The only way she could possibly do this was to use PayPal. But she couldn't simply receive the money directly:
"The reason why I can't do it myself, is that PayPal wont allow South African account holders to receive payments, grrrrrr! Poor Boulder has to do it for me, then pay the money across to my brother in the UK, who then has to pay the money across to me in South Africa and I will draw the cash for Harrison. He doesn't have a bank account, he can't afford the bank charges. Bank charges are horrific in this country, making formalised banking inaccessible to the poor. Don't worry, I wont put him at risk by making him walk around with all the cash at once. I'll give it to him in amounts he feels safe carrying around."
So I decided to put another challenge to Tertia:
Is there any chance you could use your influence and large following to pressure PayPal into allowing South African account holders to RECEIVE money as well as sending it. If this happened, we will very quickly have TONS of township entrepreneurs selling beadwork etc etc etc to a GLOBAL marketplace!
This is one of those things that could be so phenomenally viral as well... As soon as a few township entrepreneurs start selling their goods online SIMPLY and EASILY, many many more will become computer literate and learn how to sell their goods on eBay etc.
Sheesh, imagine the interesting blogs that could be written by such entrepreneurs:
"Today I went to ask for a bank loan. I told them how I was going to sell my unique wire-art online on eBay. The woman just laughed at me. Probably because she saw that my Adidas shoes only had 2 stripes left"
Combine township entrepreneurship + township bloggers + Scandinavian buyers and voila! You suddenly have millions of Rands flowing into this country and going directly to the mini-entrepreneurs.
Before you know it there'll be no need to ask people for donations. Though even if you did, you wouldn't have to hop 3 bank accounts to get the money into the country.
See Also: It's Tips for Trevor Time Again
