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7th December 2021
02:34pm GMT

"We saw again in 2021 that people want to help each other, as communities around the world turned to GoFundMe as the easiest, safest and most effective place to take action and make an impact," said GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan.
"This year, we saw an overwhelming display of gratitude on the platform.
"More than 15 million thank you messages were sent to the GoFundMe community, reiterating that these donations are so much more than a transaction, they are profoundly important acts of support and hope."
Among the campaigns that received the most donations in Ireland in 2021 year include:
The Mark Dalton Recovery Fund which raised over €318,000 to help the secondary school student and Waterford Minor Hurler on his rehabilitation journey after a devastating car crash at the end of last year. The Help us provide a home for Shelly and her girls campaign, raising over €280,000 to help Shelly and her family build their home after her husband was tragically killed in a workplace accident. The young family had been living in a mobile home on the site they intended to build on while they saved when the tragic accident occurred. The Johnny Hasset campaign, started by The Breeze-up Consignors Association earlier this year to help pay for Johnny’s cancer treatment and has raised €277,180.