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The growing trend of influencers fronting charity campaigns

Are content creators the future of philanthropy?

Charity used to be about bake sales and running marathons. Now it鈥檚 all about thumbnails, hashtags, and stunts.

Recently, MrBeast ran a massive campaign called #TeamWater - he partnered up with WaterAid and 10,000 other content creators. It raised over $40 million and is the biggest example so far in terms of number of influencers involved in a charitable campaign.

Now other influencers, and charities are following this trend - working together on campaigns.
So what happens when charity becomes content? Does this represent the future of philanthropy?

Makuochi Okafor, a 麻豆社 reporter in Nigeria talks us through this growing trend and we hear from Gisela Amponsa, a Ghanaian digital creator, who was part of the #TeamWater campaign.

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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
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Editors: Verity Wilde and Harriet Oliver

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