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| Thread ID: 58316 | 2005-05-28 04:37:00 | Tidle wave victims. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 359129 | 2005-05-28 07:05:00 | How is an extra pair of pants going to help rebuild a house swept away by the waves? Items of practical use may include things like kitset homes, timber, steel, pipes for plumbing etc. All these will require transport if not available on the local market which may add to the cost. In your opinion would that sort of thing help? In my opinion charity begins at home. I will happily give to the Red Cross (they were there during the 2nd world war remember) Salvation Army are always a good bet to give to as well. BUT FIRST I try to make sure my family and friends are not left without food and shelter. After seeing the justice system in Bali lately ( 2 yrs prison for a bombing which killed heaps and injured or maimed others, followed by a sentence of 20 yrs prison for being in posession of 4.1 Kg of the weed.) I have got to the stage where I will not buy any import from Indonesia and I'm certainly NOT going to post them money!!!! I wonder if we in New Zealand are going to see a contribution from anywhere in Asia to help out people in Tauranga etc. Somehow doubt this. :-( |
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| 359130 | 2005-05-28 09:09:00 | I agree it's scandalous that so much goes on the middlepersons but ask yourself Cicero, didn't you support the idea that "everyting should be run on business principles, in a business like manner"? Charity is a mutli-billion dollar industry. The staff are paid a salary 'commensurate with their skills" to attract 'the best and the brightest" blah blah. What can you expect? : Gotta give you points Mark. Like Cicero I'm a free marketer too and I grudgingly acknowledge that the ripoff pricing by contractors in Sri Lanka is just normal market forces. Make hay while the sun shines and never mind the people in need. :( :( So far as charities go, the people who actually do the work have a passion and are completely genuine. But charities have to pay for office space, fuel, electricity, freight haulage etc just like everyone else. And someone with knowledge has to do the administration. That person may not have the passion so they want to be paid the going rate. What I object to are the marketing companies who sell glossy raffles, phone looking for advertising support or just outright donations on behalf of a charity. Often only 50% gets to the cause, or less. As a result I do not buy Heart Foundation lotteries etc. Instead I make a donation directly to the charity. At least 100% gets there and I just hope they do the best they can. |
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