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This is Shekhar.Shekhar started a startup but because of lack of funds he was not able to market his product. His sales were very limited.He then started searching for fundraising programs, finally he found the program and went to attend it.After going into several programs he found a funder who was interested in his project.He then started marketing his product, after a few months his sales had increased.After getting revenue from the product's sale, he collected his money and bought a luxury car. After few more months he bought another car. His sales started going down because he was not investing his money in his company instead he was spending his money on himself.After few months more his company collapsed and he was declared bankrupt.All I want to say is now a days youngsters are going for entrepreneurship just because of huge money, lifestyle etc etc not because of their own personal interest.They work for the output not on the input. They have wrong hold of money.Don't be like Shekhar!!!Image source: Google~Thanks for reading.

Facebook Fundraiser program is indeed a unique way to collect money from fellow users for both social and personal causes.It was started in 2017 but still limited to a few countries, mostly in Western world. This option isn’t much popular in India as the program/concept hasn’t been available in India.However, this was effectively put in use by a group of Malayalees in the US to raise both awareness and effective campaign during Kerala Floods 2018.Kerala Flood Relief Fund from USAIt was Mr. Arun Nella, a Malayalee entrepreneur and founder of a startup in Chicago thought of this idea and shared his idea with friends. They set the ball in motion and soon Mr. Ajomon, a Malayalee social activist of Chicago joined on board and took it to much higher level by linking this to Knanaya Catholic Yuvajanavedhi of Chicago (a Malayalee Catholic Youth Movement).Initially, they started as a personal fundraiser as the whole concept was new to them and there was a lot of unfamiliarities with the whole set of activity. They initially set a target of $ 1,500 as it was strictly limited to their acquittances. Then it was revised to $100,000 when more people in Chicago started contributing.However, within a day or two after the revision of the target, the news of such a fundraising program became very popular across US and many places outside US. Many Malayalee netizens started contributing and the amount soon crossed its set target. It was further revised to $1.5 Million.By this time, the news of such a fundraiser gained a worldwide popularity and many people even from other countries like UAE, Australia, European lands etc started contributing.The fundraising soon achieved its target. As it was initially started as a personal fundraiser, FB charged a fee for all its users. This was soon noticed and an appeal was made to Facebook. Soon FB cleared all the charges as the activity was for a public cause. US Tax agency- IRS cleared all taxes and other fees to allow a full remittance to this amount to India, considering the urgency. The fund was routed through an IRS approved Charity agency- Chase and Care.The news caught the attention of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who invited the initiators of this campaign to Trivandrum and meet him personally. Accordingly they came down and handed over the cheque of $1.4 million which translates to around INR 10.5 croresMr.Arun Nella and Ajomon handing over the first set of donation to Kerala CM-Pinarayi Vijayan at TrivandrumKerala IT Secretary Shivasankar IAS requested them to revive the fundraising program and assist in Kerala’s rebuilding efforts which they agreed. And Facebook immediately assisted them in reopening the cause. Currently, the second round of donation drive is under process and already the team has achieved around to 1.6 Million Dollars which is further increased as being an ongoing activity.They also have formed an NRI Community to assist Kerala relief operations in Chicago. Those in the US can effectively be part of this movement.Additional Reading: Two US-based Malayalis crowdfund over 1.5 million dollars for Kerala flood relief

There are an EXTREMELY small number of US troops in Nigeria as of March 2018, most of which are Marines performing embassy duty. Per MCESG FAQs, these deployments are twelve months long.Most Quora questions about US troops in Africa turn out to be asked so as to make the asker feel better about sending money to someone claiming to be a US servicemember. I've been in the military over 23 years, and I've never heard a credible story where a real servicemember asked a random person for money over the internet.Also, per Federal Regulations Govern Gifts to Service Members,“DoD personnel may not solicit gifts, even for others, unless the solicitation is part of an official fundraising program, such as the Combined Federal Campaign.”