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The Facebook picture that started a campaign

M Qasem

M Qasem Source: M Qasem

A campaign to help poor Jordanian students have shoes originated from two pictures posted on Facebook. After seeing the post, Mohammed Qasem who studied at Wollongong University in the past, called upon the community to start a campaign to donate, buy and collect shoes and other necessities and deliver them to the needy students in the impoverished Atafila Provice south of Jordan. Mohammed Qasem spoke to Iman Riman about the results.



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