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| Thread ID: 101759 | 2009-07-26 03:30:00 | Easy pickings - why work for a living | Scouse (83) | PC World Chat |
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| 795247 | 2009-07-26 03:30:00 | Charity donation collectors clean out the takings: www.stuff.co.nz |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 795248 | 2009-07-26 03:43:00 | That probably happens with other charities as well. I wouldnt be surprised if it does | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 795249 | 2009-07-26 04:01:00 | This sort of carry on is why I only donate goods to the local City mission. You can see they aren't in it for the money. Just honest folk working hard for others that probably don't deserve or appreciate the effort.Lmao. | Metla (12) | ||
| 795250 | 2009-07-26 05:19:00 | Bloody typical and that is why there are not many charities I give to. Wasn't it Corso years ago where only 25% got to those it was supposed to help. A book I read where this guy had taught in Africa and then did an overlander tip to tip thirty years later. He said that all the aid for Africa over those thirty years had done absolutely no good and the worst one for giving a lift were the charity workers. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 795251 | 2009-07-26 05:29:00 | Typical. To many corrupt few charities are just another way to make money, nothing else. I reckon those corrupt few should be hung to death, no less. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 795252 | 2009-07-26 05:35:00 | This reminds me of the last time I donated to Corso - I had set up an automatic payment that operated for around 3 years with a modest monthly donation. Around then, the local Corso people dreamed up putting local NZ news in their magazine. That is how I learned that the money I was donating went to buy a fishing boat for a local iwi in Taranaki. I felt this was akin to accepting money under false pretenses - I was under the impression my donation would help the needy, the sick, the homeless in third world communities. So like Metla, I now support only the City Mission. :( | WalOne (4202) | ||
| 795253 | 2009-07-26 06:52:00 | Same with Geldoff chap,not the slightest change in Africa,a bottomless pit. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 795254 | 2009-07-26 11:50:00 | Charity donation collectors clean out the takings: www.stuff.co.nz Yeah, I knew that many of the people who collect on the street, were getting paid. They did a story on it, on Radio NZs this way up. They can't get anyone otherwise. However I don't believe the need for charities, when we have got a full social welfare system. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 795255 | 2009-07-26 20:58:00 | Unfortunaly a lot of people taking money from social welfare spend it on ciggies, alcohol and takeaway food. It means the charities are the only means of help after they have spent their state money. Give aid to African counties seems to be a waste of time it just lets their government spend more on munitions etc. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 795256 | 2009-07-26 23:14:00 | Charity donation collectors clean out the takings: www.stuff.co.nz Which is why I avoid phone requests on behalf of charities. And raffles which turn up in the post. Much of your donation goes to the collection agency and prizes. There are exceptions - occasionally it turns out the person calling is a Rotarian or Lion just doing charity work. And the street collectors I know are volunteers - indeed I've never heard of a collector being paid. I'm involved with Habitat For Humanity and I can say that asking for donations and support is difficult in this day and age. There are so many charities and good causes its impossible to sort out the good ones. Personally my policy is to pick a few charities and donate to them regularly and directly. No raffles, no phone. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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