Bongo-Licious Edinburgh Show
Fundraising campaign by
Bongolicious
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£75.00raised of £4,200.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
On the 18th January 2014 my father died of a brain haemorrhage. I have always wanted to write a book about my father’s exception life and after his death I discovered a past I did know. He was orphaned and cared for by his 5 year sister in the streets of Nairobi living off garbage. What I didn’t realise was that my mother too was in a detention camp from the 8 years until she was 14 years. They lived during the state of emergency in Kenya at the end of the British rule. They endured untold suffering including beatings and torture. My father was amongst thousands of Ferrell orphaned children ignored by society. He was truly exceptional because he beat the odds and because a successful business man and black belt in Karate. He taught himself to read and write and spoke 5 languages. When I discussed this book idea with an industry professional we decided that I should turn it into a show to be featured at the Edinburgh festival in Scotland. I am a stand-up comedian so I thought this was a brilliant idea. It is very expensive to host a show and living expenses. There are free rooms which I applied for but I have not been allocated a room due to great demand. My only option is to use paid for venues and for the full run it will cost between £2700 - £4200. By doing a show in Edinburgh I hope to attract the attention of book publishers in order to get my book published. Thank you for considering my project. I have already written the show and have been doing trial runs with great feedback.
Here is a blog about the project
Here is a little clip of me doing stand up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2rYKt_oYTY
Rewards
Big thank you on twitter and facebook
a reserved seat for the show and a big thank you twitter facebook
signed picture, reserved seat and big thank you on twitter and face book
Organizer
- Bongolicious
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Donors & Comments
- Guest
- Donated on Mar 13, 2014
Here's to Edinburgh, and here's to the book!
Here's to Edinburgh, and here's to the book!