Howdy Ags!
I started Feel The Luv to turn international humanitarian aid and development on its head. We aim to develop a platform for connecting communities in poverty to the donors and philanthropists they are supported by. We will create an amazing, immersive experience that will help develop emotional bonds while also providing an entertaining and educational experience.
I'd like to keep it in the Aggie family. Please contact me if you are interested to hear more.
Zach
Founder and CEO, Feel The Luv, Inc.
zach@feeltheluv.org
About Feel The Luv:
What we do:
How we are different:
We are working on simple problematic and business hypotheses:
http://www.feeltheluv.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/feeltheluv
I started Feel The Luv to turn international humanitarian aid and development on its head. We aim to develop a platform for connecting communities in poverty to the donors and philanthropists they are supported by. We will create an amazing, immersive experience that will help develop emotional bonds while also providing an entertaining and educational experience.
I'd like to keep it in the Aggie family. Please contact me if you are interested to hear more.
Zach
Founder and CEO, Feel The Luv, Inc.
zach@feeltheluv.org
About Feel The Luv:
What we do:
- We fund and provide comprehensive start-to-finish support, including, design, fundraising, implementation and management oversight.
- Offer a platform for connecting communities in poverty to the donors and philanthropists they are supported by. We aim to create an amazing, immersive experience that will help develop emotional bonds while also providing an entertaining and educational experience.
- Our team will be embedded within an established partner organization already working on the ground. This makes for faster project startup time and shared expertise and operating expenses.
How we are different:
- We fund-raise directly for real villages and communities. One village at a time is our approach, yet our projects are large in scale to create synergies and cost savings. Our first project aims to reach 50 communities in DRC.
- Our Team is made up of real humanitarian professionals, all with gritty experience of working directly with communities in poverty - not just sitting in fancy offices. I've attached our team profile, or you can have a look at our website: [url=http://www.feeltheluv.org/team-members.html][/url]http://www.feeltheluv.org/team-members.html
- We do it better. Each of our team members have extensive experience with community focused poverty alleviation (or building resilient communities), delivering real results. Have a look at the results of a project we implemented together with ACF in Pakistan ([url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/acf-site-files/ACF+final.swf][/url]https://s3.amazonaws.com/acf-site-files/ACF+final.swf).
We are working on simple problematic and business hypotheses:
- More than 1 Billion people are living in extreme poverty (living on less than $1.25 a day). This is a result of a failed approach by the aid sector and huge lack of funding directed toward impactful solutions. Focus needs to be put towards building resilient communities that can escape the cycle of extreme poverty and stand on their own.
- There is a huge market available in terms of private donations to charity ($373 Billion last year in the US alone). However, only a small portion of that is going to support international poverty related issues (less than 5%)
- Why? People feel disconnected from the projects. The standard marketing campaigns with pictures of starving children just don't click anymore in today's social media centric world. People don't trust their money is doing any good.
- We believe once we create that feeling of connection, there is huge potential for funding, particularly within the US market.
http://www.feeltheluv.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/feeltheluv