Host, Eugenie Harvey, and the charity presenters
Over £24,000 raised for projects in Hungary, Peru and Romania
24th March 2023
Last Wednesday we held our first ever International Connector - an online crowdfunding event in support of three charities nominated by our network of international partners.
From a longlist of applications that included Columbia, North Macedonia and Georgia, three organisations were selected - Experiential Youth Association from Hungary, Kantaya from Peru and Forum Apulum from Romania. You can read more about their work below. Each organisation had previously pitched at events in their own country and so this was an exciting opportunity for them to pitch – in English – to an international audience.
We're thrilled to share that we raised more than £24,000 in one evening - this is an amount that will go far for these organisations.
Thank you to Picton for generously supporting this event.
Missed the action? Watch the pitches here.
It's never too late to give. Any additional donations would be gratefully received.
Who pitched?
Experiential Youth Association, Hungary - Experiential Youth Association supports young people in Hungary facing poverty and abuse. They were seeking funding to expand their resilience-building programme for Roma girls and women at risk of domestic violence. This is a vital issue, with only a few organisations in Hungary currently supporting Roma girls.
Kantaya, Peru - Kantaya delivers teaching assistant training to young vulnerable women in Peru through their programme, Podera. This not only helps women access work, but also helps improve the quality of education in Peru (it currently ranks 129 out of 137 countries, with many teachers lacking pedagogical qualifications). To date, they have supported more than 220 women - 82% of whom are now employed.
Forum Apulum, Romania - Forum Apulum give young Romanians the information, skills and knowledge they need to become civically engaged citizens. Through their workshops and social media channels, they fill in the gaps left by mainstream media channels to ensure young people are not left out of societal conversations and drawn towards extreme political views.
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