aynaray I had a friend of almond once. He flowered my maize of moment but good
GOT MY FIRST DONATION!!!!!!
3 months ago
yaaaaaaaaay!
...the key is in the ignition…
How to raise $1000 for the above project through www.fundable.com (account not active yet tho)
It made me
try other ways 
"www.fundable.com sounds like a great idea, but..."
How I did it: I looked intot he website but upon finding out that I needed to put my own money in first through the internet I couldn't proceed. I had put lot of my own money and time and other resources into the project but I couldn't use this website cuz I didn't have a credit card. I could have asked a friend if I could use theirs but it seemed even weirder- so I just went friend to friend and asked for donations that way rather than using the site as a go-between.
Lessons & tips: Maybe in my next project I will try this site to reach people I DON'T KNOW...but I was abot to raise the funding through more traditional methods anyway. YAY!
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aynaray I had a friend of almond once. He flowered my maize of moment but good
Logline:
“Enviro-Aid”, a small live music concert in Cebu doubles as an attempt to empower a new young breed of environmentalist through music and art. These “environmental soldiers” battle not only to reverse the effects of pollution in one impoverished community, but also the psychology of living with it, especially for children who live in or near over-flowing dump sites.
Premise:
Though shot on location in Cebu, a small island in the Philippines, this documentary is international in scope because left unchecked, pollution has detrimental effects that ripple right across the globe’s fragile eco-systems. But an insidious and very personal side effect of pollution is its emotional toll on the children who live in poverty within the wasteland.
This 39-minute program acts as a public service announcement that defines the cycle of pollution and exposes its effects on a community literally living neck deep in it. But rather than merely expressing doom and gloom, “Enviro-Aid” shows specific examples of the more environmentally conscious ways to manage waste not just in homes, but in entire third world communities.
In the wake of award-winning documentaries like “An Inconvenient Truth”, environmentally-themed programming has become more marketable. “Enviro-Aid” should appeal to eco-friendly sponsors who are looking to effectively slow and reverse the domino effects of pollution.
Theme and Mission:
According to a report by the Blacksmith Institute (in collaboration with Green Cross Switzerland) “pollution is one of the leading contributing factors to death and disability in the world (with) disproportionate effects on the health of children…many of these deaths and related illnesses could be avoided with affordable and effective interventions.” “Enviro-Aid” uses art and music as the platform to show how the recycling process can alleviate pollution’s cost to the environment and minimize its toll on the youngest and most helpless generation.
In general and starting at a young age, the Filipino psyche seems trained to accept unhealthy living conditions as a part of life, rather than a problem that must be solved. There is a divide between some of those who can afford to blind themselves from the disparity, and those who feel too destitute to change their living conditions. This documentary tracks the progress of activists who choose not to accept the pollution-related problems of a small community, specifically Barangay Looc, one (among many) crowded and poverty-stricken communities in the Philippines.
The first mission of this program is to introduce a few positive interventions to at least one needy community, starting in Cebu. Secondly, it is to document the events for later use as a teaching tool to repeat the process, one impoverished community at a time.
Show Outline:
“Enviro-Aid” contrasts the living conditions of a group of children living in an over-crowded squatter area located by a dump, with that of a house on a compound which operates on the principles of ‘reducing, re-using, and recycling’. Footage from these two locations are then interwoven with musical acts at a live-to-tape concert in honor of the solutions that bridge the gap between these two very different environments.
There is: 1) a week-long “clean-up” where local artists and musicians participate in recycling projects at Barangay Looc (namely: the harvesting of rainwater, recycled container gardening, and segregation of wastes), 2) a concert where the same musicians play music to bring awareness about what can be done about pollution on a community level. In between the musical acts are short presentations about recycling applied from Sir Nestor Archival’s eco-compound. Then, 3) a documentary is edited using the educational footage from the “clean-up” with inspiring musical interludes from the concert.
Thanks for reading all that…I found www.fundable.com posted on another 43things page…so I thought I’d give it a try. This is where we ask for support for our goals after all… :)
