Pamela Murra
Pamela Murra, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
The event went great! I was really happy to share with my friends something I care about and see them get interested in it, too.
The event was originally going to be a Hamburger Sale, but due to a recent alert of the H1N1 in my area, I had to cancel it because there wouldn't be enough sales.
I talked to some of my friends and we decided to carry out a BBQ where everyone brought something they already had in their houses (part of the food was from a previous party and the other one was bought between some of us). There were even little party-hats a friend decided to bring from his sister's birthday.
I placed a small url on the hats, so that everyone could memorize the website and spread the word around. During the BBQ I brought my laptop outside for them to view the real situation of refugees through some of the videos available in Youtube in the UNHCR channel.
Almost none of my friends knew that situations such as the ones in the video were still real, so they felt even more connected to this activity we were doing. Everyone donated, knowing that our goal to reach were $200, what they could into a container we had in the entrance.
I really loved having this BBQ and sharing with my friends something I don't usually talk about with them. I felt it was a very positive event, were we got together to help a good cause, providing shelter for a family.
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