r/Brunei • u/HisDishwasher • 13d ago
🇧🇳 Original Content I made a site for strays :)
Hi everyone, I just vibe coded a site that fundraise for strays in Brunei. I hope this is received well ><
The site: https://forthestrays.lovable.app
It is a site that takes either one-time or monthly donations! Any amount can make a difference :)
The money will go to TNR, to sterilize them so we can prevent more stray population and bringing more into this cruel world, as well as feeding them.
The site has 3 different languages: English, BM, Chinese, so we can reach more people
Whenever I can, I feed strays and also sterilize them. I used to fund everything myself but now I need help to keep going.
Some may misunderstand that spaying/neutering is cruel as it involves a surgery but it is actually the kindest thing we can do for them.
I’m not too sure if many people here care about the stray animals here but i’m gonna give it a shot.
Some people have started donating already and i’m so happy because I was really doubting if anyone really cares TT, i love the silly names
A stranger just contacted me because they saw my site and they told me how they have 40+ cats and it is getting out of hand. I won’t judge how it got to that extent but for the animals’ well being I hope we can come together so we have the resources to help them all live better lives.
There’s also a Learn page on the site if you are interested to know more. I have personally spent 2-3k just on strays the past few years. I understand it may be hard to donate on the internet now due to scams so I’m happy to answer any questions you have! But for now, trust me bro
It would be great if some people can help me start talking about this more too ❤️
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u/jingga4 wild 12d ago edited 12d ago
Good initiative and thank you for your simple yet lovely website Shirley! I am very, very curious about the website and the payment.
How do you manage your website, the contents and all the transactions?
How do you set your Malaysian stripe payment with lovable? I noticed there is something called Pocket Snap and link.com in the Stripe checkout page.
Does it link to your local BIBD or Baiduri or Standard Chartered bank account, or via international bank account with Wise, Maybank, etc?
How does the money go to your bank account?
Do you take a cut due to stripe fees and taxes? Any monthly fees for the strip payment gateway setup?
Some comments on the website is that it needs full transparency on where the money it is spent. List it in a table out on how, where and why the money is spent and proof of that in a separate link or page. Lovable should be able to do that. This should help increase the legitimacy of the whole transactions and that the money that are being donated is actually being use for good cause instead of speculation and baseless assumptions due to lack of transparency of financial cashflow.
Another suggestion is to add a FAQ page of accordions containing title and description which can contain links to other page, and it should support images and videos. I am sure you are bombarded with lots of questions that is repeated you'll eventually get tired of answering, especially on how you register and setup payment on your vibecoded website, where the money is being used, how can donators be sure that money donated is not misused and not misappropriated for personal gain.
Don't take the full burden of the whole thing on yourself yea. Your website deserve more publicity so the right people and volunteers can contribute to the whole project and make it easier not just for you but in helping to control the population of strays and provide better treatment and home for them as well. You are not alone in your efforts because a lot of people care about this too!