Between International Human Rights Day on 10 December and International Women's Day on 8 March, 2010, Mama Cash is sponsoring its fifth annual Campaign 88 Days. This year, we are inviting you to Go Wild for Women's Rights.

 

Why? Because right now, Mama Cash and her grantees are building stronger, bolder women and girls' rights movements around the world.

If you give now, you can help Mama Cash and her grantees lead the way to a worldwide expansion of women's rights. The impact of your gift will be felt for years to come. This is simply a great time to give.

Give to Go Wild Right Now!

Reason 1: Mama Cash moves women's rights forward.

Because of the global economic crisis, many women's rights organisations are losing funding just at a time when their work is needed most.

Mama Cash is bucking the trend. We are giving 20% more this year, and we are giving in a bold new way.

Reason 2: We fund women and girls' human right movements that are ready to grow and are making real breakthroughs.

Mama Cash grantee Zenab in Sudan bought and lent land to local women farmers. The organisation provided drought-resistant seeds and training on how to better grow and market crops. Women farmers simultaneously attended workshops on human rights and the international and national policies protecting them. The women are now not only self-supporting, but have started taking an active part in local politics where they can collectively make a difference for many women going forward.

 

Mama Cash is supporting Zenab and other organisations working for women's rights to grow stronger, build movements and become more effective and visible.

Mama Cash is proving to the decision-makers at every level that women's rights won collectively, not just humanitarian aid, is the permanent answer to poverty and gender-based violence.

Please join us in this important work.

 

I'm ready to Go Wild and give >> 

Lots of people are starting their own Go Wild campaigns and are donating the proceeds to Mama Cash.

 

Here are just a few of the Go Wild campaigns that you can start:

• throw a dinner party or a high tea
• get your friends to sponsor you to quit smoking or any other unhealthy habit
• ask your friends to donate your birthday gifts to Campaign 88 Days
• throw a "women go wild" movie night

 

Need more ideas? Check out our 88 ways to Go Wild!

 

All you need to do is plan a great event, invite your friends, and have fun. Tell us about it on Facebook and Twitter!

When you are finished your Go Wild campaign, just come back to mamacash.org and donate the money you collected. Every penny you collect will count toward our Go Wild campaign.

 

If you speak Dutch, you have a special opportunity to start your Go Wild campaign and spread the word using our campaign website.

 

Visit 88dagen.nl and find out how!  

 

Campaign 88 Days was created by HER Fund, the Hong Kong based women's fund. They started in December 2003 with the message: ‘A dollar a day. $88 for women's human rights'. In Chinese, 88 is also a lucky number signifying blessings and prosperity.

 

The HER Fund invited other women's funds world-wide to join the Campaign, or run one themselves. Mama Cash joined the Campaign 88 Days in 2005 for the first time.