3.1 First 48 hours fundraising checklist

Checklist

To ensure CARE is well positioned to secure funding, ensure the following tasks are completed as soon as possible (within 24-48 hours) after the emergency has been declared:

• Send out an emergency alert.
• Agree initial fundraising targets on first CCG call.
• Prepare and issue an initial appeal and strategy document that highlights CARE’s fundraising targets and decision to respond.
• Request funding from the CI ERF to start the response.
• Send critical fundraising information to CEG for circulation

• • initial appeal and emergency strategy document
  • photos showing the context of the emergency
  • dollar handles (see section 7.2 )
  • human interest stories and quotes
  • gender in brief.

• Ask CARE Members to help by:
  • activating private fundraising mechanisms including launching an appeal and contacting private donors
  • investigating potential funding opportunities with their key institutional donors
  • advising the CO of potential funding opportunities, including estimated amounts, timelines for submission of proposals and area of focus
  • sending appropriate and latest proposal format and any other instructions, such as contact details of the donor representative in the country.

Annex 7.1 is a two-page checklist that can be posted on the wall in a CO as a reminder of the fundraising requirements in the first 24-48 hours of an emergency.