We have four days left until our Kickstarter campaign closes. We have only received 1/3 of the pledges needed in order to create and run an Overseas Yes site for military families stationed in Bahrain, and none of the funding needed to launch sites in mainland Japan and in Guam.
Need a breakdown of how these funds will be used? Here ya go:
$1,000 in setup costs (purchasing URL, creating logos, setting up back end of site)
$4,000 to run the site for one full year (server & security fees, pay for managers and writers)
That’s a total of $5,000, most of which will be used to pay the people who create and run the website. Yes, $4,000 for operating costs sounds like a big number up front, but divide that between 2 managers and multiple writers over the course of 12 months and… well, if you do that math you can see we’re not in it for the money. (You don’t work for free, do you? Neither do we, even if this is just pocket change!)
If Okinawa Hai has helped you at all, please consider donating to this campaign so that we can help others who are also navigating their way through the overseas life. Even a one-time $5 donation will get us that much closer to helping military families benefit from the resource we can provide… but only if our funding goal is reached.
If you have a few moments, please watch this video from our Overseas Yes General Manager, Joelle.