Twenty Sixth of 40 Donations

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The 25th of my 40 donations goes to Stronghold Rescue and Relief who protect and care for families in conflict zones around the world. Read some of the stores and watch the video below, it’s really something.

Stronghold Rescue and Relief send small teams of highly-skilled former special operations members into conflict zones to conduct and organize humanitarian rescue and relief operations.

Stronghold Rescue and Relief teams serve local families by providing emergency medical aid and delivering situation-specific humanitarian relief.

When appropriate, Stronghold Rescue and Relief‘s highly-experienced operatives advise and accompany local authorities during high-risk, life-saving rescue operations.

Over time, Stronghold Rescue and Relief organise and employ teams of locals to conduct their own rescue and relief operations with minimal outside help. Stronghold Rescue and Relief call this “Charity With Dignity.”

https://strongholdrescue.org/

I looked into making a donation and found that they prefer longer term support for cash flow and planning reasons. They actively encourage monthly subscription on their website including by giving a t-shirt to all monthly subscribers. Therefore, I signed up to provide $15 a month and I will do this for four months.

https://strongholdrescue.org/support

According to XE.com today $15 equates to £10.86 so over the course of four months I will end up paying almost 10% / £4 over £40 but I guess that will pay for the t-shirt!

https://www.xe.com/
$15 x 4 months = $60 / 1.38040 = £43.47
Khallas

I came across Stronghold Rescue and Relief on a YouTube channel called MrBallen by a dude called John Allen, a former Navy SEAL who now tells strange, dark & mysterious stories…

The story of how Stronghold Rescue and Relief became established is incredible and is summarised nicely in MrBallen’s below video:

You can find MrBallen’s YouTube channel here; if you like his content, subscribe.

https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallen/videos

Instagram: @johnballen416

Twitter: @johnballen416

2nd YouTube channel: MrBallen Shorts

TikTok: @MrBallen

LinkedIn: John Allen (MrBallen)

Eighteenth of 40 donations

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The eighteenth of my 40 donations goes to Bahrain Rescues who rescue, treat and rehome animals that need help in Bahrain.

You can see more of their activities via the following link:

https://www.instagram.com/bahrain_rescues/?hl=en

Due to an exchange rate error I missed £1.19 off my seventeenth donation so I have added it to this eighteenth donation, making the total (£40 + £1.19) £41.19. At today’s spot rate on XE.com that equates to 21.236 Bahraini Dinars.

Bahrain has a electronic cash-replacement payment system in place called Benefitpay that seems to work almost everywhere and in any situation!

Thanks to God I have a great friend who made this transaction possible and very memorable. Shukran Habibi.