Dedicated project page
A focused page bringing together the project, location, responsible organisations and teams, budget, timeline and current status.
PARTNER BRIEFING
Bring a transparent project to life with Yaqina.
Yaqina works with charitable organisations and reliable local implementation teams to make the full journey of carefully selected projects visible—from the initial budget and clearly defined responsibilities through milestone updates to completion and Opening Day.
One specific projectFundraising remains with your organisationFollowed through Opening Day
CURRENT STAGE · INITIAL PILOT PHASE
Yaqina is currently preparing a small number of carefully selected pilot projects and looking for organisations interested in exploring and developing a suitable project with us. For the initial pilot phase, Yaqina will not deduct a percentage-based platform fee from project contributions. Any project-specific direct costs—for example, jointly agreed professional documentation or the cost of having someone on site to document the project or coordinate agreed documentation—will be agreed before the project begins and disclosed transparently.
One project, followed from start to finish.
Each partnership centres on one concrete project with a clear goal, a transparent budget, clearly defined responsibilities, regular evidence of progress, and a completion moment supporters can witness. Rather than operating as an open marketplace or campaign platform, Yaqina focuses on carefully selected, clearly defined projects.
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Project selected
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Budget and responsibilities confirmed
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Fundraising begins through the partner organisation
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Milestone updates are published
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Opening Day and final report
What Yaqina brings to the table
Yaqina helps turn one suitable project into a clear, engaging journey supporters can understand and follow. Your organisation remains responsible for fundraising, oversight and accountability; Yaqina takes on the supporter-facing work of structuring and presenting the project, making costs and milestones easier to understand, and turning agreed updates and evidence into a coherent project record through Opening Day. The aim is to strengthen trust, keep supporters engaged beyond the donation, and leave your organisation with reusable documentation and a visible record of completion.
For the initial pilot, the number of updates, required evidence and responsibilities would be agreed together so that the additional workload remains proportionate. The pilot also gives both sides a practical way to learn whether this deeper visibility strengthens supporter trust and long-term engagement.
Clear costs and milestones
The planned use of funds and key project stages are visible before fundraising begins.
Structured progress updates
Photos, notes, documents and evidence from key milestones can be published throughout implementation.
Opening Day experience
Supporters can witness the project’s completion live or later through a recording, where possible.
A complete supporter journey
The experience connects the initial contribution with visible progress and the project’s final outcome.
During Yaqina’s initial pilot phase, Yaqina presents each project and makes its progress visible but does not receive or manage contributions. Contributions are received and managed through the partner organisation’s own fundraising infrastructure and under its legal responsibility.
What Opening Day means
Opening Day is Yaqina’s name for the visible completion moment of a project. Depending on the project, it may take the form of a formal ceremony, an opening or handover, a switch-on, a first-use moment, or a simple guided walkthrough. Where feasible, supporters should be able to join Opening Day live. A recording should also be made available afterward for those who cannot join at the scheduled time.
The format is agreed with the partner organisation and local implementation team and follows consent, safeguarding, dignity and safety requirements. Opening Day should be planned for the point of completion or as soon as reasonably possible afterward. The event and its documentation should not unnecessarily delay access to the completed project or withhold an essential service merely for the sake of staging or filming.
Opening Day marks completion; it does not replace the final report or any appropriate later follow-up.
ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECT PAGE
See how a project could be presented on Yaqina.
Explore a sample Yaqina project page showing how the project, responsible organisations and teams, budget, milestones, progress updates, Opening Day and possible changes can be presented transparently.
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Illustrative only · Not a live fundraiser
Who does what
Partner organisation
Fundraising, oversight and accountability
The partner organisation receives contributions through its own established fundraising infrastructure, carries out due diligence, oversees the implementation, manages and disburses the funds, coordinates reporting, and remains accountable for fundraising and the use of funds.
Local implementation team
On-the-ground delivery
The local implementation team carries out site assessment, procurement and implementation, coordinates with the local community, documents key milestones and, where relevant, arranges handover and long-term maintenance.
Yaqina
VISIBILITY, TRANSPARENCY AND SUPPORTER EXPERIENCE
Yaqina structures and presents the project, makes costs, responsibilities and milestones visible, publishes progress updates and shapes the Opening Day experience.
Minimum project criteria
What a suitable project should include
- One specific and easy-to-understand outcome
- A clearly defined location and target community
- A credible, itemised budget
- A realistic implementation timeline
- A recognised charitable organisation with a suitable fundraising channel
- Access to photos, documents and evidence from key milestones
- Clearly named responsible organisations, implementation teams and key contacts
- A clearly defined and documentable Opening Day marking the project’s completion
- A plan for funding shortfalls or surpluses, delays, cost or scope changes, and situations where the project cannot proceed as planned
- A plan for the final report and, where relevant, for project handover, maintenance and long-term responsibility
INITIAL PILOT PHASE
How supporting a project works
Step 1
Discover the project
Supporters find the project on Yaqina and review its goal, budget, responsibilities, milestones and planned Opening Day.
Step 2
Follow the project
Before continuing to the partner organisation’s donation page, supporters can choose to follow the project on Yaqina and receive milestone updates and the Opening Day invitation.
Step 3
Donate through the partner organisation
Yaqina then directs them to the partner organisation’s donation page for the selected project—ideally requiring only the choice of payment method and final confirmation. The partner organisation receives and manages the donation.
During the initial pilot phase, all donations are processed through the partner organisation. Yaqina does not receive or hold funds.
PROPOSED PROJECT PROCESS · TIMELINE MAY VARY
How a project could move forward
- 1Partner and project reviewed
- 2Scope, budget and responsibilities agreed
- 3Project page, donation pathway and progress-update plan prepared
- 4Fundraising begins through the partner organisation
- 5Funding conditions are met, implementation begins, and milestone updates are published as the project progresses.
- 6Opening Day takes place and the final report is published
What the partnership is not
An open charity directory or crowdfunding marketplace
A guarantee that a project will reach its funding target
Yaqina taking over legal, financial or implementation responsibilities from its partners
Yaqina receiving or holding donations during the initial pilot phase
Could your organisation become a Yaqina project partner?
One suitable project is enough to begin. You do not need a polished proposal before reaching out. A first conversation is most useful if you can share what you already know about one specific project.
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Organisation and contact
Organisation name, contact person and the fundraising infrastructure that could receive donations for the project.
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Project and outcome
Project title, location, target community and the specific outcome the project is intended to achieve.
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Responsible teams
The partner organisation, local implementation team, key contacts and the main responsibilities of each.
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Budget and timeline
An itemised budget, estimated timeline, funding conditions and major implementation milestones.
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Evidence and Opening Day
Available photos, documents and reporting possibilities, plus how Opening Day can be documented and shared with supporters.
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Risks and long-term responsibility
Known risks, plans for delays, cost changes or incomplete funding, and any handover, maintenance or post-completion responsibility.
Send what you already know or bring it to an introductory conversation. We can work through any remaining gaps together.