When I reached out to Jamie Campbell Bower to ask if he could help at this incredibly challenging time, and he immediately stepped up the plate.
Within days he and his designer Nina Tritschler came up with wonderful designs for a t-shirt and hoodie to be part of his merchandise for his band Counterfeit - promising all profits would go to Sermpanya Foundation!
Then on Wednesday evening 30th September he set up a live chat with me on Instagram reaching tens of thousands of people!
Donations have been received from all over the world and we are extremely grateful and humbled at the response. We know this Covid-19 pandemic has caused so many to lose so much but still there is so much generosity amoung the people.
It was my first experience of Instagram and was so amazing to see all the people who were listening from all over the world! So a huge thank you to every one for all the donations that we have received so far!
Huge thanks are also due to Claire Breen Melwani who was on the Board of FilmAid Asia and will now be helping Sermpanya Foundation continue our important work.
Also huge thanks to Zoe Ciara Miller who came and interned for us in July in Mae Sot and has done all things ‘social media’ to raise awareness of the work we do.
We will be sending updates of our work shortly to keep you posted on everything we are doing!
Please follow us on instagram@sermpanyafoundation
and on facebook.com@sermpanyafoundation
Here is a link to the instagram chat Jamie Campbell Bower!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFxDizanH8k/?igshid=etifdyhclhyd
Please keep supporting us if you can, every donation makes a big difference and will mean we can continue to do our important work here on the Thai Myanmar border, especially at this very difficult time of Covid-19.
Here is the link to the Gogetfunding page!
https://gogetfunding.com/sermpanya-foundation-supporting-education-through-film-for-refugees-migrants-on-the-thai-myanmar-border/
Thank you again!
Best wishes and safe stay
Mary Soan
Director, Sermpanya Foundation, 2020