Case Studies · Social Welfare

Enabling online donation through website development

The Foundation for Autism Research and Education works on autism research, awareness and education across Bangladesh. We designed and developed a website that represents the foundation and its programmes clearly — with fundraising built into the same surface in a way that fits how local donors pay.

Integrated

Payments

Live

Donation counter

Editorial

Programmes

Problem

FARE needed a web presence that did three things at once: communicate the foundation's mission and the people behind it, surface ongoing programmes and events so the work is legible to anyone visiting, and turn that interest into fundraising through a path that fits how donors here actually pay.

Approach

We designed and developed the site around the foundation's voice — mission, team, programmes, events — with fundraising built into the same surface and a live donation counter the next supporter can see.

Outcome

FARE's mission, programmes and events are legible to anyone who lands on the site. Donors give through a flow that feels native, not foreign. The team sees confirmations in real time and updates programmes alongside the fundraising page without a developer.

The Foundation for Autism Research and Education does work that has to be understood before it can be supported — research, awareness, education programmes, public events. The website's job is to make that work legible first, then make supporting it easy enough that intent doesn't pass before it converts.

A design built to be read

We worked on the site as a piece of editorial as much as a fundraising surface. Clean typography sets the pace — generous line-heights, careful hierarchy, headings that earn their weight — and the layouts make room for substance: programme write-ups, research notes, event recaps, profiles of the people doing the work. The reader can spend time on the foundation before they're asked to support it, which is the order in which support is actually earned.

Built around how donors here pay

We integrated SSLCommerz, a Bangladesh-based gateway that handles the full local payment landscape — cards, mobile financial services and bank options — on a single rail. For a cause that's gathering support inside the country, that breadth without a stack of integrations mattered.

Momentum a supporter can see

Donations on FARE's page are tallied in real time and surfaced as a live counter the next visitor can see. The point isn't a vanity figure — it's social proof. A donor weighing a small contribution behaves differently when they can see other supporters are doing the same thing right now.

What else we built

Programs, events and donor updates sit on a CMS the team owns — short forms, predictable structure, instant publish — so the campaigns running alongside the donation page never go stale.

Where it sits today

Donors give through a flow that fits the way they pay. Confirmations land in real time. The team's hours go to programs and supporter relationships.

At a glance

WebsiteCMSDonationsNon-profit
Client
FARE
Industry
Social Welfare
Went live
Nov 2024
Status
Running

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