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Since 1999, our association has participated in 300 renovations or rehabilitations and has built 94 new homes for low-income and homeless families. The “First Homes” Association, builds simple accessible housing for working families, in a non-profit system. Such projects require significant, long-term investments, meaning the budget is largely dependent on companies’ sponsorships. The C.O.R.E. project aims to develop the NGO’s long-term capacity to fundraise and attract volunteers, by creating a sustainable system at a level adequate with the investment needed, focusing on donor experience and systemic empowerment of the NGO. The system will be based on three pillars: our current not-for-profit building system, the CORE platform and the CORE Workshop. The CORE platform aims to transform online donations in an opportunity to connect between donors, NGO and beneficiaries, using modern technology. CORE will be created by applying modern UI/UX principles to the know-how specific to the non-profit sector. The platform will include functions to control donations, information about spending of funds raised, calls for volunteers and scheduling events with the involvement of beneficiaries. The CORE workshop will help us use attracted resources more effectively, by internalizing operations such as wood processing, and allowing a larger frame for volunteering, thus reducing the costs per family served. The three pillars support each other in creating a sustainable system past the financing period, and long-term will ensure a supplementary source of income for the construction of social housing. CORE aims to triple the number of online donors and double the amounts raised in its 1st year of functioning, with further growth perspectives. Funds will be used to build a home exclusively from the donations of natural persons, thus increasing their involvement in our association’s mission.