Five-day course in ‘fund raising’

A unique five-day intensive programme called ‘Certificate Course on Principles and Techniques of Fund-Raising’ is being offered in Madurai from October 20 to 24. The Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre (MMHRC) in Madurai in collaboration with
The Fund-Raising School of Indiana University, USA, is offering this certificate course to give the participants learning experience in various techniques of fund-raising.

Topics to be covered include guidance on building an annual donor base, fund-raising research and recent techniques for the benefit of professionals/ trustees/ heads of non-governmental organisations. The course fee is Rs. 30,000 or $700.

An information brochure from the MMHRS says that fund-raising is not just about money but it is learning to communicate effectively with public and developing a network of enthusiastic/ committed supporters for a cause. Analysing, research, planning, execution and evaluation of fund-raising will be taught during the course period. Besides MMHRC and The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University-USA, the South Asian Fund Raising Group at New Delhi is also part of the programme.

More information about the course can be had from S. Kanchan, programme coordinator, on phone number 0452-2580243 or 0452-4263000.