Help for madeira...

[Domineiro]

Hello people.

I live in Madeira Island, most of you probably don't know even where is Madeira, but Madeira is a Island from Portugal that have been hitted by a storm.

Im trying to collect nearly 500 euros to be delivery to Caritasl.

So im here asking for the best ways of collecting some money.

I was thinking using my Paypal account to collect the money but im afraid that people will think that is a scam. Another way i was thinking is using the account number that Banks created to collect some money for help.

So whats its your opinion for the best way...

Some Photos:

http://paulojtcoelho.com/beta/?p=488#more-488

http://fotos.sapo.pt/antoniogarces/playview/3

http://tweetphoto.com/user/Margaridadoria

 

[Michelle]

For obvious reason people are not going to donate to your own private paypal account but.. your intentions are good is there an official site you could link to ?

 

[Domineiro]

Ye i was thinking that too...

For now theres no official Website.

The only internacional website that exist is from Caritas, an internacional ONG, but when we try to donate theres no option for Madeira.


We have some blogs that are showing some bank account.

For example: Madeira Islands, our Blog and our Thoughts

The bank website in portuguese shows the account number, but in english don't show anything.


But tomorow i will try to contact Caritas to start showing the donation for Madeira, thats probably the best way.

 

[Michelle]

What has happened there is so very very sad but... it's fab what you are trying to do to help :tu: People have really big hearts/pockets when it comes to a good cause .. Let us know if you find an official site..

 

[GILSAN]

I´m also from Madeira. The flash floods and landslides were the worst in 200 years. 48 people are confirmed dead, with over 32 missing and feared are under all the debris. There are lots of videos on youtube of this catastrophe. Here is one that shows some of the drama during the storm.

País - Mau tempo provocou grande destruição na Madeira - RTP Noticias, Vídeo