
Replacing Katya's Stolen Music Equipment
I spent my birthday in Porto, with a long evening walk through the city with a couple friends, and on a tired late-night whim Katya and I decided not to return to the van and instead go straight to sleep at a friend's airbnb. We returned the next morning to find that the van, our home, had been broken into and ransacked. They took 'everything valuable' - about 5 thousand euros in value of everything we own: headphones, speakers, all my camera gear, lenses, music equipment, instruments, laptop, passports.
Katya was on her way to a small gig and lost basically everything she owns materially and financially, particularly her entire music set-up - mics, loop station, laptop, instruments.
Our insurance doesn't cover theft, but I'd love for her to be able to replace a couple of her most valuable tools, in particular her loop station, laptop, and her shruti box, so she can get back to working, creating, and doing what she loves. Several people have requested a more concrete way to support, hence the creation of this page.
Other ways to support could be anyone with an old macbook they feel like donating, or someone with connections to the Shruti Box Company in case they're up for helping replace a lost friend.