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When we founded in August 2010, we wanted to use our talents to communicate online within social media to do social good. During 2011 we aided:

- the street magazine Faktum in their efforts to increase awareness of the homeless people in Göteborg
- socialized, told and spread hundreds of micro stories about organ transplantation/taking a stand for organ donation for World Transplant Games
- we started our own project Awoque Juniors to get youth work through their social media talents
- we followed and cheered Fredrik Toreskog´s efforts in raising 100 000 SEK for a children´s hospital
- Björn Kåberger gives many hours a week to his organization CISV

I want Awoque do more social good in 2012.

Today, I continue a tradition I started last year to give to someone else on my birthday. I had the privilege to meet a great new friend during my vacation in Sri Lanka. I want to give him and his family a increased chance of a better life by supporting his efforts to get a taxi driver´s license. I will tell you more as the project continues.

Can we be an asset to you in a social good project? Maybe your company has set CSR goals and/or support great projects around the globe that you wish to further develop? We could be a great partner. Please get in touch.

Hello all Awoques fans,

My name is Maria Gustafsson. I work at Awoque with and for social good at World Transplant Games (WTG) – and what a fantastic mission it is! WTG is being held one whole week in June, with athletic competitions in Göteborg, where the common thing between the competitors is that they still have their health due to organ donation.

Royal news released last week when it became official that Prince Daniel is the royal patron of the event. This is an important matter to Prince Daniel, since he has undergone a kidney transplant.

This morning while enjoying the spring sun and discovering the first flowers of the year, I thought about how amazing it is that the athletes will come to Sweden to participate. They will arrive from more than fifty countries to meet, compete and spread their gratitude over actually being able to run, swim or play petangue (the international name for boule).

Every sporting event worth its name has dedicated volunteers and of course their own mascot. WTG even has two – a couple of happy mooses which will appear on different places in Göteborg during the spring.

The moose mascots still don’t have names – what do you think they should be called? Feel free to give proposals in the comments!

Do you want to participate as a volunteer at the event? Register here!

This spring, you will be able to follow the how the preparations for the event are going here on our blog – while the sun will keep shining to warm up or frozen souls until summer is here.

Follow the Games on Facebook and Twitter

Sunny spring greetings!

Maria Gustafsson, Creative Communicator at Awoque.