Free Kareem Donation Money
April 30th, 2007We would like to ensure our readers and supporters that we are in the process of writing an effective strategy on how to use the donated money so far in order to help Kareem as much as possible, at least through clothing, proper food, etc. Before we take any action however, we would like to discuss this further through direct collaboration with Kareem and his lawyers. We also wanted to collect enough money in order to act productively.
There have been complaints about us not making our donation process visible - this is because we have not put the money we collected in use, however all of the money is there and will be wired to Kareem somehow once we fully understand the logistics and once we figure out a way to do this as reliably as possible. Once we start doing this, we will document the process and put a financial log for tracking the money transfer, which we will make viewable through a spreadsheet on this website.
Rumors of the Free Kareem Coalition taking advantage of this campaign to make money is not true, and quite frankly we are surprised at these attempts to distract and discourage us.
Kareem is our friend - we would never betray or use him. We wouldn’t have done this much work for this campaign if we didn’t care about him, so please stop spreading rumors about how this campaign is being managed. Keep your criticisms clean of lies or rumors for the sake of Kareem himself. This is a fight for human rights. Let’s keep it that way.
May 1st, 2007 at 8:23 am
Silly lies and rumors, something the Egyptian government and MSM excels in.
I highly doubt that anyone involved believes that funds collected would be used inappropriately. It’s clear as day that the people involved in this campaign are genuine, honest and good people who are only concerned in helping poor Kareem.
God bless every single one of you involved and I am sure Kareem is thanking his lucky stars that he has friends like you!!! I hope you guys collect a million bucks!
May 1st, 2007 at 11:20 am
I don’t believe about these rumors.
I am sure Kareem’s friends are doing
the best for him and for his freedom.
I mean the Egyptian Government
is trying to discredit the campaign
for free Kareem.
We must be careful!
May 1st, 2007 at 11:36 am
Keep the funds as transparent as possible and shut the rumors spreaders up. Spreading such fallacies is sick. But luckily for everyone involved, its very easy to show them they’re wrong. Keep up the good work and don’t get disheartened. Cheers.
May 1st, 2007 at 11:56 am
Sounds good. Maybe you should also decide what to do with money that has not been spent when Kareem is released. Give it to a HR organization?
May 1st, 2007 at 2:35 pm
We so far didn’t spent even a penny of that donation money. We are in the process of buying some cloths for him, but that won’t be that much. When he gets out, he really going to need that money considering how he has been disowned by his family and he probably have to get out of the country as soon as possible or risk getting killed.
May 1st, 2007 at 7:43 pm
As someone who has donated online and who has paid for signs and other items for protests out of my pocket, I am 100% confident that these funds are put to a good use. I know the people involved and I trust them totally to use what little money (I wish it were a lot more) has been collected for the cause of helping Abdelkareem. If I were in such a situation as Abdelkareem, I could not imagine better and more dedicated friends than he has found in his terrible situation. In fact, I’m going to click the contribute button and send another small donation (US$25) right now.