Pod #102 - People Doing Charity Work On Twitter

This week's episode is about a particular part of Pakistan's Twitter culture. Specifically with regards to the twitter donation appeal and collection scenario where individuals in their personal capacity amplify appeals for charity and arrange donations to pass forward. 1. 00:00 Intro 2. 06:40 Everybody introduces themselves 3. 17:17 How do people reach out to them for help? 4. 22:12 How do they verify the cases are genuine? 5. 27:09 The types of causes/issues/requests they help 6. 33:09 What platforms do they use to send money and why 7. 40:27 How ridiculously restrictive, unhelpful & archaic our banking system is 8. 47:55 How the acceptance of donations-work on social media has changed 9. 54:34 Sara’s story about one fraudulent appeal 10. 1:00:57 How scammers take advantage of people collecting donations 11. 1:06:23 Some positive stories from each of the guests 1:15:44 Outro & Conclusion LINKS: Sara Abbasi: https://twitter.com/BauhatSara Sara Khalili: https://twitter.com/SaraKhlili & http://education4all.pk/ Wahaj & Rameesha: https://twitter.com/TeamJustajoo & https://www.instagram.com/teamjustajoo/ THE GUY WITH A BURGER STALL is FS Burger Point at Chowk Pathani near Unilever School in Rahim Yar Khan Shoutouts: 1. Try-sitan:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE7UsCT0ksU1OwaunwrZjhQ/about 2. Ahmad: https://www.instagram.com/abeyahmadd/ 3. Irtiza: https://www.instagram.com/irtiza.ab/