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Andrea Calleja Crowdfunds for Life-Changing Procedure

Malta’s ‘Batman’ hopes his new Zaar campaign will raise the funds needed for an innovative procedure to restore movement to his legs. Andrea Calleja – known in Malta as ‘Batman’ – has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on Zaar to cover the costs of a potentially life-changing procedure. In October 2022, keen athlete Andrea was seriously injured in The Grid

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Help Protect Malta’s Environment, With Crowdfunding

A new campaign on Zaar aims to support the Malta Ranger Unit in its mission to safeguard the island’s natural environment.   Everyone can now help increase environmental protection in Malta, via a new crowdfunding campaign on local platform, Zaar. The Malta Ranger Unit (MRU) – a newly formed NGO – launched the fundraising campaign to help increase its manpower

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Birthday Coming Up? Give the Gift of Giving, With Crowdfunding!

Raise money for a cause that you care about, through Zaar’s new Birthday Campaigns service. Malta’s local crowdfunding platform Zaar has launched a new service that could make your next birthday gift transform lives and support the causes that matter most to you. Zaar’s Birthday Campaigns service offers a new way to celebrate by making a difference to a charitable

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Help Jasmine Fight Cerebral Palsy with Crowdfunding

A new Zaar campaign hopes to make a huge difference to little Jasmine’s quality of life with a revolutionary treatment called Neurocyton. A recently launched crowdfunding campaign on local platform Zaar hopes to help a little girl in Malta overcome the limitations of cerebral palsy. Jasmine’s life had a challenging start, enduring countless days and months in the hospital following

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Help a Little Girl to Walk, With Crowdfunding

A new Zaar campaign hopes to help fund four-year-old Kate’s surgery to enable her to stand and walk, free from pain. A recently launched crowdfunding campaign hopes to raise funds towards the life-changing surgery of a child in Malta. The Let’s give Kate Hope to Walk campaign launched earlier this month on local platform, Zaar, aims to raise €15,000 towards

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Walk and Talk (and Crowdfund) for Mental Health Awareness

The Darkness Into Light walk in Malta on 6 May will raise both mental health awareness and funds, via a crowdfunding campaign on Zaar. Suicide prevention and awareness initiative Darkness Into Light is soon to come to Malta for an early morning walk – and supporters can join in and donate towards this worthy cause via a crowdfunding campaign on

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Help Reconstruct Floriana’s St Publius Triumphal Arch

A crowdfunding campaign on Zaar hopes to raise €40,000 to rebuild the iconic landmark, four years after an arson attack burnt it to the ground.   A unique structure and key part of Malta’s architectural heritage may yet rise again, with the help of the community via a crowdfunding campaign on local platform, Zaar. The recently launched Reconstructing the St

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Join The Crowd Event Spotlights Crowdfunding Campaigns on Zaar

Friends of the Earth Malta and local entrepreneur Sarah Grech presented the projects behind their current Zaar campaigns at the event.   Attendees at an event on Thursday evening had the opportunity to learn about two top crowdfunding campaigns currently open on local platform, Zaar. The Join The Crowd event, which was held on 23 March at Business Labs, Birkirkara,

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New Alterations and Upcycling Business Crowdfunds

With funds raised via Zaar, local startup Perla u Suzy will address the growing demand for professional clothing alterations. People across Malta (and beyond) can help launch a new alterations and upcycling business on the island, via a crowdfunding campaign on Zaar. Perla u Suzy is the brainchild of local young entrepreneur Sarah Grech, a business startup built on the

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Friends of the Earth Crowdfunds to Restore Comino Bakery

The project hopes to conserve Comino’s natural and cultural heritage by restoring the historic building for the benefit of the community.   Friends of the Earth Malta has launched a major crowdfunding campaign on Zaar to turn an old bakery on Comino into a hub of sustainability. Part of the Erasmus+ project INCrowd (Inclusion through Crowdfunding), the Restawr tal-Forn ta’

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Help Kids in Kenya Find a Future Via Crowdfunding Appeal

Funds raised through the Sponsor My Future campaign on Zaar will support vulnerable children living in extreme poverty in Kenya.   People in Malta have the chance to change the lives of children in desperate need in Kenya, via a new crowdfunding campaign on Zaar. The campaign is the latest from local non-profit organisation Sponsor My Future, which helps a

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Zaar Celebrates Another Year of Crowdfunding Success

Throughout 2022, many business and community projects found support, funding and a platform via Zaar Malta’s only reward and donation-based crowdfunding platform, Zaar, has made a huge impact on local projects in 2022 – and has already made a strong start to 2023. Set up by the Foundation for the Promotion of Entrepreneurial Initiatives (FPEI), Zaar provides an increasingly popular

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