It has been just over a year since my last blog & since my time at
Soi Dog. crazy. Soi was an experience which has stayed with me ever since and I
think about my time there almost every day. I have been thinking a lot in the
past year about how I could continue to pursue my passion of animal welfare
causes and how I could turn my passion into real life change. I don't want to
work any old job to save money to come back from volunteering after a few
months skint, unemployed and with nowhere to live again and again and again.
Instead, I have created equALL along with my friend Joe Espindola. The name
meaning 'all equal' was thought up by my friend Emma Booth. Clever.
equALL is already gathering momentum since we discussed starting it up
back in January. A summary: We are equALL. With the positive use of art, music
and by building up a network of passionate people we aim to raise awareness for
important worldwide causes focusing on humanitarian crisis, animal welfare and
environmental issues.
We wanted to create something to bring people together. A range of
different events.. community projects.. demonstrations.. The goal? To raise
awareness of important worldwide causes! One of my blog posts was titled 'The
Hidden Secrets of Paradise'. This is similar. There is so much going on in the
world - environmental destruction, the results from war and human conflict,
animal exploitation, the list goes on. We want to highlight and help the
organisations, charities and individuals who are fighting in their (people,
animals and our planets')(!) corners. with ALL profits we make going straight
to them. Obviously, nobody is a super hero but everyone can take responsibility
and make a stand for something that they believe in.
Our launch night was on 26th April. It was amazing and we were extremely
proud. We held a night of music at Downstairs, on Holburn Street Aberdeen. We
raised £437.35 for The Bristol Skipchen. Read about these guys HERE, a anti
food waste campaign with aims & they are making a real difference to the
lives of hundreds of refugees.
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| Photography by Rob Phillips http://iconosquare.com/robp787 |
We already have so much planned for the rest of this year.
THIS MONTH A sponsored fast to raise money for villages throughout
Africa including funds for The Gathimba Edwards Foundation.
JULY Our next big event. Still in talks with the council for this but if
it goes to plan, its going to be good. Without giving too much away - climate
change demonstration followed by one big party. In aid of 10:10 (solar
schools!).
AUGUST We are teaming up with Aberboomtique for another big event.
Bringing attention to the very important but taboo subject of woman and child
trafficking in Nepal and the organisation set up to help these victims, MaitiNepal.
Everything is still in the planning stages of course, and we are
discussing new ideas all the time. I would love to organise an art event for
this summer too (artists please get in touch :)). This week is the last week I
will be working 50hrs in my two jobs too, I have decided to cut my hours and
concentrate on building equALL. A massive thank you to our friends who have
helped us so far, graphic designers, artists, creatives, photographers,
musicians, venues, cafes and the growing number of equALL followers! If you
would like to help us out, please drop me an email at equallmovement@gmail.com.
Keep up to date on Facebook and Instagram!
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