I am having a fundraising for my birthday (28th of August) which is usally done through facebook fundraising but they won’t allow me to use their system because I live in Peru.
I wrote to Mark Zuckerberg an email similar to this:
I signed up in January to raise funds WPC for YOPD. The money goes directly to the World Parkisnon Congress (not to me) though it must be set up from my personal facebook account.
IT SEEMS STRANGE that I am not allowed to raise funds with facebook fundraising for my favourite charity? I went to the WPC facebook page and I can’t even donate? This fundraiser is for my birthday on August 28th. I’ll be 44.
If it was money just for a personal cause I’d understand but this fundraiser is part of a legitimate charity and you can find my profile has been on the website since January. https://wpc2022.org/page/wpc4yopd
I don’t get any money from the fundraising. I just want to help others get along as the World Parkinson’s Congress changed my life for the better.
I made a video about my story of combating parkinson’s by using gymnastics – it was one of the 12 finalists for the video competition. I have kept going ever since and now reach out to my community to help others by running classes and setting up an association.
I am already going to the WPC so this is to raise funds for others – especially my friends who can’t afford to go but I know they would benefit a lot.
I hope Mark can resolve this.
Maybe we could get him to donate to the cause.
Please donate via this link in the interim: https://wpc2022.org/page/yopdfund
My WPC Video for the last WPC. Handstand for Parkinson’s
Christine Jeyachandran, Ambassador of the World Parkinson 2022
