Bringing Together Cryptocurrency & Monthly Donors This Giving Tuesday
Operation Broken Silence, a nonprofit leader in improving educational access in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan, has announced its 2021 Giving Tuesday campaign. This annual effort comes as a military coup in Sudan threatens to unravel the country’s peaceful revolution and transition to democracy. Current events could have a severe impact on the organization’s critical programming.
“We’ve always known this transition period in Sudan was going to be risky; however, after 30 years of catastrophic regime rule, the country’s peaceful revolution that began in 2019 had become inevitable,” said Mark Hackett, Executive Director, Operation Broken Silence. “I’ve spent the last few weeks talking to our Sudanese partners and connections on the ground. They remain as committed as ever, but we’re all deeply worried about what the future holds if this coup is not fully reversed, and soon.”
This year, Operation Broken Silence has a two-pronged Giving Tuesday campaign that long-time supporters and newcomers alike can participate in.
Traditional supporters are encouraged to start a small monthly gift for the Sudanese teachers and students that the organization supports in Yida Refugee Camp. Additionally, for almost a year now, Operation Broken Silence has accepted cryptocurrency donations through The Giving Block.
“Our 2021 Giving Tuesday campaign is a blend of growing our family of core supporters and expanding the cutting edge of new philanthropy,” Hackett said. “Our Sudanese partners are deeply appreciative of our monthly giving family; it’s a consistent stream of support that has helped them thrive. And the crypto community is an especially generous one with an outsized impact and emphasis on supporting underserved and niche causes.”
We’re the only nonprofit in the world supporting community-led education in Yida Refugee Camp, which sits on the edge of an oppressed region most people have never heard of. As far as level of importance and underserved causes go, we’re about as niche and critical as you can get.”
Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 to encourage people to do good at the start of the giving season. It comes on the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and has grown into a global movement that brings together nonprofits, companies, and individual donors. Operation Broken Silence was one of the first nonprofits in the world to participate in Giving Tuesday.
When asked why people should join in this year’s Giving Tuesday campaign, Hackett said:
“We’re pretty used to working in an environment that rapidly changes. But looking back on a decade of our mission, I can’t think of another time in which there was this much uncertainty. There are bigger forces at play in Sudan that are outside our control, but we are uniquely positioned to deliver more resources to those creating change, from the ground up. That’s always where the long-term solutions in Sudan have been and will always be. All that’s left to do is make the magic happen by giving what we can.”
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Operation Broken Silence is building a global movement to empower the Sudanese people through innovative programs as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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