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Is Umeebee a company?
No, Umeebee does not want to make a profit. Umeebee is a not-for-profit foundation that offers services to non-profit organizations.
Umeebee's history
Founder Frerieke van Bree, born and raised in The Netherlands, has been living for a year in South Africa now. Her first introduction to extreme poverty, but more important, she experienced the great contrasts in this world, which stimulated her to work out the concept of Umeebee.
Our dream
Equal possibilities for all children in Africa. Personal connections between people in the Western world and people in third world countries.
Our mission
To offer a fun and easy online service, that helps non-profit organizations and individuals in Africa, and attracts people in the Western world.
Our vision
Different media used in an innovative way can result in an uplift of global society.
Our goals
- offering non-profit organizations a possibility to
0 be known under a broad public
0 collect donations online
0 become more reliable
- offering individuals a way to do donations that is more
0 fun (interactive)
0 personal (one-to-one contact)
0 easy (push an online bottom)
0 transparent (see where your money goes to)
0 the choice to do it open or anonymous
0 the possibility to become very much connected to the project and the individuals you’re donating money to.
- offering individuals that need help
0 financial support
0 possibility to enrich the west with their experiences
0 an enrichment out of experiences from individuals in the western world