until now. With the use of mobile landing pages, you can easily add rich media and form fields to drive fundraising, stimulate interest in events, and encourage beneficiary interaction.

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