At the moment I have raised 420 USD via my fundraiser at Generosity.com and almost as much by personal donations (bank transfers and Swish). It is truly amazing and it really warms my heart.
There are two scenarios on how your donations will be used:
The first
Collecting enough donations in order to buy and bring a defibrillator, or a "heart starter", to leave to one of the teams working on the beaches or in the camps. There are reports saying that with one of these on every beach, more lives could have been saved. As of now, I am half way to to be able to do this. A portal defibrillator costs about 1500€.
The second
While a defibrillator saves lives, saved lives must be helped, supported and taken care of. Your donations will go to items such as
- underwear
- medication
- bottled water
- blankets
- tents
A part of the donations might also go to support one of the many teams of hard working volunteers who tirelessly work day and night.
I won't bring anything from Sweden, instead I will buy everything in local shops and stores. Lesvos is on the verge of bankruptcy this season since tourism is expected to decrease with more than 70%, forcing local businesses to close and lose the so important income. Even the locals (entire Greece) are in need of support and help and if I can help the locals at the same time I help refugees, there's no question about it.
Thank you again for you kind donations. I will report here on my blog and make sure you know that you have helped people in need.
You can still help by donating.
Swish: 076-007 8867 (Jesper Isaksson)
Please let me know if you have any special request on how you wish your donation to be spent. If not, see above.
With love
Jesper
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