Keeping refugees safe in the Greek sea: by April Humble
Fundraising campaign by
April Humble
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€35,336raised of €3,000.00 goal goal
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Campaign Story
IMPORTANT: Please donate directly (not via this site) via paypal: [email protected]
There sadly- and very very annoyingly- has been continued problems with fraudulent payments and my fund raising accounts payment system now has very very high fraud security filters. This means many normal cards are also currently being rejected.
Because of this, I have had to stop all donations via this site and am asking everyone to donate via paypal, using the email address: [email protected]
All money to paypal gets channeled to a separate bank account dedicated to this cause.
If you cannot do this, please feel free to contact me directly about payments.
Massive big big ongoing thanks to you stars! ;0 Because of you this has all been possible!!!!
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In total, you donated over 13,000euro so far, getting hundreds of life jackets to children, women and men making this crossing, which is an incredible incredible feat. Thank you once more!
It doesnt stop here. The boats are still coming. If you feel you are in a position to donate something just now, it will go directly to the shops that supply good quality life jackets to subsides the prices for refugees. Thank you in advance, you have made wonderful things happen so far, we can carry on doing this together xx
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A lot of the shops in the west coast of Turkey are sold out of real life jackets- now that that the tourist season is over. Fakes are left for the refugees. We know of the boats going down, often as they happen, from refugee friends in Turkey. News spreads fast- they are always someones friends, or friends of friends or family. Me and one friend are working alone to keep people alive in the Bodrum crossing. This can be through advise on life jackets, advise on weather at sea and if storms are coming, making sure they have the right numbers to call if they get into trouble, etc.
Rough seas are here, the challenges and dangers for refugees are worsening. We need all the help we can to do this. My money is almost out now, and that is a petriying thing. What we do feels like a drop in the ocean sometimes, but when its one persons life, it is bigger than the world..
There are only 2 of us doing this and our only support is you (we have tried to get bigger help, but large NGOs aren't interested/cant help) xxx Any support at all is really really helpful and appreciated. We are almost out of our current funds. Im sure will be able, and are, saving lives through this.
We do this voluntarily, and all travel, etc is paid out of our own pockets. Every penny goes on helping keeping the guys out there safe.
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My friend on Kos told me she helped a man get on a boat the other day that arrived in the night. In the rocky sea, he watched two of his children fall of the side and immediately disappear into the black waters. He couldn’t swim himself, and the sea was too rough anyway. There was nothing he could do to save them. There are many waiting on Kos for their families and friends to turn up who were meant to leave weeks ago but their boats never arrived. My friend in Turkey told me a load of boats will be leaving soon- families included. The sea is very rough already. I don’t want to think how many wont make it. Way too many men, women and children have already been lost to the sea here. But we can help change that number together.
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We desperately need your support now, as the refugee crisis gets even more severe in terms of dangers and risk of death as winter quickly approaches
Thank you so much for everything you can give xx
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UPDATE! 2,000 Euros was reached in first week alone! The needs in Kos are endless with hundreds of refugees arriving every day, and little-to no support from authorities/aid organisations. Lets keep going and take over as much as we can!!! We can do this together! xxxxxx THANK YOU
Organizer
- April Humble
- Campaign Owner
I am a 29yr old Scottish female, living in Berlin. I work with issues around climate change and the social impacts of climate change. I have worked with refugees in the past: I volunteered with the Refugee Council in the UK, as well as South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice. I also worked in Istanbul with Amnesty International, and at the time travelled Jordan and Syria during the beginning of the uprising. I am from the Scottish Borders, studied at Leeds Beckectt, and before migrating to Berlin 3 years ago.
I am a 29yr old Scottish female, living in Berlin. I work with issues around climate change and the social impacts of climate change. I have worked with refugees in the past: I volunteered with the Refugee Council in the UK, as well as South Yorkshire Refugee Law and Justice. I also worked in Istanbul with Amnesty International, and at the time travelled Jordan and Syria during the beginning of the uprising. I am from the Scottish Borders, studied at Leeds Beckectt, and before migrating to Berlin 3 years ago.
Donors
- DEIN Fessett
- Donated on Apr 22, 2016
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Reached 10,000euros! THANK YOU!
Update posted by April Humble at 01:09 pmIn the last few weeks, we have incredibly reached 10,000euro to help refugees stay safe in their perilous journeys. THANK YOU! Thank you to every single one of you that has donated, we have been making the world of difference to individual lives, my and their gratitude cannot be expressed. . . . .
Payday! Our money is almost out, please give us whatever you can afford xx
Update posted by April Humble at 01:36 pmIts payday! woohoo! And to be brutally honest, our funds to help keep refugees alive when they cross from Turkey are almost finished. And this petrifies me. I will not talk about how many deaths I have heard in the last few days alone of innocent people, because they did. . . . .
Seas worsening: I challenge you to match what you donated last time
Update posted by April Humble at 06:32 pm2 days ago 17 people died on one boat- half kids, 9 on another. Rough seas are here, the challenges and dangers have changed. Most of you gave when I first started my campaign at the beginning of Sept. I challenge you to all match this, and give the same
Seas worsening: I challenge you to match what you donated last time
Update posted by April Humble at 06:26 pm2 days ago 17 people died on one boat- half kids, 9 on another boat. Rough seas are here, the challenges and dangers have changed. Most of you donated at the beginning of September. I challenge you match this, and give the same again. Must funds are almost dry, and
Winter is coming now, seas are getting rough, fatalities are increasing. I am switching to focus to keeping people alive in the water, and I need your help.
Update posted by April Humble at 09:57 amWinter is coming now, seas are getting rough, fatalities are increasing. I am switching to focus to keeping people alive in the water.My friends in Turkey have told me many refugees have decided to try cross in the coming weeks before the really bad winter arrives. Many are leaving now-. . . . .
Winter is coming now, seas are getting rough, fatalities are increasing. I am switching to focus to keeping people alive in the water, and I need your help.
Update posted by April Humble at 09:56 amWinter is coming now, seas are getting rough, fatalities are increasing. I am switching to focus to keeping people alive in the water.My friends in Turkey have told me many refugees have decided to try cross in the coming weeks before the really bad winter arrives. Many are leaving now-. . . . .
Back to Berlin; the needs never end
Update posted by April Humble at 03:09 pmI have just arrived back in Berlin from Kos. What a place of tragedy and mayhem and filled with such courageous beautiful people arriving there. People need shoes from their long treks across counties, so with your money I bought shoes, people need socks for warmth after arriving in the. . . . .
Clothes, water and food for the survivors
Update posted by April Humble at 10:31 amThings have begun to function very well on Kos, but nothing is stable here- the situation is constantly changing, especially with the fluctuating number of refugees arriving. But we can provide water, food, tents and clothes. This is because of people like you donating. Words cannot express how valuable this. . . . .
Arrival update
Update posted by April Humble at 11:57 amJust a quick update to say that we have arrived and have truly hit the ground running. There is not as many refugees here as a few weeks ago, but there is still endless people arriving- especially during the nights- dozens of Pakistanis arrived in one boat last night, and. . . . .
Local papers and beyond
Update posted by April Humble at 04:29 pmJust to let you know, I will be in the Southern Reporter tomorrow, and supplements over the weekend. I was also in the Independent last Monday and the Yorkshire post too. Keep your eye out and spread the word, we need as much people to know of the situation and
Donors & Comments
- DEIN Fessett
- Donated on Apr 22, 2016
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