#support request

[shotofstress]

Coming back after being almost a week without electricity, phone, and internet connection. Huge storms with lightning and rain, and winds. We have never have winds like that here and the roof of so many houses were ripped off, stuff flying, etc. All this bc global warming, and the deforestation and mining in our lands. At this rate, in 5 years we will have tornadoes, a thing we have never ever have here. Nor our lands, infrastructures, states, and culture are prepared for this. Areas of the country are devastated, ppl have died, many are without electricity nor Internet connection so they are isolated. The houses are flooding with water, and the ones that not, are leaking from the ceiling. Too many neighbours and compatriots don't have roofs and the streets are full of fallen trees and pieces of roof material, no electricity, no signal, food rotting, but suffering at the same time for the cold of this terrible winter, and trying to do something, patching even when its gonna go to hell when the storm comes again this next days. More than 33,200 people affected and 41,500 isolated due to 5 days of rain and windstorms. In just a couple of days there were 170,000 homes left without power due to wind and rainstorms and even more as time went by.

If u want to help me to fix the roof, walls, to buy food and being warm this winter please check my Ko-fi. If u can't donate, please reblog bc thats the only way to make this being seen by ppl thus receiving help. I'm really not being able to keep living like this, i can no longer cope, so please share.

Here are in my PayPal or MACH . I took the kofi link bc they were charging me a fee.

Please, educate about global warming and the effects on Global South, specially for working class, chronically ill, autistic, disable, and long covid survivor ppl like myself.

Edit: I added links and pics

Edit: the weather is getting better, but I still need to fix were I live/sleep bc the walls are broken and one of the walls is not a wall, but like 1cm wide stuff and all was bad build so even the door is twisted and dont work correctly, there is black mold, the paint is falling, the lamp has fallen, everything is broken and ugly, etc. I still need to buy food and everything so please, please, share or donate if you could. I don't want to survive like this and here, no one mask even when they were the ones giving me covid bc of it and they have making me also catch flue the other day bc they cogh over everything and don't care if they kill me, they are abusive and really violent people and are working to put me and everyone in danger. I dont even want to be in my country bc we will have a dictatorship soon, but I have nowhere else to go nor money to migrate (i need like $10.537 dollars or € 9.760,95 euros to pay all the documents, the bank money I have to show to prove I am a human being deserver of rights, the tickets, rent money and stuff to migrate).

I currently have $100 dollars donated (coz i spent 40 in food and meds this past month)

I know i will die here, but at least help me to survive in a less dehumanising way.

Edit: tumblr has blocked me from recive or send messages from the chat and comment of posts, so if you are trying to reach throughout there I can't see it, sorry, I'm cut from any communication (cant even see past messages from chat or asks), except send asks. I'm waiting that tumblr do something, but still hasn't even answered the help file I sent to them.

[boxofbonesfic]

hey folks, i figured i’d make a fresh post—my husband and i are in danger of being evicted on 9/10. we were able to scrape together everything we owe except for the remaining $500. we get paid again this coming friday (the 13th) but the landlord is refusing to wait the extra three days for us to have the money, and is demanding it by the 10th or they will evict us. if you can spare anything at all, it would be a god-send.

this is my ko-fi link. thank you so much for even reading.

[reachartwork]

i'm gonna rip my teeth out dude i can't handle this right now. this is an entire month's pay just to finish my spouse's immigration stuff. this is on top of all the other shit. i don't want my spouse to get deported!

if you have the money to spare, anything at all would be helpful. thanks very much

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

You mentioned that sometimes zoos don’t get the funding they need? Is there anything that we, as visitors, can do to help with that? Donations, contacting representatives, things like that? What can we do to help zoos, zookeepers, and the animals they love and care for?

What a nice question!

So on a “we need funding for this new habitat or major renovation” level, the cost is pretty astronomical compared to what the average person can contribute. For example, the Oregon Zoo’s brand new Polar Passage habitat (started 2016, finished 2021) cost $19 million. The Brookfield Zoo is planning to add on a new indoor/outdoor ape habitat to their Tropics Building and that’s estimated at $9 million. Unless you happen to know folk with very deep pockets, personal donations aren’t going to have an impact on that scale - although that doesn’t mean they don’t help the zoo in other ways!

Contacting your representatives and expressing your support for your local facilities is absolutely something you can do that helps. Especially so if the facility is funded by the city or the county, but even if they’re not, it’s really good for reps to know that their constituents value the facility and want to see it supported. You can always write them whenever, but it’s most useful if there’s stuff happening that’s directly related (funding allocation, new rules being proposed, etc).

