PLEASE DONATE TO NONGQAI
here we explain why, what for, and how
We all know (only too well!) that nowadays, practically nothing is free. Except for your NONGQAI. That is how we would like to keep it.
But, of course, there are operating costs to cover. And the TRUST needs funds for its charitable work, supporting those who had served their country but now find themselves in need.
April is the month in which most of the subscriptions we have to pay, renew. For all the IT packages we need to produce the NONGQAI, and to bring it to you digitally via the internet. Significant costs, such as renewing our domain url, our SSL security certificate, our internet hosting plan, the visual builder software we use for doing the lay-out on WordPress, the SEO (search engine optimisation) package so you and the research community can find us and our content amidst the jumble of the word-wide web, the graphic design software - and much more...
We are working hard (and making good progress) to earn advertising fees. Which certainly helps. But, even though our team members are all unpaid volunteers, it cannot be enough. Because, apart from the operating costs involved with our digital publications, the TRUST itself needs much, much more. For its charitable work, assisting those who had served our country but who, in these trying times, now find themselves in need of financial support.
You will understand that current circumstances in South Africa do not make it easy to try and operate something like the NONGQAI TRUST and its publications as a proper business. To illustrate - we are still waiting, nearly a year since one of the Trustees passed away, for updated documentation from the office of the Master of the High Court. Without which we haven't been able to open a bank account for the publlications division. For many months now, we've been trying to get an own PayPal account for the TRUST, linked to its existing charity-focused bank account - as yet, without success...
Fortunately our publisher (Grupo Excellentia - located offshore, and owned by our dr Willem Steenkamp) has come to the recue and established a quick, easy & secure system for donations via Paypal, using their commercial infrastructure.
THUS, NO MORE CUMBERSOME AND COSTLY BANK TRANSFERS.
Just one click (on the piglet’s nose - in the image below) and you can make your donation, from your credit card. It can be less than R100 ($5), or as much as you wish to stipulate. All ccontributions, large and small, help the good cause and will be gladly received, with much appreciation.
Of every amount donated, 25% goes to help cover media operating costs, and 75% goes to the charity account of the TRUST.
Thank you in advance for your kind support!
