' Landa '- where does it come from?

[faiz.aslam.121]

Hey guys.

Have you ever seen those Muslim aid, Red cross, Red crescent, UNICEF and so on tv ads where they show some poor kids and families then ask you to donate, just a tiny amount and that it will suffice to purchase food etc. For a whole month?

What I've noticed- red cross pays 10 pound an hour in uk for those street collectors.

That's a lot of money. Usually, people just give spare change in pennies and sometimes, there is a chance of a fiver or a tenner being collected.

Then they advertise it on tv, big billboards and what not.

So, say I give 1000-/ rupees- which amount goes to the needy, After deducting salaries, advertising costs, maintenance and other random costs; 300-500?

Anyways, forget that.

Landa. Are the items which are sold in Landa donated by people worldwide? I passed by a bin yesterday and obviously having experienced Landa culture, this question came into my mind.

Or it could be that charities in Pakistan sell the donated clothes to Landa stall owners, and spend the cash generated on the poor.

Any one have any opinions?

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[fazalwahab11375]

such bins are here everywhere and I see truck loads every week. they get filled up with in a day. They are picked up. sorted out at a facility. processed and later distributed/ sold. Densely populated cities like NYC, people have issues with storage. they buy cloths, wear a couple of time and then throw it rather spending $100 per month on tiny rented storage place (which can hold couple of suit cases only).

[portage1]

they sell to poor countries and they re sale it and make huge money, its a business just like travel agents take you to HAJJ..1st time I went to HAJJ I thought guy was really nice and he his taking his time to company us to HAJJ, later on I found out its their business. So luda Bazar is same they use word " DONATE " but story is totally different , My cousin DEVON family now the owner of DEWAN Motors, DEWAN sugar Mill, DeWAN SALMAN FIBER and own Malls in USA and UK they were the 1st one to start Lunda stuff in 1960's and that's how they make their money.

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@portage1 would you please shed some light on THIS

[huraiz]

Now a days it's upcoming business in Ul where you can sell your old clothes for something like 50p/ kilo,and they only accept stuff in decent condition.i believe all these clothes n shoes are destined for lunda bazaars.Regarding charity collection,they do say that they are collecting for counties like Syria and Palestine but I think majority of cases it get sold to raise money.now how much money actually ends up in needy areas,I don't know. All big charities have unbelievably high administrative expenses.
Personally I don't trust many mainline charities just because of this reason.

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