Ta'ase Vaoga – Freelancer

Over the past two years, Wellington Rape Crisis has benefitted greatly from Ta’ase’s help with our fundraising initiatives. She has helped us to run multiple successful fundraisers, recommended we set up a fundraising committee (which has been a great success) and most notably, chosen a new fundraising database and helped us to set it up. This new fundraising database means we are now able to receive credit card donations via our website, and has meant a huge increase in the amount of donations we receive on a monthly basis. Ta’ase is awesome to work with – she gets along well with everyone in the office, has a great sense of humour and thinks outside of the box. She is incredibly generous with her time and has provided us with many volunteer hours of support, often going out of her way to help wherever she can. Ultimately, Ta’ase has been a great asset to Wellington Rape Crisis and has helped us to grow our fundraising capacity considerably. We are lucky to have her help!

I met Ta’ase at the Centre for Australian Progress Digital Fundraising Fellowship earlier this year. Ta’ase immediately stood out among the group; she radiates a warm, confident and bubbly personality and I wanted to get to know her. I found working with her in group projects extremely easygoing, she would naturally take the lead on organising team meetings and delegating tasks, but equally did not dominate the conversation and was open and encouraging of new and different ideas. She is driven, extremely friendly and intelligent and I’m sure will go far implementing some of the learnings from the Fellowship.

Ta’ase is friendly, helpful, and self-aware. She is grounded and level-headed. She combines these qualities with experiential knowledge, and a sophisticated analysis of the political landscape. I think she’d do a great job in a leadership position – and would lead in collaborative and positive way.