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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most south Asians send a lot of money back home and are some of the biggest donors for political candidates and other disaster relief efforts. I’m in the Pakistani American community in Nova and I can tell you every wealthy Pakistani American is an active citizen and a major donor for various causes locally, nationally and internationally as well. A large percentage of the money is sent back home to help extended family members or community and other disaster relief efforts.

Yes, we like nice things and status and wealth but we also believe in giving back. [/quote]

Lol you personally know every wealthy Pakistani American and they all donate? Ok[/quote]

Different wealthy-ish Pakistani poster here- yes. Absolutely. You are considered NOT a good person if you don’t send money to charities AND help your extended family. Traditional Pakistanis care way less about money than these two things, and that’s actually how they establish their social standing etc. Pakistan actually had the highest informal charitable giving in the world. It’s hard to explain.

For example, The Citizen’s Foundation raises multiple millions of dollars a year in Nova. But, we also know that nobody really likes “Pakistan”, it has a sullied reputation from the War on Terror etc, and so the fundraising is done only amongst the Pakistani community. Plus lots of Pakistani doctors run free clinics all over the country. But nobody wants to be in anyone’s face with this stuff- they just want to quietly live their lives.[/quote]

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