By Lena Andrushchenko | Project Leader
Dear WAFA Donors and Supporters,
There is no doubt that air pollution poses a health risk to humans. The WAFA team wants to raise public awareness about this issue. Currently, we have not received any donations for this project, but we hope to receive some in 2022. We appreciate your support with any of our projects. We will continue to shine the light on individuals and teams already solving the world's environmental problems TODAY.
Together, we are making our mission a reality! It is hard for WAFA to keep the same pace as Corona's time isn't over, but we are ready to share our 2021 achievements with you, our donors.
Awards - prepared an impact report of past award winners and received 60 applications.
We always look for creative people, so we hired more Volunteers this year:
- Onboarded a co-CEO
- Established a Program Office and management plan
- Streamlined the award selection process
- On-boarded: a new Board Director, Co-CEO, Research & Applications team, R&A mentor, three marketing interns, Crowdfunding assistant, PR professional and a Video editor.
Communication:
- Produced a branding video, "Silent Heroes". Please, find it attached to this report.
- Commenced implementing our new brand
- Articles publicised in Asian and European media
- PeaceCast.tv featuring WAFA videos worldwide on UN Peace Day.
Fundraising results 2021:
- Raised about $12,000
- Submitted funding applications
- Strengthened WAFA's crowdfunding efforts
- Structured and strengthened our outreach to the corporate world
- Raised WAFA presence on social media
- improved the functionality of our website
- Implemented a mailing system.
Furthermore, WAFA expanded its stakeholder relations portfolio to include Danish Technical University (DTU), 11 multinational corporations, a Danish pension fund, a climate think tank, and a German family office.
The purpose of WAFA is to help previously unsung "silent heroes" replicate their solutions and collaborate with governments and communities to combat air pollution and provide clean air for everyone. And together with you, we can help them faster.
Kind regards,
WAFA Team!
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