I’m going to take this opportunity to plug another way you can help zoos, though, that’s a bit different. Your question is really timely because there’s actually an ongoing need for support at the moment (date stamp: 6/11/23). There’s an organization I volunteer with, called Zoological Disaster Response, Rescue, and Recovery (ZDR3) and they do, well, what it says on the tin. When zoological facilities, sanctuaries, and other facilities with exotic animals experience disasters - think getting flattened by a hurricane - ZDR3 coordinates a network of 130+ facilities who can show up and help. This is everything from sending food and needed supplies that are limited because of supply lines, deploying staff to physically assist an impacted facility with recovery, and even helping evacuate animals and house them until it’s safe for them to return. And it’s really important that it’s other zoos doing this work: if you’ve got to go chainsaw fallen trees out of an alligator habitat, you need people who know how to work safely around alligators! It’s a type of response work that other major disaster organizations don’t really do, because they don’t have the expertise with the animals or the needs of the industry.

ZDR3 can always use support, but, right now, they’re in the middle of a response in Guam where financial support is more necessary than normal. Guam got hit by the Super Typhoon Mawar on May 25th, and it absolutely ravaged the zoo there. It’s a small facility, with mostly geriatric, disabled, and unreleasable animals living there. A USDA representative asked ZDR3 if they’d be able to assist. The director flew out to assess the site and help as much as she could, but the thing is, because Guam is an island, they can’t ask teams from other facilities to deploy there the way the can with facilities in the continental United States. Instead the zoo is having to purchase all the supplies they need for recovery - and could really use assistance. There’s an Amazon wishlist set up with the tools and supplies they need, as well as a DonorBox link for direct donations (which go directly to the zoo, not ZDR3). If you want a tangible way to contribute to the immediate welfare of zoo animals and function of a facility, this a fantastic way to do it.

[hachama]

Rent is paid. Internet and electric won't be due for another couple weeks. There's half a tank of gas in the car. That's the good news.

The living room looks like a bomb went off. We're moving our bed into TH's room, so the changing table and larger toys had to come out. Some of it is going to be given away, some needs to go to storage.

We're past due on the storage unit rent and car payment. I need to get more pills for our special senior kitty (he's got kidney issues and hyperthyroidism). We owe daycare almost a thousand dollars. There's no money for groceries. My bank account is overdrawn.

Anything helps.

Ko-fi

Etsy

T-shirts

Thank you for reading this far.

[constellations-and-energy]

the vet bills hit and as expected i’ve got about $3,000 in new credit card debt

i’m currently the sole provider for myself, my partner, and our 2 elderly cats

I have a hysterectomy coming up this month (August 22nd) and will have one week of recovery with no pay

We are moving in November and need at least $1500 for that

Howie (cat) has a bloodwork and a dental procedure coming up in January

vn/mo: @ virgobones

please help if you can, reblog if you can’t

thank you ❤️

- a disabled broke bitch who’s at their wits end

[uyu-boba]

Haven’t really posted anything original in a while so… here are some earrings I’ve made recently :) most of them are still available in my shop. I’m trying to fund my mental health first aid certification, I’m almost there!

[ineffableaddiction]

In tears….

I’m not sure if this has been posted, but I came across it today on Discord and am just… I don’t know what. I’ve already watched it three times.

[the-sound-of-her-wings]

Hello friends!

A friend of mine is raising money to help cover the cost of their mom's medical expenses related to cancer treatment. Their mom is a single mom of five kids and the main breadwinner for the family, so they really need the support.

If any of you would be able to donate a few dollars or spread the word, I would greatly appreciate it!

Here's the link to the GoFundMe

[sexyspamtonlover420]

URGENT AID ASK!

Requesting assistance to secure shelter for a Black parent who cannot be home (carbon monoxide leak) and needs a room. $150 is the cheapest rate including the incidental fee.

Them and their kiddos have been without a room and roof for two days and still cannot return home! This is of utmost urgency, please contribute however possible: every amount adds up!

VENMO: @Vienna-Peoples CASHAPP: $VeveEssance

[moonset-music]

Rent is due today and I’m reminded once again that I am very poor. If you enjoy my covers and would like to help me be less poor, you can chip in today at my ko-fi. Every bit counts!

[amomortem]

Hey y'all! I've been budgeting for my top surgery coming up here on April 17th and it looks like I'm gonna be a bit short. I've started a GoFundMe (found here) to help with travel expenses and support during my recovery period! Any little bit helps and if you can't donate, please share around ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Twitter post link

Instagram post link

$70/$1,500

[thedragonisaprincess]

Help DireBeastRex Get a New Potato!

Hey all! I'm not one to make my own posts on Tumblr these days, but this is for my great friend and romantic partner, @direbeastrex so, this is work making.

I know that mutual friends, in the past have referred to his current PC as a baked potato, because it's old as hell and needed updates or replacing, but...

