The latest social media phenomenon in South Africa is a Facebook page started just over a month ago which now has 750 000 followers! Itโs a collective of positive sentiments about South Africa from people of all walks of life. Now it looks set to play a role in job creation and stimulating the economy. A positive step in any oneโs books!
See the announcement below:
โ#IMSTAYING ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ.
In order to do this, the newly formed NGO has a three-prong approach; National events, Crowdfunding and Merchandising. All funds raised will be used to implement business initiatives in the micro and SME space to open their doors, scale their business or create collaborative opportunities to work together. Naturally a small percentage of funds raised will be used on operational costs.
โIt was imperative that we partnered with a reputable company that is totally transparent and properly geared towards helping us achieve our objectives. Donations based crowdfunding platform, BackaBuddy was the obvious choice for us given their profile and the fact that I have personally worked with them before to help raise funds. Their level of care and professionalism has always stood outโ says Petzer.
BackaBuddy will hold funds for each of the initiatives, each of which will be visible for anyone to view via their portal or on the #ImStaying website โ www.imstaying.co.za
As #ImStaying has become a collective movement of the people, any public funds collected will be put to poll on the #ImStaying Facebook Group page and members will be asked to vote via an online poll as to where the funds are allocated. This action in itself becomes the collectiveโs decision and will certainly be a game-changer in the NGO space.โ
An innovative approach to assisting business initiatives. Letโs hope they succeed as this kind of intervention can only assist in driving the economy.