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1 | Buy a Pen, Save a Life: A Syrian Father Inspires a Fundraising Cause | Mividiana Penina Iray, Manavota Aina Iray. Nanainga Hetsika Fanangonam-bola Ny Raim-pianakaviana Siriana Iray |
2 | Abdul Halim Attar and his daughter Reem in the streets of Beirut. | Abdul Halim Attar sy ny zanany vavikely Reem any an-dalambe any Beirut. |
3 | Photographs from Indiegogo. | Sary avy amin'ny Indiegogo. |
4 | Social media is often regarded as a “powerful way of changing lives,” and the #BuyPens trending hashtag on Twitter and Facebook over the last week is a case in point. | Matetika ny media sosialy dia heverina ho toy ny “fomba mahery hanovàna fiainana”, ary iray amin'izany ity tenifototra malaza #MividianaPenina hita ao amin'ny Twitter sy Facebook ity, tamin'ny herinandro lasa. |
5 | The campaign is a collaborative effort to help a Syrian refugee father, recently photographed selling a handful of pens in Beirut, Lebanon. | Ity hetsi-panentanana ity dia ezaka fiaraha-miasa entina hanampiana raim-pianakaviana Siriana iray mpitsoa-ponenana, nalaina sary vao haingana teo am-pivarotana penina vitsivitsy tany Beirut, Libanona. |
6 | Abdul Halim Attar, a Palestinian Syrian from the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, is one of over a million Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon. | I Abdul Halim Attar, Palestiniana Siriana iray avy tany amin'ny toby Yarmouk ao Damaskôsy, dia iray amin'ireo Siriana mpitsoa-ponenana maherin'ny iray tapitrisa izay nandositra tany Libanona. |
7 | He is a single father with two children: Reem and Abdelillah. | Raim-pianakaviana mananotena izy, ary manan-janaka roa: i Reem s'i Abdelillah. |
8 | Syrian father selling pens in the streets of #Beirut with his sleeping daughter #Lebanon #Syria pic.twitter.com/KOz4mjW1rd | Raim-pianakaviana Siriana mivarotra penina eny an-dalamben'i Beirut miaraka amin'ny zanany vavikely matory |
9 | - Gissur Simonarson CN (@GissiSim) August 25, 2015 The story started with a tweet on August 25, when Gissur Simonarson (@GissiSim), an Icelandic activist, posted a photograph of Abdul Halim selling pens, trying to raise money for his two children. | Nanomboka taminà bitsika iray ny tantara ny 25 Aogositra, rehefa nandefa sarin'i Abdul Halim mivarotra penina, miezaka manangom-bola ho an-janany roa, i Gissur Simonarson (@GissiSim), Islandey iray mahery fo. |
10 | The image triggered a tsunami of sympathy and compassion, with several thousand retweets and favorites. | Niteraka fitserana sy fangorahana marobe dia marobe ilay sary, miaraka amin'ny famerenana mandefa ireo bitsika s'ireo fankasitrahana an'alinaliny. |
11 | Simonarson soon launched a Twitter account dedicated to Abdul Halim called @Buy_Pens, and set out to find him in person, in order to get him donations collected online. | Nanokatra kaonty Twitter iray natokana ho an'i Abdul Halim antsoina hoe @Mividiana_Penina i Simonarson, sady niala haingana mba hihaona mivantana aminy, hanolorany azy ireo fanomezana voaangona tanaty aterineto. |
12 | 1. Couple of things before I go to bed on #BuyPens project. | 1. Ireo zavatra roa momba ny tetikasa #MividianaPenina mialohan'ny hatoriako . |
13 | I'm working on getting a trusted connection in Beirut to meet him, once that | Mikaroka fifandraisana azo antoka aho any Beirut mba hihaona aminy, vantany vao |
14 | - Gissur Simonarson CN (@GissiSim) August 25, 2015 3. on the ground to help get the money for him and deliver it to him. | 2. misy izay, hikaroka ny fomba tsara indrindra hanangonana vola ho azy aho, miaraka aminà kaonty azony sokafana manokana, raha tsy afaka mifandray amin'ilay olona alefanay |
15 | Let's hope this all works out, and thank you for the support! - Gissur Simonarson CN (@GissiSim) August 25, 2015 | 3. any an-toerana izy hanampy azy haka ny vola sy hanatitra izany any aminy. Manantena isika fa hahomby izany, ary misaotra anareo amin'ny fanohanana! |
16 | Reporters and bloggers soon learned about the story and more people gradually learned about the #BuyPens movement. | Tsy ela dia nahare momba ilay tantara ireo mpitati-baovao s'ireo mpitoraka bilaogy ary nitombo hatrany ny olona nahazo vaovao mikasika ny hetsika #MividianaPenina. |
17 | Carol Malouf (@carolmalouf), representing the NGO @leb4refugees, set out to meet Abdul Halim on the ground to deliver the aid. | Niainga mba hihaona amin'i Abdul Halim any an-toerana i Carol Malouf (@carolmalouf), mpisolotena ny Fikambanana tsy miankina @leb4refugees, mba hanome ny fanampiana. |
18 | This photo of a refugee father & daughter selling pens exploded into a #BuyPens campaign that's raising thousands: https://t.co/KV2HCxsn4P - AJ+ (@ajplus) August 29, 2015 | Nipoaka ho hetsi-panentanana #MividianaPenina ity sarinà raim-pianakaviana iray mpitsoa-ponenana & zanany vavikely mivarotra penina ity, izay naangona an'arivony maro |
19 | The campaign initially sought to raise $5,000 USD within 15 days. | Tamin'ny voalohany dia nitady ny hanangonana vola 5.000 dolara tao anatin'ny 15 andro ilay fanentanana. |
20 | However, it succeeded in gathering $168,884 USD, raised by 6,375 people in just five days, with donations coming from the US, UK, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, among other countries in Middle East and Europe. | Nefa, tafiakatra hatramin'ny 168.884 dolara ny vola voaangona tamin'izany, izay azo tamin'ny olona 6.375 tao anatin'ny dimy andro monja, miaraka amin'ireo fanomezana avy amin'i Etazonia, Fanjakana Mitambatra, Arabia Saodita, sy ny Emirà Arabo Mitambatra, ary ireo firenena hafa ao Afovoany Atsinanana sy Eoropa. |
21 | Abdul Halim has reportedly said that he intends to use the money simply to raise and educate his children. | Araka ny tatitra dia nilaza i Abdul Halim fa mikasa ny hampiasa ny vola mba hitaizany sy hampianarany fotsiny an'ireo zanany ny tenany. |
22 | Those willing to contribute to the #BuyPens project still have eight days to make a donation. | Mbola manana valo andro ireo izay vonona handray anjara amin'ny tetikasa #MividianaPenina mba hanaovana fanomezana. |
23 | “Help Abdul Halim and Reem start a new life” funding campaign. | Ilay hetsi-panentanana fanangonam-bola, “Ampio i Abdul Halim s'i Reem hanomboka fiainam-baovao”. |
24 | Photo: Indiegogo. | Sary: Indiegogo. |