:Title: Click4Africa 2008 - Round One (1 Feb - 15 June 2008) :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:12:54 PST :Modified: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:19:21 PST :URL: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa/news/8/ From 1 Feb through 15 June 2008, Life in Africa USA is challenging teams at two community owned telecenters in Uganda to a click4africa CONTEST to earn financial help with the ongoing costs of keeping their community connected to the Internet. In addition to monthly connectivity awards the two teams can earn each month, and an investment in computers and connectivity quality upgrades that one team will win in mid June, any Click4Africa participants who are **Ugandan citizens** can also win **monthly prizes and cash awards** for leading in the race to earn click4africa points for their team. Whoever you are, you are invited to click4africa too! When you qualify to have your online activity at Ned.com, facebook.com and iGive.com counted toward your favorite team's total, you are helping that team EARN their internet time and WIN investments in connectivity infrastructure at their community center. Non Ugandan participants can also earn bonus donations to their team's internet budget each month, win prizes donated by LiA supporters, and qualify for the opportunity to win a really tremendous prize in the second round of click4africa 2008, during the second half of the year (how about free trip to Uganda?) How can I join a click4africa team? ----------- Introducing the `Click4Gulu`_ and `Click4Kireka`_ teams! **To qualify** to participate and to have your points counted toward keeping your favorite Click4Africa team connected, you must complete ALL of the simple steps below: 1. Join `ned.com`_ a. fill out your profile using your real names b. add the team name you wish to support as a TAG on your profile (**click4kireka** or **click4gulu**) c. Join these 3 groups: `NedUganda`_, `Life in Africa Global`_, and `Life in Africa USA`_ 2. Join `Facebook.com`_ a. `Become a LiA Fan`_ b. `Join the Life in Africa Group`_ c. `Join the Life in Africa Cause`_ (TIP: join from a team members page so that your team gets the point for recruiting you) 3. Join `iGive.com`_ to support Life in Africa (TIP: ask a team member for their iGive referral link so that your team gets the point for recruiting you) How do I earn points for my chosen team? ------------- **Your profile must be tagged by you with a team name** to be counted. The first thing we'll check is whether you've completed all of the qualification steps listed above. Once you are qualified, the following activities will be counted on the 15th of each month and included in the tally of your team's cumulative points: **At ned.com** - your number of points given away - the number of friends who have given you feedback - the number of personal feeback points you have received - your comment feedback score **At Facebook** - Your number of friends - The number of people you've recruited to the Life in Africa cause - The number of dollars you've raised for the Life in Africa cause (x 2) - the number of links from the Life in Africa group page that you've shared on your facebook profile **At iGive.com** - the number of shops you've visited (/2) - the number of people you've recruited to join iGive in support of Life in Africa - the number of people you've recruited who have shopped - the number of $US raised through your own shopping - the number of dollars you've earned in bonuses (x 2) **Please Note** You can change the team you choose to support at any time by simply changing the team tag on your profile. Got questions about Click4Africa? --------- `Watch this thread`_ for further details on prizes and cash awards, tips on how to earn more points, and strategy ideas for click4africa teams to consider. This is also the place to post questions, offer suggestions to the teams, and keep up with how the contest is going. Click, click, click!! Let's have some fun! .. _`Watch this thread`: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa/news/8/watch .. _`Join the Life in Africa Cause`: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/53080 .. _`Join the Life in Africa Group`: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6043963668 .. _`Become a LiA Fan`: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Life-in-Africa/21934573272 .. _`ned.com`: http://ned.com .. _`Click4Gulu`: http://www.ned.com/user/tagged/click4gulu .. _`Click4Kireka`: http://www.ned.com/user/tagged/click4kireka .. _`NedUganda`: http://www.ned.com/group/neduganda/ .. _`Life in Africa Global`: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/ .. _`Life in Africa USA`: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa/ .. _`iGive.com`: http://www.igive.com/welcome/warmwelcome.cfm?c=43292 .. _`Facebook.com`: http://facebook.com