To explain our response to today’s daily writing prompt, we use the famous cliche:

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for a life time.”

Among our best gifts is our partnership with GlobalGiving which does both for us:

Gives us the fish – Through the GlobalGiving online platform we are able to do crowd fundraising and are given the proverbial fish – financial donations for our work for the benefit of others less advantaged.

Teaches us to fish – GlobalGiving gives us access to knowledge kits and self-learning tools and materials for the health of nonprofit organisations and for the effectiveness of nonprofit organisations to implement our work in away that achieves the intended positive impact.

For example, this past week, we accessed from the GlobalGiving website a “Problem Definition” tool, accompanied with advice on how to use it. We used it and it contributed to us being able to articulate clearly our new project:

End 90,000 people getting TB annually in Uganda.

Yesterday, we submitted it for approval to fund raise on GlobalGiving. Within less than a day, this morning, we received a congratulatory email from the GlobalGiving team informing us:

“Congratulations, your project was approved on GlobalGiving and you can start fundraising!”

And

“Great News! Your project is eligible to receive donations not only on GlobalGiving, but also on corporate portals such as Benevity.”

Click here to learn more and to make a donation in support of knowledge generation to end TB through suitable interventions to reduce and or remove the crippling cost burden TB (tuberculosis) patient households bear that is related to TB treatment.

We think that the quick turn around is because our project proposition was well written. Certainly, the gifts of knowledge and advice we get from GlobalGiving contributed to us being able to do so.

The best gift is that which is given in a manner that does not take away ones dignity and for all intent and purposes restores dignity. Such gifts are the best that we have ever received, from GlobalGiving and others – advice restores our belief in our abilities to do it and motivates us to do it.

As we receive such gifts from GlobalGiving – the fish and how to fish – so do we aspire to do the same in our work for others less advantaged.