Crowdfunding site raises funds for worthy causes - in pictures

  • Rohingya Muslims flee military operations in Myanmar's Rakhine state across the border to Chittagong in Bangladesh in April 2017. Their cause is one of many aided by funds raised on US Muslim-led crowdfunding site LaunchGood. Anadolu
    Rohingya Muslims flee military operations in Myanmar's Rakhine state across the border to Chittagong in Bangladesh in April 2017. Their cause is one of many aided by funds raised on US Muslim-led crowdfunding site LaunchGood. Anadolu
  • Myanmar's Rohingya refugees make their way through muddy water after crossing the Bangladeshi border to the Cox's Bazar mass refugee camp. Anadolu
    Myanmar's Rohingya refugees make their way through muddy water after crossing the Bangladeshi border to the Cox's Bazar mass refugee camp. Anadolu
  • Children queue for food from a charitable organisation in a displaced people's camp in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on June 15. Funds for displaced Gazan families have also been raised on LaunchGood. EPA-EFE
    Children queue for food from a charitable organisation in a displaced people's camp in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on June 15. Funds for displaced Gazan families have also been raised on LaunchGood. EPA-EFE
  • Palestinians return to Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip on April 30. Chris Blauvelt, one of LaunchGood's founders, says the Muslim community, on a global scale, is very underserved. EPA-EFE
    Palestinians return to Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip on April 30. Chris Blauvelt, one of LaunchGood's founders, says the Muslim community, on a global scale, is very underserved. EPA-EFE
  • A child in a life jacket swims through floodwater after collecting relief materials in Feni, south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24. Victims of natural and man-made disasters, and people who can't afford life-saving health care, are among those helped by LaunchGood projects. AFP
    A child in a life jacket swims through floodwater after collecting relief materials in Feni, south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24. Victims of natural and man-made disasters, and people who can't afford life-saving health care, are among those helped by LaunchGood projects. AFP
  • Flood-affected people take shelter inside a school building in Daganbhuiyan, Bangladesh, as they wait for the water to subside on August 25. AFP
    Flood-affected people take shelter inside a school building in Daganbhuiyan, Bangladesh, as they wait for the water to subside on August 25. AFP
  • A headstone, pushed off its base by vandals, lies on the ground near a smashed tomb in the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia, the US, in February 2017. Two Muslims used LaunchGood to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace the damaged memorials. Reuters
    A headstone, pushed off its base by vandals, lies on the ground near a smashed tomb in the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia, the US, in February 2017. Two Muslims used LaunchGood to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to replace the damaged memorials. Reuters
  • Volunteers start to restore and repair vandalised headstones at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in February 2017. APA
    Volunteers start to restore and repair vandalised headstones at the Mount Carmel Cemetery in February 2017. APA
  • Rajza Selimovic, having completed the Sarajevo half-marathon days after cancer surgery made possible by LaunchGood. Courtesy of family of Rajza Selimovic
    Rajza Selimovic, having completed the Sarajevo half-marathon days after cancer surgery made possible by LaunchGood. Courtesy of family of Rajza Selimovic
  • Rajza Selimovic and family as she travels to Turkey for vital treatment made possible by LaunchGood
    Rajza Selimovic and family as she travels to Turkey for vital treatment made possible by LaunchGood