As aid systems come under growing strain, a new form of giving is emerging online. Catherine Brahic follows two people in Gaza who have come to rely on crowdfunding to survive. She also meets the volunteers who have become their fundraisers, and asks what happens when humanitarian aid is shaped by algorithms not institutions.

Guests and host:

• Catherine Brahic, The Economist’s Environment Editor
• Rosie Blau, co-host of ‘The Intelligence’
• Sami Alshannat, agricultural engineer in Gaza
• Alaa Jaber, teacher in Gaza
• Natalie Naudus, audiobook narrator and donor
• Josh Leigh, digital fundraising consultant
• Olga Boichack, media scholar at the University of Sydney

Topics covered:

• Charity
• Crowdfunding
• Social media
• Gaza
• Ukraine

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Music by Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha & Gaza Birds Singing, blue dot and Epidemic.

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