HELP Covid19 Coming Together – Boracay Island Philippines

Help COVID-19 Coming Together - Boracay

We are reaching out to the Boracay community in light of the unprecedented impact that COVID-19 is having on our most vulnerable communities on the Island of Boracay.

As COVID-19 unfolds, it has been highlighting the way pandemics disproportionately and unevenly impact different populations, such as migrants, racialized people, people with precarious work or insecure housing, poor people, disabled people, and elders. The current situation is creating an unprecedented threat to many of the most vulnerable community members in the island.

And so we decided to take action. We did so by creating a group of Kitesurfers to connect those in need with those able to offer help.

We, as members of this community, have the power to reach out to our neighbours and help build community support going forward. Now more than ever, it is important that we work to build networks of solidarity and support vulnerable and targeted communities.

This GoFundMe campaign is a call for your financial support. Where will the money you donate, go?

We will be funding families to help towards groceries, medical, rent, and basic needs. This is to help folks with immediate relief funding to help them make ends meet. The amount distributed to applicants will be determined based on the size of the funding pot we receive.

Our team will be assessing requests from the community group and making donations to Boracay individuals and families in need. While there will be some screening of applicants, we will heavily rely on an honours-based system and community self-regulation. Our goal is rapid response relief. We believe in the goodwill and loving kindness of our community and hope that only those with real, urgent needs will apply to receive a donation.

This emerging model of emergency relief funding due to COVID-19 is working in many other countries around the world today - with your urgent support we can make this happen in Boracay.

Who are we?

We are regular folks from all round the world who love kitesurfing have been active in the Kitesurfing community with each other. This is a result of love for community. We are a collective of volunteers.

We will be overseeing the withdrawal of donations made, to individuals and families of Boracay

Thank you for your support