Leveraging networks through peer-based fundraising

MEDLIFE partners with low-income communities in Latin America and Africa to improve their access to medicine, education and community development projects. Its means of accomplishing this is to build a worldwide movement empowering students and volunteers to become advocates for change.

Although the nonprofit used several Give Lively products, its use of our Peer-Based Fundraising tools — Peer-to-Peer Fundraising pages for individuals and Team Fundraising pages for groups — has been truly exemplary.

Campaign Page (Story Template) with incredible reach

MEDLIFE's highly successful Moving Mountains campaign has focused on relief for vulnerable families impacted by COVID. It raised nearly $750,000 from 26,000+ donations, mostly through 6,500+ peer-based fundraisers (see below) who averaged around $115 each — a poignant demonstration of the power of many people collecting mostly small contributions from family, friends and colleagues.

One of thousands of effective Peer-to-Peer Fundraising pages

The Moving Mountains campaign motivated 6,500+ fundraisers, each with an individual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising page featuring a personal picture and note, progress tracking thermometer, easy sharing tools and inherited features from the campaign, such as the MEDLIFE logo and mission statement. As each individual is also part of a team, there’s information about the team, the person’s ranking on it and links to other members. 

Goal-crushing Team Fundraising page with 57 team members

Leaderboard revealing 6,000+ fundraisers and 300+ teams