On June 7th, 2023 - The Tadamon Crowdfunding Academy's training program in Yemen was launched yesterday with the participation of the selected civil society organizations (CSOs). The full list of selected organizations from Yemen, check here: https://tadamon.community/news/tadamon-crowdfunding-academy-selected-17-organizations-from-yemen

Tadamon Crowdfunding Academy is funded by the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), managed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Through the CFA, the selected civil society organizations will participate in 8 weeks training program that enables the organizations to raise funds using crowdfunding, an innovative and alternative tool for fundraising.  The 17 civil society organizations were selected from 86 applicants following a comprehensive evaluation and screening of their ideas and the potential to bring about positive change in their communities.

The ideas developed by the CSOs aim to introduce projects and initiatives that respond to the needs and challenges of communities with a focus on women and children. The proposed projects range from women empowerment through capacity building projects. Fighting against Violence, to food security and agriculture, Health, Education, and vocational training, and climate change.

The selected CSOs will develop their crowdfunding campaign through e-learning tools and offline training using learning materials, presentations, work assignments, and guidance from leading crowdfunding experts.
Upon the successful completion of the CFA training program, all participants will be able to launch their own crowdfunding campaigns on local crowdfunding platforms.

"In Yemen, such programmes are very important because it will help strengthening the capacity of the national/local partners to be able to implement activities and initiatives that will reduce the suffering and the hardship of Yemenis affected by the ongoing conflict as it will assist in improving the livelihoods of the communities" UNDP Deputy Resident Representative, Ms. Nadia Alawalmeh, said.