YKPA Bali - Our adopted charity

My co-producer and I have selected YKPA as the film's adopted charity. Some info on them here and here.

I know it was insane to be thinking about/working on this so early on. I get what some filmmaking buds were saying. We'd be able to contribute more later if we used this time to market the film. Instead, we searched and evaluated organisations we could support, read through mission statements and track records, etc. etc.

Maybe. But then...

It took YKPA a while to acknowledge our announcement that they had been "chosen". I found out later that at the time we sent them the email, they were busy helping a kid who needed an amputation.

It's never too soon. And while I still worry about our contributions being little and sporadic, I'm assured YKPA will make them count.

Crowdsourcing a Charity

Had decided to save this for the film's release announcement. Thought it would add an extra da to the ta-da moment. But a DJ in Australia wanted to share the film with her listeners earlier today, and I thought the opportunity to get audience input was too good to pass up.

Here's the thing: I've always wanted to commit a % of the film's screening revenues to the "right" charity in Bali. Have a few on our shortlist, but my partners and I are still looking.

So, here's the call to all out there. If you know a charity org that would appreciate and make good with what little we might be able to raise, let me know. I'm thinking something child welfare or HIV/AIDS related, but no cause is irrelevant if the organisation is good.

Post your suggestions here. Better yes, post them our Facebook page. We setup a special thread in the discussions section for this. Hopefully we can get a conversation going.

Quick reassurance: I'm also going to ask some friends with tons of NGO/volunteering experience to help us with our evaluations.