During COVID, there are so many people in need who have gone overlooked or fallen through the cracks when it comes to traditional charity campaigns, government subsidies, and personal fundraising. Many have incredible stories of persistence, unfortunate circumstances, or heart-warming efforts to provide for themselves and their families. We want to help those in need and spread their stories to bring more awareness and humanity to donations.
Social Media has become a storytelling platform for those in need of support. As evidence suggested, some stories told through online media usually quickly become viral and are being widely discussed across different platforms. The more viral the story resonates, the more support it gets. In some cases, enormous support is concentrated on a particular individual. However, not everybody can win the lottery and get their story told in this viral manner. So we’re looking for nominations of individuals who could truly benefit from a small cash prize, to get them through these difficult times and provide basic necessities. We see an opportunity to enable more stories to be heard, directing relief to more individuals, and to “Spread the love” to as many recipients as possible.
Therefore, “Spread the Love” volunteer group has come up with this project that will provide a great solution to solve this problem to enhance donation capability and ensure that the help covers inclusively those most in need spreading the support evenly. Each recipient based on selected nominations by a panel of judges stand a chance to received 1000-5000 baht per person. Our panel of judges would be made up of volunteers, such as students learning social studies guided by their professor, professionals working in the social impact sector, and donors who have provided an outsized amount of funds for this project. Judges will change each month as new volunteers are invited, however, we wish to respect their privacy and their names will not be published.
This project will provide updates regarding the donation and other relevant information to ensure transparency for donors to see the impact of their donations.
*MAIN SPONSORS*
DOWN App, a dating app company from the United States, led by its Chairman, Colin Hodge has joined us as the first main sponsor. DOWN App has donated the first 100,000 baht to kick-start this campaign and help Thais in need, as well as to volunteer their time to help us launch and scale this project.