2018年6月20日 星期三

Facebook Fundraiser For Separated Immigrant Families Raises $12 Million In 5 Days

NPR
6小時
After seeing a viral photo of a 2-year-old girl crying as her mother was searched by a Border Patrol agent, a couple created a page hoping to raise $1,500.
As of Wednesday, it's raised more than $12 million.



Charlotte and Dave Willner started a Facebook fundraiser, titled "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child," after they saw a viral photo of a 2-year-old Honduran girl looking up and crying as her mother was searched by a Border Patrol agent in southern Texas. They created the page on Saturday, June 16, hoping to raise $1,500. As of Wednesday, more than 300,000 donors have raised more than $12 million. The page is bringing in more than $10,000 a minute, according to organizers.


...The money will be go to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) — a large immigration legal services non-profit organization in Texas. In addition to $12 million on Facebook, the organization has raised at least an additional $4.5 million through its own website. The group's entire budget in recent years has been around around $7 million.

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