Rex's potato of a computer is finally becoming so baked that it's starting to be a French Fry. He's found a replacement, but doesn't have the funds for it and crowdfunding is a daunting task to approach.

He's made a Ko-fi page to help get him toward the task of the down payment. If you can't help out, that's okay, but would y'all be amenable to sharing? The PC is his first line toward being able to get money that will help him actually have a livable life.

Here's the link to his Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/direbeastrex/goal?g=36… Please give it a look and if you can't donate, give this a share!

[heritageposts]

It seems Tumblr is continuing with their mass deactivation of Palestinian blogs. This time they've gone after @nourfamily1989, a mother with five young children in Gaza. Please continue sharing and supporting her fundraiser while she tries to get her account back.

[Vetting info / Nour's most recent post]

[homiro]

Medical Emergency

The only vetting this has is my own word.

Begging is always embarrassing and I hate to be doing it again. I need around 100 euros. That's it. I won't ask for any safety net extra amount.

I'm a mentally ill, adhd, autistic (diagnosed), intersex, trans person from the Mediterranean. I have lived my whole life in poverty, enduring abuse, and a bunch of things I really didn't want to get into, but include being exposed to criminal acts and forced to commit criminal acts, too, and SA. I live with CPTSD and can't find a job and only do sporadic freelance gigs that pay very little. And I had one that I submitted in June and have not been paid for yet.

I need money to go therapy, medication, and to pursue my education, which is the only thing I have, really. I never had the luxury of having dreams of anything and only found light in pursuing academic achievements. Before I started my degree, I spent my life until I was 18 thinking I would spontaneously die when I turned 18 because I couldn't stand being alive and that helped me have peace of mind. Since that obviously didn't happen, my mental health started rapidly getting worse and shit along the way made it even worse.

I asked for help yesterday sort of but maybe because my ugly face was attached to it nobody cared. I'm just in a bad mental space and asked for support in the stupidest way possible. I really need just around 100 euros, or I will be unable to get my prescription refilled and go to therapy. It is that expensive. Check the price tag on Ritalin. And I take more shit, including Risperidone. And not only that, the session is in another city and I have to take public transportation to go there and that's another 10 euros, plus the ride fare to go there because it's in a remote, well, mental health asylum, that is far from the city centre and there are no buses that go there because then it would be too easy for patients to escape. I was referred to that place because my mental illnesses are really not just a little bit of anxiety and distraction. I'm not even counting food money here. I have an ed and the wild anxiety I've been in in the past week thinking about this session has made me almost unable to eat. Especially because I also have had to forcibly taper off the anxiety medication to have some and avoid, well, dying. As much as I'm suicidal, I can't die because of my family and the friends who still care about me for some reason.

I'm really nothing but a burden, but well, for the sake of my family, especially my brother who would be destroyed if I did something irreversible, consider helping me if you can. I guess I have no choice but to say it how it is even if it sounds like a shitty sob story told a million times.

I'm scared shitless of going to that asylum, which doesn't help, but I don't have money for private therapy so I need to subject myself to this shit in order to stay alive. And I am a translator and proofreader. But freelance. I haven't seen a cent for my work since June. I translated a whole book and am translating another with nothing but the public library and a PC that takes over an hour to book and over half an hour to open MSWord. I know this isn't the right therapy for me because I'm so scared of this asylum (there are horror stories and the place is located on top of a mountain) and can't trust the therapist fully, but I need to go there or I won't get my prescriptions and well, I am in danger, but I can't tell that to the shrink, or I'll be immediately made to stay there and last time I was there I was already scared and feeling this intense awful energy in those hallways and even around it. I was fucking crying even before I stepped inside. But again, I have no choice and I need this money by tomorrow so that I can have it available to use on Wednesday. It needs to be paypal because stripe takes one week or something to let you use the money.

Coffee is /silverfurioso. There's more info on my carrd.

Please, if you can, I'm begging. I need my medication and I'm a fucking broke loser who can't find a stable job. All I get are small gigs here and there but that doesn't even cover half the meds I need and it's so sporadic, I can only pay for half of it every other month. I've locked my inboxes because last time I asked for help and advertised my services, I got spam and a scamming attempt from someone who wanted to pay with a check and could only "help USAmericans". Which I obviously am not. And that was the stupidest fucking scam attempt I've ever seen.

And I know that some people need money more than me and understand if this lands nowhere. I am aware that I have no voice and no platform and nobody in my corner to speak up and have support if I get in trouble for opinions. But I need to try anyway.

Thanks in advance and if you can't help, thanks if you read this.

[keigostorm]

i hate hate hate asking for help but i’m getting desperate as my medical bills keep piling up and i feel no slowing at all. i just want to feel better and be able to live. any little bit helps thank you so much