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Pozdrav za Pirot iz Niša http://wheretoserbia.com/grad-pirot/ . Greetings to Pirot at night from Nis Serbia .

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Falling in love with the flowers. 💜💜💜

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INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN SUMMARY

After almost a year from the day we started working on the first ever BETA Serbia’s crowdfunding campaign and after hundreds of challenges we faced, hurdles we had to jump over, and obstacles we had to overcome... we came to the end of the process.

As a concept of fundraising, crowdfunding is new to Serbia and we came into it as total amateurs, after being contacted by Ms. Sladjana Jošanović, who brought us together with CROWDiscover and its founder Mr. Mike Channa. 

Together, we embarked on this journey, not just for the financial benefit of our organization and for our goals, but also to obtain the knowledge and skills which can be utilized for many different projects in the future. For the venue through which to conduct the campaign, we chose the fundraising platform INDIEGOGO and started with preparations.

We owe enormous gratitude to Mr. Channa. who initiated all the work, including re-branding of BETA, which resulted in a new website, two blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages in English, and many other events, too many to list. We were featured on several mainstream websites and attended several interviews, but most of all... we were extremely proud to be featured as one of the Top 100 Animal Welfare brands in the world by an independent study conducted by Onalytica in the U.K.

When the campaign went live in October, 2016, we had hoped it to be the rebirth of our whole organization and, with it, the state of the well-being of abandoned animals in Serbia. In the end, the results turned out to be more modest than we expected, at least looking at it from a purely financial perspective. We collected $2,045.00, which was not nearly enough to achieve all the goals we set in the beginning. 

When all the provisions and fees of INDIEGOGO, CROWDiscover, PayPal and banks were paid off, we were left with an amount of $1,035.00. As we have announced during the planning stage of the campaign - unless the financial goal was fully met, the money collected will be used to cover the most basic needs of the organization, primarily vet expenses and to a lesser extent, food for the animals.

The funds raised were divided between our Belgrade, Zaječar and Knjaževac branch, and all the vet and food bills can be found attached.

It would be unfair to look at this experience solely from a financial point, so we do consider this first foray into crowdfunding as a modest success. We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to our 72 backers; to everyone who participated in the Thunderclap campaign, which preceded the main campaign and reached 2.3 Million people worldwide; to everyone who helped in the translation of various posts, especially Sanja Kaurin; to all who liked, shared, or commented on our posts and in any way contributed to our campaign and particularly to the members of CROWDiscover team, who were a driving force of the whole process from the first, until the last day.

We thank you all, and please do continue to follow all our channels of communication and help us to continue to be the VOICE OF THE VOICELESS!

BETA Team | Better Empathy Towards Animals.

Website | CROWDiscover | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter.

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#Izolacija u pravom [email protected]

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Pozdrav iz Negotina

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Greetings from Negotin

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Spomenik na Čegru @jelasworld i @b.ivan_ . Čegar hill monument by @jelasworld and @b.ivan_ .

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#hiking #wheretoserbia #autumnphotography #autumnfoliage #fallfoliage #jesenumeni #fallphotography #beautifulnature #serbianphotography #myserbia #staraplanina #lepotesrbije #fields #landscape #landscape_lover #autumnlive #visitserbia #discover #relax #explore #adventure #hike #serbia #colorful #coloursofnature #photooftheday #nature_shots

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#GoodMorning. Enjoy the view in Taskovići #village. #wheretoserbia http://wheretoserbia.com Photo credits @madragana_