Need advice: How to set up a Gaza evacuation crowdfunding campaign as a Malaysian organizer? (Payout & banking issues)
Hi everyone, I am looking for some urgent advice and guidance from anyone who has experience with this.
I am currently trying to set up an evacuation crowdfunding campaign for my fiance and his family who are stuck in Gaza. However, I am facing severe logistical hurdles because of my location and banking restrictions.
I am based in Malaysia. Because of our strict local financial regulations, most global fundraising platforms (like GoFundMe) do not support direct payouts to Malaysian bank accounts for this specific cause. To make things harder, my fiance does not have a PayPal account due to the situation on the ground.
Up until now, I have been supporting him and his family privately by transferring funds via USDT. We even managed to pull off some small-scale humanitarian water distribution projects in his area using crypto transfers. But for a proper evacuation fund, we need a legitimate crowdfunding platform that people can trust and donate to via credit card/FPX.
Every time I try to set up a campaign, it gets stuck or rejected at the payout verification stage.
Has anyone from Malaysia (or Southeast Asia) successfully managed to navigate this? Are there specific platforms that accept Malaysian bank accounts for Gaza evacuations, or is our only option to find a trusted proxy/co-organizer with a US/UK/EU bank account?
Any advice, subreddits to check out, or platform recommendations would mean the world to us. We just want to be safely reunited. Thank you so much. 🙏