In October, Central Sulawesi was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami, with a rising death toll. ETA Caroline Kim and the MAN Model 1 Manado community, located in North Sulawesi, came together to fundraise money for relief efforts in Palu, Donggala, and other affected areas. Through a series of Instagram stories, Caroline and the 2018 ETA cohort reached out to their friends and families in the States to raise $2,600 from 128 individual donors in nearly three days.

Caroline then solicited the help of four aunties, who used their localized knowledge to buy the lesser-known needs. At the end of October, $2,600 worth of diapers, pads, bras, underwear, noodles, rice, milk, water, tea, coffee, sugar, oil, crackers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, childcare’s schoolbooks, etc. were airlifted to Central Sulawesi via army plane.

Caroline Kim is currently teaching at MAN 1 Model Manado, North Sulawesi