Feminist Coalition has raised over N62 million to date in its crowdfunding effort to support the ongoing #EndSARS #EndSWAT protest. This social organisation along with Flutterwave, set up crowdfunding channels to receive donations for the protest. Though Flutterwave’s donation link has been disabled, Feminist Coalition is still receiving donations via bitcoins.
According to a progress report released today, here is a breakdown of collections so far.
- NGN 62,643,663.05
- USD 11,474.34
- CAD 5,595.89
- GBP 5,733.49
- EUR 875.42
- GHS 1,256.70
- KES 53,016.60
- BTC 1.28827988
With these funds, the social enterprise outfit has supported 100 peaceful protests in 25 states, paid NGN 759,080 in medical bills for injured protesters, donated NGN 400,000 to the families of victims murdered by police officers while protesting peacefully, paid NGN 500,000 in legal aid and spent N 11,367,500 on supplies including food, water, mask among other things for the peaceful protesters
The feminist coalition is a group of young Nigerian feminists formed in July 2020 Damilola Odufuwa (Head of PR for Africa at Binance) and Odunayo Eweniyi (Co-founder and COO of PiggyVest) with a mission to champion equality for women in Nigerian society with a core focus on education, financial freedom and representation in public office.
A couple of days after setting up a donation link and an account to receive the donations, the platforms were shut down. It has now resorted to accepting donations in bitcoin using BTC Pay
According to Feminist Coalition, “Our initial plan has been to Strategise (find the best ways to keep Nigerians safe during this period, while using their voices), Organise (to encourage Nigerians to exercise their constitutional rights) and Sustain (support the peaceful #EndSars protests until the demands of Nigerian youth are met). We have sustained this so far through an unwavering team of women, fundraising efforts, a network of volunteer lawyers, business owners and well-meaning Nigerians.”
Feminist Coalition reiterates that its role in the #EndSARS fight is to fund the safety and comfort of peaceful Nigerian protesters exercising their constitutional rights.
