Rebel News is in Maui reporting on the wildfires. Along the way, we found a grassroots relief camp for fire victims. We were so moved we donated $1,000 worth of goods, and we’ve set up a crowdfunding campaign to raise $25,000.
Please chip in at www.HonokowaiRelief.com!
Honokowai Relief Fund:
If you want to support the relief centre, please consider donating.
100% of the proceeds will go to Amber to help rebuild her community. Any surplus beyond their needs will be spent on children in the neighbouring communities. https://t.co/kfgpfR6Sq1.
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) August 18, 2023
Amber Vaughan is an organizer of the citizen-led relief effort. She told Rebel News that the relief camp includes a tent for medical help, including fulfilling prescriptions. Vaughan says that children had just recently started attending school again before the fires, so setting up a kind of school at the camp is a high priority.
Vaughan told Rebel News that lawyers have volunteered to set up a non-profit organization that will receive the funds from GiveSendGo, and any surplus funds not used by the camp at Honokowai Park will be given to nearby relief programs for children.
https://www.rebelnews.com/crowdfund_a_real_way_to_help_victims_of_fire_in_maui
