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New Documentary to Bring Women’s Abortion Stories to the Screen

The Dear Decision Makers documentary, currently crowdfunding on Zaar, hopes to amplify the voices of those affected by Malta’s strict reproductive rights laws. A new crowdfunding campaign on Zaar has launched to help fund a documentary that will shed light on the realities of life under one of the strictest abortion laws in the world, through the untold stories of

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Help Malta’s First Responders Gear Up for Disaster

Join the crowdfund to support DecEx 2024 – a disaster simulation and training exercise that aims to prepare Malta’s first responders for the worst.   The Canine Search and Rescue Team, a voluntary Maltese Association of the Order of Malta (VO 1885), has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Zaar to support DecEx 2024, an ambitious disaster simulation and training exercise. 

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Support Indie Comics in Malta: Power Up Energy Quest: Issue 3 on Zaar

Popular comic book Energy Quest has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support the third instalment in the series. Following the success of the first two issues, local comic book series Energy Quest is now seeking backers to help bring its much-anticipated third instalment to life. Starring Zero, a mechanical AI teddy bear, Energy Quest is an epic post-apocalyptic adventure filled

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Podcast – Crowdfunding Success

Watch the Grow Up Podcast featuring Giselle Borg Olivier, Manager of FPEI and Zaar Crowdfunding Malta. Giselle leads us on an exciting journey through the world of crowdfunding, unveiling its powerful benefits, the secrets to making it a success, and sharing inspiring stories of her own crowdfunding triumphs.  

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Top 10 Points from the “From Ideas to Impact: A Deep Dive on Crowdfunding” podcast

While you really should take the time to listen to the podcast, we realise that everyone is busy, so we’ve pulled together the 10 main points about crowdfunding that emerged from the discussion:   Types of Crowdfunding: There are four main types of crowdfunding: reward-based, donation-based, equity, and lending. Each serves a different purpose and attracts different types of backers.

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From Ideas to Impact: A Deep Dive on Crowdfunding

In this episode of the GROWTHSchema podcast, Giselle Borg Olivier, Manager of Zaar Crowdfunding Malta and Foundation Manager at the Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (FPEI), relates her experiences and thoughts on crowdfunding and entrepreneurship. With over 15 years of experience in marketing communications, Giselle shares her insights on the entrepreneurial mindset, the power of crowdfunding, and the

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Crowdfunding – as much about the crowd it creates, as the funds it raises

Crowdfunding doesn’t just raise money – it can also help business, cultural, research and community ventures to achieve their goals. Although a globally popular form of alternate finance, crowdfunding’s purpose is often misunderstood as being solely about money. And since campaigns for philanthropic organisations or charities have helped it gain such widespread popularity, this has birthed another misconception – that

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Join the Crowd to Turn the Tide on Ocean Plastic Pollution

Crowdfunding on Zaar, Rebecca Hamilton’s marathon swim aims to help Żibel recycle the plastic it removes from Malta’s coastline. A new crowdfunding campaign that closes on 20 July aims to raise €8,000 to help purchase an ocean plastics recycling machine for Żibel, a registered voluntary organisation and eNGO working to reduce Malta’s waste and restore the island’s natural environment. To

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Crowdfunding for Change: Help Children in Kenya Drink Clean Water 

Mission4Changes marks its fourth anniversary by crowdfunding for a life-saving project to build a borehole in the Kenyan village of Kibwezi. A new crowdfunding campaign on Zaar will address the urgent need for clean water in the village of Kibwezi in Kenya. The campaign hopes to raise €17,000 – of which more than a third has already been donated from

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Help This Rare Traditional Maltese Boat Set Sail Again

A new crowdfunding campaign on Zaar hopes to fund the restoration of a century-old ‘firilla’ and return it to its former glory out at sea.   The Malta Traditional Boats Association has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds needed to restore an historic Maltese boat. An extremely rare traditional fishing boat developed in the 17th century in Malta,

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