Fundraise for Medair

You can fundraise for Medair in many creative ways: organise a charity run, bake sale, or sports challenge; host a fundraising dinner for friends or colleagues; set up a birthday fundraiser on social media; or partner with your workplace for a giving campaign. Medair provides resources, materials, and support to help you succeed.

When you host a fundraiser for Medair, you activate your communities to do more together than you can do on your own. With the help of your friends and family, workplace, church, or social club, you will play a big role in raising awareness about the needs of people around the world and offer a solution to meet them.

Yes. Medair offers videos, stories, informational materials, and guidance to help fundraisers communicate their cause effectively. If you have a creative fundraising idea, contact Medair's team to discuss how they can help bring it to life.

No. However, we appreciate our fundraisers getting in touch with us to let us know their plans so we can support them along the way with resources and materials and help to spread the word.

Visit givengain.ch, an easy crowfunding page and sign up for a free account. You can then create your fundraising campaign and share it with your friends and family.

Medair delivers emergency and recovery assistance across five core sectors: Health (including mental health and psychosocial support), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFIs), and Disaster Risk Reduction. Medair also uses cash assistance where appropriate to empower communities to meet their own priority needs.

Yes. Medair actively works with foundations and institutional funders to co-finance specific projects. Your grant will fund the highest quality humanitarian assistance, with rigorous monitoring, evaluation, and impact reporting throughout the partnership.

Visit givengain.ch, an easy crowfunding page and sign up for a free account. You can then create your fundraising campaign and share it with your friends and family.

Medair is certified to the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS), verified by an independent third-party auditor (HQAI). Medair is also a signatory to the Red Cross Code of Conduct for NGOs in Disaster Relief, a member of the Sphere Project, and a signatory to the Climate Charter.

If you’ve set up a fundraising page through our online giving platform, all donations made to your fundraiser will be transferred to us securely through the platform. This is the easiest way to fundraise. If you collect cash donations, you can make an online donation for the total amount raised via our website or give us a call to donate over the phone.

Yes. A memorial fundraiser is a meaningful way to honour aloved one while making a lasting impact for people in crisis. Contact Medair toset up a dedicated fundraising page and receive personalised support.

Medair works side-by-side with local communities, hiring and training local staff, partnering with local organisations, and involving community members in the design and implementation of programmes. This approach builds local capacity, ensures cultural relevance, and leads to more sustainable outcomes.

Medair's annual reports, audited financial statements, and programme evaluations are publicly available on its website medair.org. Transparency in financial reporting is a core commitment, and Medair welcomes scrutiny from donors, partners, and the public.

Many companies offer donation matching programmes. If your employer has a corporate giving scheme, ask your HR department whether donations to registered NGOs like Medair qualify. Matched giving can double or even triple the impact of your fundraising effort.

Yes. Medair was founded in 1988 by a small group of Christian volunteers and remains a faith-based humanitarian organisation. Medair's values — faith, hope, accountability, integrity, dignity, and compassion — are rooted in its Christian identity. However, Medair provides non-discriminatory assistance to all people in need, regardless of their faith.

Churches can organise fundraising dinners, themed challenges, bake sales, special collections, or awareness evenings featuring a Medair speaker. Medair provides informational materials, videos, and stories from the field to support church-led fundraising activities.

Get in touch with Medair through the contact form on the fundraising page or by emailing the relevant national office. Medair's team will register your event, provide materials, and ensure that funds raised are correctly attributed and acknowledged.