For Jonny & Kurdistan

Fundraising campaign by Micah Risk
  • US$1,372.00
    raised of $1,500.00 goal goal
91% Funded
26 Donors
Raised offline: $50.00
Total: $1,422.00

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities

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During his time in Iraqi Kurdistan, Jonny has been helping to save the lives of men, women, even children from the constant, devastating and inhumane attacks by ISIS. Jonny and his team have also been the target of these [unsuccessful] attacks. We will certainly be lucky to have him back safely. But for those left behind, whether alive or perished, their stories will go untold and their lives will be forgotten before they ever had a chance to be remembered. Jonny has been taking photos, recording videos, and learning about the people who have been affected most during this conflict. At the moment Jonny does not have the means to buy a computer to transfer and communicate these images, videos, and stories to the world.


Further burying these tragic events from the records of history, only to exist within the affected communities; the forgotten, the denied, the massacred.


Please help us help Jonny tell these stories. Please pitch in today! Your generous donation will go to an Apple gift card so Jonny can purchase a MacBook. With this, he will be able to transfer all the videos, photos, and stories that he's taken while in Iraqi Kurdistan and will then be able to share it with the world. We are aiming for just $1,500. Additional funds exceeding this amount will go towards an unrestricted prepaid Visa gift card to Jonny OR to a non-profit of his choice. We will let you, the donors decide which is best-- but only if we are able to exceed the $1.5k goal.

PLEASE keep this fundraiser private. We are hoping to surprise Jonny with this gift. Do not share this fundraiser on social media. Instead, you may share the link directly with friends or invite them into the secret Facebook group for more information.

At the moment we are unable to offer anything in return of your generous donation other than our deep, heartfelt gratitude.


"But we must be aware that our collective indifference and inaction not only affects those denied. Our collective humanism is denied in the process, and our very existence becomes meaningless. Because when one man is denied of his freedom and dignity, all men are." -Hoshang Farhad


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Fundraising Team

  • Micah Risk
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  • Campaign Support
  • Rachel Bass
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  • Campaign Owner

Donors

  • Michael Harren
  • Donated on Apr 12, 2017
$30.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Apr 09, 2017
Amount Hidden
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Apr 09, 2017
$10.00
Apr 02

Some background..

Update posted by Micah Risk at 10:09 pm

by: Hoshang FarhadThroughout history some people are forgotten. Their lives and memories do not matter.The kurds embody this. They are the forgotten. The largest nation without a country. Their land does not have borders, their language is forbidden, their history denied and their families and children are massacred. The chemical. . . . .

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Donors & Comments

26 donors
  • Michael Harren
  • Donated on Apr 12, 2017
$30.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Apr 09, 2017
Amount Hidden
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Apr 09, 2017
$10.00
  • Snidely Whiplash
  • Donated on Apr 09, 2017
$17.00
  • Erin
  • Donated on Apr 08, 2017
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  • Maryalice Coleman
  • Donated on Apr 08, 2017
  • What an honor it is to know you vie Kelly and Andy. Understanding what you are doing, every day, I see how hard it is and a work of perseverance, but all done out of love and concern for humanity. You are a hero and to that there is no doubt. Your stories are many. The heart and soul of those stories are the people. Just like you and me. Those stories need to be known. Thank you for caring to preserve this present history in this life, on this planet.

$100.00
  • Kelly Blumberg
  • Donated on Apr 08, 2017
  • We take such pride in knowing you Jonny and we love you to pieces. - the Blumbergs

$25.00
  • Lauren & Mike Pease
  • Donated on Apr 07, 2017
$20.00
  • Nate DeMontigny
  • Donated on Apr 07, 2017
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$100.00
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US$1,372.00
raised of $1,500.00 goal
91% Funded
26 Donors
Raised offline: $50.00
Total: $1,422.00

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities