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Desmos Direct | ||||
Desmos Direct is a Desmos core business project (www.desmosdirect.org) which has been built with the goal to become the go-to tool for any donation in Greece. Desmos Direct, Desmos’ online donation platform, is a Desmos core business project, co-funded by the SNF, the Katharina Turnauer Privatstiftung and, recently, The Hellenic Initiative, which partially funds operating expenses. Desmos Direct’s six month test phase was significantly facilitated through the funding by the VODAFONE World of Difference 2014. |
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Desmos Direct is not an exclusive tool for limited use, but is designed to be used as widely as possible and is therefore designed to be accessible by users with basic computer and online literacy. Thus it is built to be used by individuals and companies that wish to become donors on the one hand, and NGO's and social welfare providers, on the other. The interface is set in a familiar social media environment, with easy and straightforward steps to browsing through the organization’s information, creating a profile, posting items for donations or posting needs etc. |
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Ongoing, longterm |
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Desmos is a non-profit foundation that continuously communicates with social welfare providers in Greece, in order to accurately document their emergency and long-term needs in resources and infrastructure. In tandem, Desmos communicates with individuals and companies to actively secure donations from individuals and companies in surplus products. Desmos daily collects, sorts and distributes these donations to organizations according to need, ultimately matching each donation to an appropriate destination. The Desmos Portal takes the day-to-day processes of Desmos to a more efficient and inclusive level through the development of an online platform where donors, organizations, and social welfare providers have the opportunity to directly interact and transact in the user-friendly environment of a familiar social media platform which automatically matches items donated to items needed. Through Desmos Direct (DD) the donation process between individuals, companies and social welfare providers is facilitated and accelerated the donation process. Desmos Direct provides a platform where: 1. Social welfare providers with supply and service needs are able to create a profile to present their work and mission and, most importantly, post their emergency, one-off and long-term needs. 3. The DD automatically matches donations posted with corresponding needs and notifies both the donor and the organization about the match. |
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Since its establishment in January 2012, Desmos, in addition to collaborations with grant making institutions, has supported an expanding network of over 420 social welfare organizations in Greece and more than 170 companies and hundreds of individuals who have contributed by donating in goods and services exceeding €1,300,000 in - conservatively estimated - total value (please visit our website www.desmos.org for a complete list). Desmos gradually introduces Desmos Direct to each and every one of our collaborators in our continuously growing network. |
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Greece |
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Desmos Direct’s target audience consists of all individuals, companies and organizations. For individual and corporate donors the quantitative and qualitative results are significant: For the organizations that are constantly facing decreasing resources while the number of people in need continuously increases, Desmos Direct provides a powerful ally because: |
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Desmos Direct is a good example of how technological solutions are a good strategy to increase output with existing resources, while maintaining the trademark Desmos quality of service. For Desmos, Desmos Direct has significant advantages:
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