I'm doing a matching fundraiser campaign supporting Doctors Without Borders, especially in Yemen and Burundi. I'm matching $20K and others joined so matches are up to $58K.
Want to increase the match? DM me.
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https://events.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/zeynepmatch2021 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
This started in 2016, when I did a campaign supporting MSF's work in Yemen. I had a 2001 Civic that I thought would die and need replacement. Well, it kept running. So I put up the money for a new car to support MSF in Yemen because so few orgs were there.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/809887077848465410 …
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Yemen back then already had the triple whammy: war (including proxy wars that we were involved in), poverty and famine. Severe malnutrition and lack of healthcare made everything worse, too.
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On the other hand, my car wasn't just still running, umm, it was scratch-proof and theft-proof—stick-shift, which nowadays apparently means thieves can't drive off with it.
So we collectively raised a bunch of money.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/815331937120382976 …zeynep tufekci added,
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Now it's 2021 and Yemen is still suffering but now there's a pandemic on top of it all. Meanwhile, even food aid is being cut. No money. It's unconscionable. It's just cash. Pixels on a screen. Entry in a crypto wallet. Meanwhile, millions of kids are severely malnourished.pic.twitter.com/0BcEghcsOz
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Burundi has somewhat similar challenges. It was already fragile, from war and poverty, but now there's a pandemic. It faces other epidemics, and even when COVID-19 vaccines arrive, the resources for distribution aren't there. Even healthcare workers are unvaccinated. See: ~0%.pic.twitter.com/ytSrialM7K
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Meanwhile, my Civic also made it to 2021. 200K+ miles, and quadruples in value when I put my bike on it but it does run. I signed it over to a friend's son, and brought my bike to NYC instead.
So I'm doing an MSF fundraiser again, matching $20K.
https://events.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/zeynepmatch2021 …pic.twitter.com/ldOpA3xYeE
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For the record, I do *not* like fundraising. We have so much cash slushing around the world. Asset bubbles everywhere. Interest rates can barely move. Why can't we have fair taxation, and none of this fundraising bludgeoning for basic rights—healthcare, food security. Madness.
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But the way one wishes the world worked doesn't change the current plight of those suffering right now. *Some* problems are hard. Finding some money to alleviate widespread severe malnutrition and lack of healthcare during a pandemic? That should be easy, with our wealth.
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I just donated a few dollars and saw there are some people putting in some serious money.


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Thank you! It all adds up.
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