article_snippet: We are a non-profit organisation that I have funded by mortgaging my house four times in the last 17 years every time We need medical equipment or a boat,' Mr Machado said. '
article_snippet: We run off membership costs, donations and corporate sponsorship.
article_snippet: We are a state wide organisation which works all over Australia without government funding. 'a state wide organisation which works all over Australia without government funding costs $50,000 a year to run a state wide organisation which works all over Australia without government funding
article_snippet: and We'll be lucky to have that in We account let alone the $200,000.
article_snippet: The money We do get coming in on an annual basis it difficult enough to maintain without having something like this come up.'
article_snippet: The group hopes to raise the $200,000 worth of legal fees through fundraising .
highlights_snippet: The group, which runs on donations and whose  founder has mortgaged his home four times to pay for resources, hopes to fundraise the legal fees .