Bay Area for Chilean Wildfire

Right now Chile is facing one of the worst wildfires in its history. The lives of people, flora and fauna are being threatened by more than 70 active wildfires that have already burned more than 675,000 acres. Its magnitude is bigger than what firemen can control, running out of resources while the fire keeps spreading.

An uncountable amount of homes have completely disappeared and we need your help to stop destruction and support reconstruction of the damaged ones.

Even though we are far, we can contribute by donating to Chilean institutions to help them fight. So we would like to invite you as the Bay Area community to join the cause and support this wonderful country in such horrible times.

This GoFundMe campaign is led by the "Chilenos en Berkeley Association" to collect money and send it to "Desafío Levantemos Chile" so they can distribute whatever is needed in different áreas affected.

We will also have a fundraising party next Saturday, February 4th starting at 5:00 pm. This will be hosted by El Santuario del Arte y la Pachanga, with the help of our friends from Los Pobres Artistas, Pasto Seco Band and La Clandestina. All donations will go to "Desafío Levantemos Chile". We hope that our financial contribution as members of the Bay Area is significant and we stand up to the challenge!