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8 Oct, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Friends, do you know that each time you buy from Amazon you can ensure that 0.5% of the eligible price goes to your favourite charity? Right now Amazon has partnered with Christian missionary charities like World Vision. (1)
Why not let your money go to organizations like @IshwarSewa working with Hindu refugees from Pakistan to develop their skills? All you've to do is go to smile.amazon.com and select Ishwar Sewa Foundation as your charity to support with yr Amazon purchases. (2)
Then make sure that when you buy from Amazon next time, order via smile.amazon.com (it goes to the same Amazon) & check that ISF is the beneficiary. Send some joy to people who have suffered great humiliation in Pakistan and moved to India to rebuild their lives. (3)
Right now this option is only available with amazon.com not amazon.in but Ishwar Sewa Foundation's grassroots partner UJAS in Jodhpur is working on getting Amazon India also to register them. (4)
If you would like to know more about @IshwarSewa and UJAS please read this medium.com/@sahana.singh/… @slsujas

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