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"Kim Kardashian has hit back at criticism over the amount she has donated to charity. The reality star has been selling items on an eBay Giving Works page to aid relief efforts in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan.  The page states that &amp;quot;proceeds will go directly to the communities they&amp;#039;re serving in the Philippines and will help typhoon survivors get access to medical care and ultimately save lives&amp;quot;. However, Kardashian has received criticism for only donating 10% of profits to the charity. She has defended herself in a blog post titled &amp;#039;Giving Comes From The Heart&amp;#039; on her website. Kardashian wrote: &amp;quot;&amp;#039;I feel compelled to speak about something that is in my head and my heart. Over the years, I&amp;#039;ve had to grow a thick skin. Being in the public eye, there are times I feel like I get criticized for any and everything I do. I&amp;#039;m used to it now. I just choose not to feed into negativity or become consumed by it. &amp;quot;The problem comes in when I get attacked for giving and trying to help people.&amp;quot; Kardashian continued by saying that she doesn&amp;#039;t publicise all of her charity work, and does it because she believes &amp;quot;it&amp;#039;s the right thing to do&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I do eBay auctions monthly and change the charity or church from time to time,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;I give 10% of all my earnings to charities, not just these eBay auctions. This month it&amp;#039;s for the people of the Philippines, last month was Life Change Community Church.&amp;quot;  The 33-year-old also insisted she wasn&amp;#039;t taking the remaining 90% of profit for herself, noting that various eBay fees, Paypal fees and the auction management agency&amp;#039;s percentage &amp;quot;all add up to about half of the sale&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Truth is how the # is broken down, is neither here nor there. The people of the Philippines need all of our help, no matter how big or small,&amp;quot; she further wrote. Kardashian has been selling items on eBay Giving Works for a number of years with a percentage of sales going to charity.  She added: &amp;quot;I will continue to do what is in my heart and am happy to know many others have enjoyed purchasing from me, as they too are giving with me. &amp;quot;Giving comes from the heart. We all need to be reminded of this as we celebrate the holiday season this year.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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