Kindly Help Sunshine Get to Oxford!

Hi! I'm Sunshine (Yes, it is my real name).

I was shortlisted to attend Global Environmental Summer Academy     (GESA)  will be held in Oxford (UK), in collaboration with the                     University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute (ECI) and             Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS), between 25 July and 11 August 2018. Yay me!

This is an exciting opportunity to support the development of a tool (mobile app) that has the potential to do grand things.

Here's why:

* I'm in the process of designing a mobile app  to preserve and protect traditional plant knowledge through gardening, recipes and joining folk knowledge with western science, WHILE existing to DEFEAT biopiracy (the bad guys who steal plant knowledge, patent it, then sue the original cultures.)

* Attending this academy will not only help me make this app better but allows me to connect with people who will help the app reach further corners of the world where it's needed.

* Despite working TWO part-time jobs, plus side gigs while attending    school full-time - I cannot afford to attend without additional support. That's where you come in ;)

The expenses include:

Academy Fee 
$3700 USD (€2500 Euro) = inclusive of registration, accommodation,
field trips and materials.

Flight (international travel) 24 July- 12 August: $2000 USD

Land Travel (Bus, Train, Taxi): $550

Cost of Living (Food, Toiletries, Travel Insurance in case of emergency, etc.): $550
(NOTE: I intend to cook for myself opposed to eating at pubs, etc.)

TOTAL: $6800 USD (€5,500)

My goal is to collect this amount by June 1st, 2018.

Your investment in me will not go wasted.  

The last 10 years I have spent learning and expanding my skills in the IT Industry, Multicultural Culinary Research and Sustainable Agriculture within various communities across the country and around the world.

Please help me get through this major milestone, so we can see what's yet to come.

Thanks in advance for reading this. 

Gratefully,

Sunshine