Babywearing Education (all over the world)
Fundraising campaign by
Hedwych Veeman
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€2,866.00Donated So Far
Campaign Story
So, this is a first for me.
Starting a fundraiser, but more so: asking for help.
For those who don't know me or my story:
I'm Hedwych Veeman, I study multimedia marketing and am a certified Babywearing Consultant. (Trageschule Hamburg & l'école à porter)
A few years ago I started a Facebook page and Youtube channel to share my love for babywearing and to help other babywearers with video tutorials. ( It's called 'Wrap you in love)
I have 3 kids (Celine 5, Alice 3 and Emile will turn 1 in July) and love to (over)share pictures and videos of them to connect with other parents.
I would love to deepen my knowledge and take babywearing courses at different babywearing schools all over the world. If I get the chance I would also like to visit other babywearing events with workshops / lectures about bonding and babywearing.
Currently I'm living on a student finance, which mainly is a loan (and has to be paid off after I finish my study). I can't afford or justify to spend a lot of money on my mostly unpaid hobby.
That's why I'm starting this fundraiser!
Visiting courses will be expensive. Organizing childcare, traveling expenses for me & my youngest, the costs of staying somewhere + the fee of the course.... It would be too much for my current budget. I'm hoping we could make this work together!
With the gathered knowledge I'm hoping to improve my work and give back by making better tutorials and writing interesting blog posts. I will keep everyone updated about my whereabouts and how we're doing (on Instagram and Facebook). My goal is to keep my videos available for all, for free.
When I'm visiting somewhere I would be happy to attend a babywearing meet for a meet & greet, selfies, chatting, eating or other fun things!
Prices for a course range between 450euro and 850aud. This is excluding traveling expenses (oversea flight, hotel costs and other expenses like ESTA application).
As the courses usually are 3 or 4 days you can imagine how much it will cost all together.
Depending on the amount raised I already have some events / courses in mind I would love to be part of:
International Babywearing Conference (Atlanta)
CBWS foundations course NY
And there are many others out there: Trageschule Dresden (foundations & progressions course), Canadian babywearing school, Babywearing school australia, Slingababy.co.uk, Clauwi ...
As I don't have any lectures from the second week of August until the end of this year I'd like to plan most of my courses for this period, but I'm looking to continue education in 2017 too.
Every single euro will help and will be gratefully appreciated. If you can't contribute financially you could help me by sharing this campain
Thank you,
Hedwych
Organizer
- Hedwych Veeman
- Campaign Owner
Donors
- Yvonne Duran
- Donated on Oct 25, 2016
Thank you Hedwych for spreading the babywearing love all over the world! I in the name of Sjala am very happy to make this donation! You are invaluable to this community!
- Luciana Nurman
- Donated on Sep 22, 2016
Raffle
Update posted by Hedwych Veeman at 05:47 pm* Donate & Win!! *On my fundraiser post I received some comments that I should do a raffle to get more donations.... The first carrier, a one of a kind ISARA arrived last week and will be one of the prizes!For every 5 euro you donate(d) you'll get one entry,. . . . .
Almost 2000 euro!
Update posted by Hedwych Veeman at 06:07 amThank you all so much for your donations! I will soon book my New York foundations course at the Center for Babywearing Studies, made possible by you all! I'm also talking to some brands about possible scholarships or donations for events. I would love to take the slingababy course, this. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 10, 2017
Thank you for all your youtube videos and pictures on baby wearing. I love wearing my baby and you have helped to make it easy!!! Wish you all the best. Xxx
- Yvonne Duran
- Donated on Oct 25, 2016
Thank you Hedwych for spreading the babywearing love all over the world! I in the name of Sjala am very happy to make this donation! You are invaluable to this community!
- Luciana Nurman
- Donated on Sep 22, 2016
- Jennifer Hoffmann
- Donated on Sep 22, 2016
Danke für deine Videos, sie helfen mir sehr!
- Tihana Kvocic
- Donated on Sep 17, 2016
Dear Hedwych, thank you so much for your tutorials, they've been enormously helpful. Can't donate much, but hope this modest donation will bring you one step closer to wherever you want to be. Wish you all the best, with love.
- Anonymous
- Donated on Sep 16, 2016
Ich liebe es mein Baby zu tragen, daher unterstütze ich dich gerne!!
- Anonymous
- Donated on Aug 02, 2016
- isabella rodrigues pettinari
- Donated on Jul 21, 2016
i love your videos, and they are very helpful for me! Thanks to all of this
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 18, 2016
- Andreea Mirza
- Donated on Jul 12, 2016
Thank you for all your youtube videos and pictures on baby wearing. I love wearing my baby and you have helped to make it easy!!! Wish you all the best. Xxx