Nomusa Mhlungu              

 

SHAPE—Africa Fundraising Co-ordinator

Hi. I am currently the Enrichment Officer at the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens, South Africa. I have attained a BSc Honours in Zoology and am currently enrolled for BTech in Business Administration.

I am passionate about animals and making a difference in everything I embark on. I love traveling, reading, music, and movies.  My favourite motto is “Be the change you want to see.”

 

 

Fundraising Co-ordinator responsibilities:

 

To manage and promote the SHAPE—Africa organization to an external audience. In so doing facilitate awareness of the cause and motivate support of all forms from other organizations and individuals.  Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:

 

1. Work with all forms of media and producing supporting materials, to promote, market and advertise forthcoming events.

2. Increasing funds through researching and targeting charitable trusts whose criteria match that of SHAPE—Africa’s projects and activities.

3. Planning, building and maintaining profitable, long-term fundraising relationships with donors and potential donors.

4. Co-ordinate all specific fund raising opportunities aimed at sponsorship of individual events, such as:

• Funding and/or support of materials for enrichment workshops.
• Prizes for raffles at future SHAPE—Africa meetings and conferences.
• Financial sponsors for individual projects e.g. transport costs for volunteers to assist in long term enrichment projects.

5.   Co-operate and assist the events co-ordinator to ensure all planned programs have maximal support.

6.   Report all sponsorship successes to the secretary for inclusion in the newsletter in order to advertise and thank all companies and individuals that give their support.

7.   Work closely with the treasurer to ensure all donations are received and recorded correctly.

8.     Personally and professionally promote animal enrichment in a positive light and refrain from any act that may bring you as an individual and subsequently the organization into disrepute. 

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