Help Us Prepare a #KINDREDPACKET
Following the kampaign's success over Lunar New Year, Kind Red Packet aims to continue supporting the wider East/SoutheastAsian (ESEA) community through meaningful exchanges in gatherings and gift giving.
This gofundmepage will remain open and any additional proceeds will serve as resources to fund us in our next steps. More to come, so please continue supporting us!
If you have any ideas or questions, please feel free to email us at [email redacted].
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The kindredpacket kampaign is an organised effort from a collective of East/Southeast Asian individuals in collaboration with RUMAH, BritishChineseBiz and Britain’s East and South East Asian Network (BESEA.N) looking to :
- Elevate and amplify voices, works, businesses of E/SEAsians
- Bridge privilege gaps through fundraising
- The cultural appreciation of Lunar New Year
- Offer a safe space to celebrate LNY away from our families
- Lift spirits of the wider community as we #stayathome
Original Kampaign
How will you spend Lunar New Year in 2021?
We may not be able to be with loved ones,
or return home and visit our families this year,
but some of us may not even have a home to go back to...
What if this year, we can collectively give a
KIND RED PACKET
for the un-homed and the elderly
by doing something we love with our communities?
Lunar New Year is when
many of us from East/Southeast Asia exchange red packets
(red envelope / Lai See 利是/ Hong Bao 紅包 / Ang Pao)
as a symbol of good luck.
So why not extend this tradition a little further to those truly in need of support?
CONTRIBUTE/JOIN ONE OF OUR EVENTS OVER LNY...
[ OPEN LISTING ]
An open call to all who identify as East/Southeast Asians or celebrate the tradition of Lunar New Year across the world to host a virtual gathering over the period of LNY to raise funds for the un-homed and elderly.
Gatherings can be a virtual reimagination of whatever you typically get up to over LNY from cookalongs, karaoke or mahjong nights to yoga classes, performances - you name it.
Nothing is too casual, nothing is too grand. ;)
HOW TO TAKE PART...
- Organise an event
- Tell us about it by listing your event
- Invite your friends and family to participate
- Share your experience online #kindredpacket
TO LIST YOUR EVENT OR JOIN ONE...
TO SUPPORT E/SEA BUSINESSES...
TO NOMINATE A CHARITY...
[ OPEN LISTING ]
Everybody is welcome to contribute and support this cause!
By the end of this campaign, all proceeds will be divided equally across nominated charities supporting the un-homed and elderly. Charities we will be donating to so far...
- The Rights Practice (https://www.rights-practice.org)
- Chinese Welfare Trust (http://www.chinesewelfaretrust.org.uk)
- Kanlungan (https://www.kanlungan.org.uk)
- Hackney Winter (https://www.hwns.org.uk)
- Doorstep London (https://www.doorsteplondon.com)
- Centre 151 (http://www.centre151.com)
- AgeUK East London (https://www.ageuk.org.uk/eastlondon)
SUGGESTED DONATIONS...
£25 年年有余 (abundance) - I am blessed with abundance.
£22 双喜临门 (joy) - I welcome joy to my doorstep.
£19 九九同心 (alignment) - I am in alignment with my heart.
£8 八方来财 (wealth) - I embrace wealth in all directions.
£6 六六大顺 (flow) - I call upon ease and flow.
...or your lucky number! :)
To those who have the capacity to offer a bigger donation, simply add a 0 after your chosen number ie. 60, 80, 250 to amplify your blessing call.
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The #kindredpacket campaign is an organised effort from a collective of East/Southeast Asian individuals in collaboration with RUMAH and Britain’s East and South East Asian Network (BESEA.N) looking to :
- Elevate and amplify voices, works, businesses of E/SEAsians
- Bridge privilege gaps through fundraising
- The cultural appreciation of Lunar New Year
- Offer a safe space to celebrate LNY away from our families
- Lift spirits of the wider community as we #stayathome