OpSafeWinter: Anonymous collaboration with the Red Cross
If anoymous is well known for their hack, their DDoS attack and various leak very few know them for their activism based operations. Yet, the major part of the collective focus on activism, striving for the betterment of their community.
Anonymous Guatemala, in collaboration with the FEPS and the Red Cross started a campaign called "donemos un suéter", give a sweater. The main goal of this campaign is to provide homeless but also orphanage and hospital with sweater, ponchos, and blankets to help them get through winter.
source: Red Cross
The campaign was annonced in a press conference, where the Red Cross and anonymous Guatemala represantant explained that november and december were the coldest months of winter, so their hope for this campaign was to be able to provide those in need a way to protect themselves from the cold and survive winter.
The representant of anonymous Guatemala also reminded us that anonymous was not only about critising and exposing governement corruption on social media but also about working in a constructive manner in order to help and support our communities.
"We wish to create a change for the people who felt small before and we hope that this will be the start of a new movement in our country" declared Prometeo, represantant of anonymous Guatemala
Anonymous Guatemala and the Red Cross during the press conference, source: Noti7
the campaign was a success with more than a 1000 items delivered to the elderly, orphans, and homeless. If anonymous Guatemala set up the exemple for us, it is our responsability to pursue it, striving each time for the better.
the Red Cross operate in the majority of cities during winter, you just need to to learn on how you can help and get involved. If you wish to start your own event you can do so on anonboards forum, or start your own facebook event
If everyone was doing their bit, we could achieve a world were homeless and orphan dying of cold would belong to the past.