March 25, 2008 at 5:22 pm
One of the really positive things about charities is that they encourage altruism and offer opportunities for people to give something themselves to the cause which they support. I see it happening every day in the charity with which I am involved.
When this personal giving takes place in some of the most deprived and dangerous [...]
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March 25, 2008 at 5:18 pm
This time highlighting the problems in Sudan where diabolical things are daily perpetrated by our fellow humans (I sometimes ask the question is there a sub species) and children are orphaned, killed or die of a range of preventable diseases. It is impossible not to respond. Oh dear they sent a notepad which is not [...]
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March 20, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Action for street kids is an organisation which tries to provide “home” and “hope” to orphaned and abandoned children whose only home now is the street. They exist across the world and this is yet another charity which steps in when the adults who should care do not. The reply form gives the opportunity to [...]
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March 17, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Barnardos is one of the oldest Children’s Charities which has, over many years, dealt with childhood deprivation and disablement in all its forms. The latest mailing describes Autistic Spectrum Disorder, a frightening lack of ability to communicate. The mailing contains a set of illustrations described as part of “literature exchange communication system” which can help to [...]
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March 17, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I blogged recently about not being offended by being addressed as “Dear Friend”. Should I be offended by being sent a Valentine Card by a charity? Of course not, rather I congratulate whoever had the idea of exploiting this annual festival of love in the hope, and I am sure expectation, that in the hearts [...]
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March 12, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I am a great admirer of Medical Mission International and have supported them in the past. The story in this appeal of an individual Fillipino boy suffering from leprosy is powerfully emotive and it doesn’t need much imagination to see why his disfigurement, loss of physical skills and exclusion from school have caused him to [...]
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