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People's Armada- Fund a Rescue Boat

Crowdfunding a rescue boat to ensure no one else dies in the #Migrantcrisis

People's Armada- Fund a Rescue Boat

Crowdfunding a rescue boat to ensure no one else dies in the #Migrantcrisis

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People's Armada, United Kingdom

$33,790 USD 502 backers

1% of $3,000,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

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It's time to take matters into our own hands

Over 2,500 refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean this year. Our leaders have been too slow to act - it's time for us to step up.

Our initial target is $3,000,000 which is enough to buy and refit one rescue boat for the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) which is a specialist rescue organisation operating in the Mediterranean in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MOAS has rescued 11,000 people in the last year alone.

We can raise this money and much more and dispatch a #PeoplesArmada to help before it's too late.

Why 10 days?

European leaders are meeting on September 14th for an emergency meeting on how to respond. We can't wait this long. In the 10 days it takes our leaders to book their flights to Brussels, let's crowdfund for an entire search and rescue mission.

What else can you do?

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Hot meal

$10 USD

A $10 donation will cover the cost of two hot meals for those rescued as they're on their way to shore.

11 out of 30000 of claimed

Ships worldwide.

Shipwreck survival kit

$20 USD

$20 will buy a shipwreck survival kit for MOAS. This includes warm socks, a blanket, a towel, high calorie food, water and overalls.

14 out of 10000 of claimed

Life jacket

$30 USD

A $30 donation will buy one extra life jacket.

22 out of 3000 of claimed

Ships worldwide.

Clean dry clothes

$100 USD

A $100 donation will be enough for MOAS to provide clean dry clothes to ten people, given if persons clothes are wet or soiled from being in the sea.

9 out of 30000 of claimed

Berthing fee

$150 USD

A $150 donation will cover the cost of one day's berthing (a place to anchor).

2 out of 220 of claimed

Ships worldwide.

Medical equipment & supplies

$200 USD

A donation of $200 will cover the cost of one day's on board medical equipment and supplies.

7 out of 2000 of claimed

Medical crew, ten days

$1,500 USD

A donation of $1,500 will cover the costs of one on board paramedic or doctor for ten days

0 out of 1000 of claimed

Ship operating costs, one day

$6,500 USD

A donation of $6500 will allow MOAS to stay at sea for an additional day.

0 out of 1000 of claimed

UAV operating costs, one day

$10,000 USD

A donation of $10,000 will allow MOAS to operate two Schiebel Camcopter S-100s for one day. These UAVs (drones) fly up to 150 miles per hour, spotting and monitoring distressed vessels. With thermal imaging capability, they don’t have to quit when the sun goes down and can cover huge amounts of ocean faster than any boat, relaying images and information in real time.

0 out of 500 of claimed

Ships worldwide.

One month operating costs

$500,000 USD

A donation of $500,000 will allow a MOAS ship to stay at sea for one additional month.

0 out of 24 of claimed

A new ship

$3,000,000 USD

A donation of $3,000,000 will allow MOAS to buy and refit an entirely new rescue vessel, doubling its capacity and allowing MOAS to save thousands more lives.

0 out of 12 of claimed

Ships worldwide.

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