How Aaron Msipha became a next-level charity hero with GivenGain
Charity supported: Imbumba FoundationTotal funds raised: R91 970Number of donations: 141Donor countries: 5 Aaron Msipha has always wanted to make a difference. During his first year of chartered accountancy articles, he and a group of colleagues in the same year adopted a charity in the nearby town of Soshanguve, donating to them regularly and giving up their free time to help with administrative work. But while Aaron had always been ready to share his money and time with the causes he cared about, he had never tried fundraising, which made the smooth step up to his first ever project that much more impressive – though no surprise to anyone who’s used GivenGain before. With his 30th birthday coming up, Aaron decided that he wanted to use his special day to help others and started looking for a cause to support. That’s when he discovered the Imbumba Foundation, a South African non-profit aiming to bring about social change and economic upliftment in some of the country’s poorest communities. “They told me about this programme that they run on an annual basis called Trek4Mandela. They take climbers up Kilimanjaro to the summit to raise money for sanitary pads for girls. It was then that I knew that I also wanted to do this,” says Aaron. “After that it was a conversation about how to fundraise, and they recommended GivenGain. They had had a number of fundraisers use it before.” For Read the full article