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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Nils Adler

Murhaf, 11, raises $230,000 selling flower pins in Sweden

Children sell the 'majblommor' pins as part of an annual anti-poverty campaign in Sweden [Courtesy: Majblommans Riksförbund]

Stockholm, Sweden – Murhaf Hamid had hoped he could earn enough money to buy a pizza with friends when he started selling “majblommor” flower pins in southern Sweden.

Children aged 9 to 12 sell the pins as part of an annual campaign by Majblomman, Sweden’s oldest charity, to combat child poverty in the country.

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