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Incheon
Zenith Foreign
the 8th Language
High School

e last destination

of the unwanted money

Have you ever seen ad- Safe methods to help poor kids
vertisements starring poor Then how can you help poor kids in Africa instead of giv-
children in Africa? If you ing your money to bad companies? There are several ex-
did, because of human’s amples. First, you can buy products which can give profits
kind nature, you might directly to children. Our money and
usually feel bad for them mind will be well delivered if you use a
and try to help them by formal Internet donating site like B-
donating some money or CONNECT and MARCOROHO. You
buying products which they were advertising. But what if can get the product that you want, and
the African children’s weak appearance that aroused your also children in Africa can get the sup-
sympathy was exactly what the advertisers intended? Do port for life. It could be a great idea like
you still want to help them? Last month of August 9, peo- killing two birds with one stone. Second,
ple discovered one Internet site which was misusing peo- you can attend some campaigns that
ple’s good mind to make their own profit. could help children. There are many in-
ternational campaigns that gather peo-
‘Tao Bao’, the site that misuses money ple to help African children. You could
‘Tao Bao’ is an Internet site which sells videos. The videos participate in those campaigns. For fa-
are about African children holding large boards with some mous international campaigns, ‘World Food Day’ which
letters on them. Usually the phrases are about some ‘World Vision’ hosts could be a good example.
company’s advertisement. The company makes an order Meanwhile there are people who abuse people’s good
to ‘Tao Bao’ to make a short video which can appeal to minds, you could help poor children in many countries in
customers to buy the product. So, they make some your own ways.
videos which include African children’s appearance to get
sympathy from customers. Because of it, people usually Jang, Eun sue (1-3)
think that buying the products which children are adver- jill111@naver.com
tising might convey the children some money and so they
buy those products. And this is the mind which advertisers Photographic source :
are misusing. ‘Tao Bao’s business owner said “Part of our https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/10/16121668/chinese-web-merchants-
taobao-african-children-advertise-search-engines-camgirls
company’s profits are being sent to Africa.” But still, lots of
http://hallmarknews.com/celebrating-the-african-child/
detailed information including the exact amount of money https://www.wadiz.kr/web/campaign/detail/1138
that goes to children and exact delivery methods are has http://lilayeon.tistory.com/13
not been disclosed.

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