Charity Website of the Month!
During my time at Justgiving, I’ve visited a lot of charity websites (over a thousand in my first two weeks alone!) so I think I have a decent idea of what’s good and, er, less good.
I thought it would be only proper to share my experiences and to present some of the better examples, hence starting a charity website of the month feature:
And without further ado, I’m pleased to announce that the inaugural winner is…(drum roll please) the Dotty Rhino website!
When you visit www.dottyrhino.co.uk you are presented with an animated scene from Mkomazi, an area in Northern Tanzania.
It features many of the residents of the area (both human and non-human) who talk when you hover the mouse over them – I dare anyone to listen to them and not smile - it even made Zarine laugh! My personal favourite is Dave the Dung Beetle: will he ever get to where he’s going, the busy chap?
The “Dotty Dogma” states that “Our website has been created for an imaginative and considerate audience, and aims to be both educational and fun”.
I think it’s safe to say it ticks both those boxes, and you can keep up to date with them on their blog.
If the quality of their site makes you want to support them, the style is also mirrored in a rather fancy donation page created by our designer Kai (good work son):
And if you’re really curious about who Dotty is, have a look at one of their previous blog posts that lists “Five things you don’t know about me”. One of these is, “We rhino are actually the only mammals who have horns on our noses not on our heads... how special are we?!”
Could be a contender for the Famous Friday Fact…
It was a real treat for me to get to work on the site too!
Sites like that give charities a good name for sure.
Posted by: Kai Chan Vong | March 28, 2007 at 05:27 PM
Laura loves it too!
Posted by: Caroline | March 28, 2007 at 07:18 PM
Loving the www.dottyrhino.co.uk website but the help button on the Just Giving donation page does not work. :-(
Posted by: Jo Warner | April 03, 2007 at 04:29 PM
Good spot Jo, thanks for the comment :)
Kai's been on the case and the help button now links to the correct area.
Posted by: Jonathan | April 03, 2007 at 05:11 PM
Just wanted to take time to thank you for this nice site. I found it by accident but I will return for sure. Lots of helpful information that I found very interesting. Thanks again.
Posted by: Florida Vacation | March 10, 2008 at 02:07 PM