The nonprofit groups deem the situation there as chaotic and scary as they rushed to fill private chartered flights with people who have the necessary paperwork in the limited time that they can keep their planes on the tarmac. The organizers told Marcus that they were seeking to rescue 300 people who, along with their families, were “at imminent risk of being executed by the Taliban.” And more than 350 people have been rescued, with nearly 300 leaving Kabul on other chartered flights that “Operation Flyaway” reimbursed for providing safe passage from the country, claimed the influencer.Īlso, read: This Visual Of A Little Girl Kissing Infant After Landing In India From Kabul Lulls All The Troubles It was confirmed to the AP by Saraya International, a global development firm, and the Rockefeller Foundation, which both provided organizational support for the flight to Uganda, as well as another company involved with the evacuation, that the flight was chartered by the emergency collaboration financed through Marcus’ Go FundMe campaign. He was previously best-known for his liberal memes and his jokes about opponents of COVID-19 vaccinations. they don’t deserve what their future holds if they stay in Afghanistan right now,” said Marcus.Īmongst the evacuated were women, children, humanitarians, and others “ who’ve been fighting for the greater good in Afghanistan for a long time,” as well as their families, Marcus said.

We’ve shed the political divisions in this situation and really come together from all walks of life to rally together and save these people because. “I don’t know what word to use besides miraculous, because it’s restored a faith in humanity. Marcus informed that more than 121,000 people had donated to the campaign after Marcus appealed to his 832,000 followers, making it one of the largest humanitarian fundraisers in GoFundMe’s history. “It’s beyond humbling that they have that faith in me, that they’re willing to put significant amounts of money into hands that I trust,” Marcus was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. Their mission, “ Operation Flyaway” helped ferry 51 people from Afghanistan to Uganda on a privately chartered plane financed by the campaign. Instagram User Quentin Quarantino, the alter ego of 25-year-old Tommy Marcus of New York City, has reportedly raised over $7 million within days on GoFundMe to launch rescue missions into Afghanistan to evacuate as many people as possible. As thousands of Afghans flee their motherland in the Plight of the Taliban, an Instagram Influencer took the helm of aiding them through crowdfunding.

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