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May 03, 2026 17:41
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· English
· Whisper Turbo
· 2 speakers
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Speaker 2 (0503)
I want to welcome the founder of Ending Poverty, a new charity that helps poor communities and developing countries. Jennifer Towers, what inspired you to start Ending Poverty?
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Speaker 1 (0503)
Well, I spent five years travelling after I left university, and when I got back, I didn't want to leave those experiences behind. Most of all, there was a month I spent in a village in the remote mountains of Laos, with some of the most generous people I've ever met. They had nothing, yet they shared everything with me, and I wanted to give something back. But surely there are plenty of charities you could donate money to. Oxfam fights poverty, for example.
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Speaker 1 (0503)
What I find is that with these big charities, you drop some money into a collection box, and that's the last you hear of it. You don't know where it goes and you have no say in what it does. The big charities do great things, but the person donating money plays very little part in that. What makes ending poverty different then?
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Speaker 1 (0503)
Ending poverty is aimed at travellers who have actually visited a place, as I visited the rural village in Laos, and want to help the people there with a particular project. It could be something as small as digging a well or as big as building a school. My website gives them a place to try and raise the funds. As the manager of the charity, I help them make their ideas a reality. It sounds complicated.
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Speaker 1 (0503)
I prefer to think of it as involved. By that I mean we as the staff of the charity are deeply involved in each project, certainly. But so is the person whose idea it was, and the people who the money is meant to help. Everyone has responsibility for the project, and that's both the hardest part and the secret of our success. What has the response to your appeals been like? Do you usually get the amount of money you need? We've never failed so far.
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Speaker 1 (0503)
I think it's because we ask for something very specific and donors can follow the progress of each project online to its completion. They feel part of it. We've even had travellers turning up in the towns where a project is going on and asking if they can help. What's the next step for ending poverty?
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Speaker 1 (0503)
Up until now, donors could only give money, but that will change tomorrow. We've got warehouse space manned by volunteers and we're launching an online shop which will sell the second-hand goods that people send in. So if you haven't got any money to donate to a project, you can donate an old radio or something. Then we'll sell it and give the money to the project of your choice. Absolutely marvellous.
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