Get Creative. There are so many ways that you can raise money to help others. If you want to share your fundraiser with us, contact Christina at christina@justoneafrica.org. We’d love to feature you and your fundraiser on this page! Share the story of Just One Africa, and help us raise awareness and money for those in Kenya. It takes JUST ONE to get something started at your school or business. Will you be that ONE?
Schools and Groups
Pop Up Shop
Fundraise by hosting a pop up shop at your school or business. Just One Africa gives 100% of its profits from merchandise sales to clean water and sustainable programs in Kenya. You have to help advertise for the event – but we set up, sell, collect money, and share the results with you!
Sell Chick-Fil-A
Contact your local Chick-fil-A and purchase biscuits or sandwiches at a fundraising rate. Sell them and donate your profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Sports Tournament
What game do you love the most? Basketball? Dodgeball? Soccer? You choose! Teams pay to enter the tournament and the crowd pays an entrance fee to watch. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Battle of the Bands
Organizing a Battle of the Bands can be a great way to fundraiser for an organization. Bands pay to enter the battle and the audience pays an entry fee. Look for locations that will offer you space for free! Have each band mention the organization and how it provides LIFE to others or tell a story about how clean water has affected one of our Kenyan friends. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Give Up Coffee
Do you buy coffee everyday? Make your own coffee for a week and donate the money you save to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs. Challenge your office mates or friends to do the same and see how much you can raise together.
Class, Grade or Troop Competition
Do you like to compete? How about competing to save the life of others? Gather other classes, grades or troops and create a friendly competition. Be creative in your fundraising ideas. Make it a school-wide or county-wide competition. Just One Africa can come and share our story, provide information about what we do, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the competition. Create fundraiser pages, set a time period, set a goal, or just challenge each other to raise the most. Use the competition as an opportunity to raise awareness to the clean water crisis in Kenya. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Dress Up
Almost everyone loves to dress up! Promote a Theme Week and dress up each day to raise awareness of the clean water crisis in Kenya. Have people pay to participate. Use each day to share information on how your money is saving the lives of others. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs. Who knew dressing up could be so much fun?
Car Wash
You know how this works. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. Donate the money raised to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Water Walk
Like a Walk-A-Thon, have people donate to you by sponsoring each lap BUT do it carrying a 5 gallon bucket of water like many women and children do throughout Kenya. How far can you go? How much will you raise? Use this as an opportunity to share the clean water crisis with others. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Hold a Sports Clinic
Water makes you healthy but staying in shape does too! Hold a Sports Clinic. Charge participants a fee to learn from the best. Choose the age group, sport, and find your athletes, coaches, and trainers to donate time to help you raise awareness and money for the clean water crisis in Kenya. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Penny Wars
This is a great way to get rid of that loose change and have a friendly competition to raise money and awareness of the clean water crisis in Kenya. Prizes can be as easy as pieing someone in the face and you’ll raise a lot of money to provide life for someone in Kenya. Just One Africa can provide you stories, information, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
In Lieu of...
Could you pass up gifts to provide clean water or education for others? Ask friends to give to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs. You can set up a fundraising page, share what you love about Just One Africa, and ask friends to donate! A water filter costs $65 – how many water filters can you get for YOUR birthday?
Just ONE Dollar
Sometimes all it takes is $1. If your school, company, or church has a large congregation, you could raise enough money for water filters, livestock, and education quickly with a JUST ONE DOLLAR campaign. Just One Africa can come and share our story, provide information about what we do, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Businesses and Corporations
Company Competition
Do you like to compete? How about competing to save the life of others? Gather coworks and create a friendly competition. Be creative in your fundraising ideas. Make it an office, department, or location competition. Just One Africa can come and share our story, provide information about what we do, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the competition. Create fundraiser pages, set a time period, set a goal, or just challenge each other to raise the most. Use the competition as an opportunity to raise awareness to the clean water crisis in Kenya. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Dress Down Days
As much as people love to dress up, they also love to dress down. See if your employer will support a Pay to Dress Down Day(or week or month!). Donate the money raised to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
In Lieu of ..
Could you pass up gifts to provide clean water or education for others? Ask friends to give to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs. You can set up a fundraising page, share what you love about Just One Africa, and ask friends to donate! A water filter costs $65 – how many water filters can you get for YOUR birthday?
Just ONE Dollar
Sometimes all it takes is $1. If your school, company, or church has a large congregation, you could raise enough money for water filters, livestock, and education quickly with a JUST ONE DOLLAR campaign. Just One Africa can come and share our story, provide information about what we do, and create promotional materials. You promote, plan, and implement the event. Donate the profits to one of the Just One Africa water or sustainability programs.
Pop Up Shop
Fundraise by hosting a pop up shop at your school or business. Just One Africa gives 100% of its profits from merchandise sales to clean water and sustainable programs in Kenya. You have to help advertise for the event – but we set up, sell, collect money, and share the results with you!