eBay India announces the eBay India Charity Fest to celebrate Joy of Giving Week
~India’s first ever online charity fest powered by GuideStar India~
Mumbai, September 27, 2012.
Mumbai, September 27, 2012: eBay India
(www.eBay.in
),India’s largest eCommerce marketplace, has announced the eBay India Charity Fest (www.eBay.in/charityfest) for The Joy of Giving Week. The eBay India Charity Fest showcases over 8,000 products from 29 reputed NGOs working towards welfare for women, children, elderly, rural, health, education, employment and many more social causes. The country’s first online charity festival is available from September 26 till October 8, 2012. Consumers can choose from a wide variety of hand crafted products ranging from bags to jewellery, home furnishings, to name a few.
The eBay India Charity Fest 2012 is a great place for eBay buyers to support their favourite NGOs and shop, anytime, anywhere or to buy meaningful gifts for their loved ones. Buyers can shop, safe in the knowledge that their funds will directly benefit NGOs. Meanwhile for NGOs this is an easy way to raise funds and awareness by selling items directly to over 4 million customers across India.
Ms. Deepa Thomas, Head-Partnerships, eBay India said, “We are delighted to host the eBay India Charity Fest for Joy of Giving Week in our continuous effort to support NGOs through the eBay India Charity Fundraising Platform. We would also like to thank GuideStar India for their efforts in bringing in new NGOs. The eBay India Charity Fest will see the coming together of 29 NGOs and help create awareness amongst our 4 million registered eBay users. Joy of Giving Week is a key annual event on our charity calendar and we hope many Indians come forward to shop & benefit a good cause.”
Commenting on the eBay India Charity Fest, Mr. Venkat Krishnan N., a volunteer with the Joy of Giving Week said, “We are delighted that eBay India and GuideStar India have created this wonderful platform for NGOs to sell some of their wonderful products online. With the upcoming festival season, we urge people to experience the joy in giving, by purchasing stuff with the knowledge that every purchase not only brings happiness to the person you gift it to, but also empowers a child, a widow, a person with disability or someone else, who has been dealt a poor hand by life.”
Ms. Pushpa Aman Singh, CEO, GuideStar India said “GuideStar India is delighted to bring NGOs to participate in the eBay India Charity Fest for the Joy of Giving Week. We work with 3,000 NGOs across India and have often seen that some of their amazing creations remain unsold or are distributed only locally because of lack of access to an efficient platform to reach consumers. There is a unique story attached to every product.
Products made by children or people with disabilities are not just attractive articles but the result of beautiful minds determined to overcome everyday challenges, the bags and garments made by village craftspersons speak of how they are adapting their traditional skills to contemporary tastes. When people buy a product, we want them to make an effort to understand its journey from the hands of the people who made it, its significance in their communities and, how the proceeds would travel back to the makers and make a difference to their lives. Don't just buy a product, experience the joy you bring to the person who made it.”
So, log onto www.eBay.in/charityfest and shop to show your support to causes close to your heart & delight your friends and family with unique charity gifts.
About eBay India’s Charity Fundraising programme
eBay India Charity Fundraising programme is a special section dedicated to NGOs & Socially Responsible Corporates and enables recognized charities to create awareness, raise funds and also list products for sale to millions of global and Indian users. Log on to www.ebay.in/charity to know more.
About Joy of Giving Week
The Joy of Giving Week is a “festival of giving” that aims to bring together Indians all across the country and abroad through different acts of giving- money, time, skills or resources. The goal is to convert it into a fully publicly owned festival, just like Diwali, Holi or Thanksgiving, none of which are owned by anyone. The Week was launched in 2009 and will be held every year starting on a Sunday and ending on a Saturday, containing October 2 within.
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About eBay India
eBay India (www.eBay.in), India's leading eCommerce marketplace, is India's No. 1 online shopping destination where thousands of Indian entrepreneurs list a wide range of products across Electronics, Lifestyle, Collectibles and Media categories. eBay India is a 100% subsidiary of eBay Inc.
For further information, please contact:
Perfect Relations
Juilee Manjrekar | jmanjrekar@perfectrelations.com | 9833948363
Movit Ramwani | mramwani@perfectrelations.com | 9920737228
eBay India
Deepa Thomas | Malini Sharma
Tel: + 91-22-66690000
Email: dthomas@ebay.com | malsharma@ebay.com
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