December 22, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Medecins Sans Frontieres has sent a letter from Dr Simon Burling – who volunteered to work with MSF “because I wanted to use my professional skills to address a fundamental injustice; that is if you get sick or injured, we can get treatment and stand a good chance of getting better. But for too may people [...]
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December 13, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Sightsavers International has sent details of six people in different parts of the world who have been helped by its work in a range of ways.
The accompaning letter contains the following paragraph: “These are difficult times for all and we understand that you may be reviewing your priorities to support in the coming months, or [...]
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December 9, 2008 at 6:13 pm
An email has come from The Animal Rescue Foundation – hoping I shall provide temporary care and shelter for stray, abandoned and relinquished animals. There is no ask for money, and the Foundation says it works to create awareness and support for the humane treatment of all animals and to end animal over-population through education [...]
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December 4, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I srongly dislike being referrd to as somebody’s ‘friend’ when they do not know me, and I do not know them. I think charity fundraisers are going too far – and joining the ranks of the spam e-mailers. But Help the Aged, with its Cows ‘n’ Things brand, has gone one step further – by [...]
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