MIAMI.- The GoFundMe platform will return to donors the more than 20 million dollars collected to build a wall on the border between the US Mexico because the promoter has changed parts of the campaign, national media reported today.
Last month, veteran Brian Kolfage launched through GoFundMe, a campaign to raise $ 1 billion towards the construction of the wall on the southern border, an initiative that thanks to some 340,000 donors today has collected more than 20 million dollars.
On Friday, however, Kolfage, a former member of the US Air Force who lost three limbs in 2004 during the conflict in Iraq, announced on the campaign website the creation in Florida of the non-profit organization We Build the Wall, Inc. and asked donors to redirect the money to the brand new entity.
In a message on the campaign page, Kolfage noted that the collection on the web still stands and in fact this Sunday was still receiving donations, so it is unknown whether the platform will make effective its decision and when.
The veteran, who started his campaign for being “tired of seeing the inability of the Government” to secure the southern border, said the federal government will not be able to receive donations collected in the short term and for this reason, there was a need to create the new organization.
Donors to this campaign are allowed to have their donations redirected to the new company by filling out an online form.
Anyone who doesn’t do this within 90 days will automatically receive a refund.
