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Most of you know that I had planned to move to an island off the coast of Panama once I sold Rock & Roll After School. For reasons beyond my control, those plans changed. I met some amazing people there over the years, who run various charities in the Bocas del Toro region, that help the indigenous communities and young women there to thrive.
Enter, COVID19... an absolute nightmare for these isolated indigenous families living in the jungle. The area is supported 95% by tourism, which may not resume for several years. There is no other industry on the islands and many people paddle dug-out canoes up to 2 hours to and from their jobs at the restaurants and dive shops in Bocas Town, which has now come to a complete halt, and they are predicting that 80% of the businesses in town may close.
Give & Surf, along with The Darklands Foundation are bringing bags of food and necessities to hundreds of local families sheltering in place, but once restrictions are lifted, the government assistance will stop and their jobs are gone.
In addition to your donations, I will be selling all of my personal belongings that were shipped to Bocas, and donating 100% of the proceeds from the sale of my property to the relief effort down there.
I would like my friends who love me and are do-gooders, to help me make lemonade out of a very lemony situation and feed these folks.
Can you see the kind of effort it takes here? We can just go to the store.
More information about Give And Surf Inc: A locally embedded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of volunteers providing sustainable empowerment to indigenous communities in Bocas del Toro, Panama, through education and community development.
Enter, COVID19... an absolute nightmare for these isolated indigenous families living in the jungle. The area is supported 95% by tourism, which may not resume for several years. There is no other industry on the islands and many people paddle dug-out canoes up to 2 hours to and from their jobs at the restaurants and dive shops in Bocas Town, which has now come to a complete halt, and they are predicting that 80% of the businesses in town may close.
Give & Surf, along with The Darklands Foundation are bringing bags of food and necessities to hundreds of local families sheltering in place, but once restrictions are lifted, the government assistance will stop and their jobs are gone.
In addition to your donations, I will be selling all of my personal belongings that were shipped to Bocas, and donating 100% of the proceeds from the sale of my property to the relief effort down there.
I would like my friends who love me and are do-gooders, to help me make lemonade out of a very lemony situation and feed these folks.
Can you see the kind of effort it takes here? We can just go to the store.
More information about Give And Surf Inc: A locally embedded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of volunteers providing sustainable empowerment to indigenous communities in Bocas del Toro, Panama, through education and community development.
Organizer
Erin Riley
Organizer
King of Prussia, PA
Give and Surf Inc.
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