MrBeast builds wells, donates supplies and raises money in Africa, and gets criticized on Twitter for it

MrBeast is known for his various videos where money doesn’t seem to be an issue, but sometimes that money is put to good use to help people in need. In his most recent video, Jimmy Donaldson used the money to build 100 wells in countries such as Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, although this action also received some criticism.

In his latest 10-minute video, MrBeast travels to countries on the African continent to organize the construction of 100 wells that will bring clean water to 500,000 people in the aforementioned African countries, along with a fundraiser to support local water aid organizations that has already raised $300,000 as of Monday, according to CNN.

In addition to this aid, the video shows Donaldson performing other activities such as donating bicycles to a village in Zimbabwe to help children get to school, donating supplies and furniture to schools in Kenya, and building a bridge to connect the local school and hospital to a village.

But the criticism was swift

As on other occasions, MrBeast’s actions have not left many indifferent, with some criticizing what happened. Before this, Donaldson was ready and commented on his social media: “I already know I’m gonna get canceled because I uploaded a video helping people, and to be 100% clear, I don’t care. I’m always going to use my channel to help people and try to inspire my audience to do the same.”

Although there are some comments that go against MrBeast, such as that of Kenyan political aspirant Francis Gaitho, who mentioned on Twitter/X that the YouTuber’s actions perpetuate the stereotype “that Kenya or Africa is a dark continent, dependent on handouts, dependent on philanthropic interventions.”

On the other hand, the criticism was not so much directed at Mr. Beast, but at the governments of these African nations, especially in Kenya, where reporter and activist Boniface Mwangi mentioned that members of parliament and senators receive huge amounts of money to pay for fuel for their cars, “but we have no money to drill boreholes for our people?”