The blogger who objected to being addressed as “Dear Friend” by a charity would perhaps become apoplectic on receving, as I have, a letter beginning “Dear Compassionate Friend”.
The correspondence from the Medical Mission International describes yet another land mine tragedy. Perhaps humanity will learn one day, though remaining optimistic under the deluge of charity appeals concerning such causes, so frequently describing child victims, is increasingly difficult.
The Medical Mission International remains one of my favourtie charities since I cannot but agree with its goals, the first of which is “To provide medical relief especially focused on needy children throughout the world who have been abandoned, exploited, made homeless, orphaned or who are disadvantaged in any other way”, and another is “To encourage medical professionals including physicians, specialists, nurses, paramedical and trained support staff of all kinds to volunteer on overseas medical mission”. Support of such children and the encouragement of altruistic endeavour make this a very worthwhile organisation.
The appeal also includes two other elements which we know annoy some or all recipients, incentives and a word of thanks to God. The incentive was a set of note cards with interesting pictures but no information about the charity, a missed opportunity which I have mentioned before.
God was thanked because the boy described in the example survived the explosion of a land mine though horribly injured. I just wish that God had intervened before the mine went off!
Any criticism of how the charityn goes about raising funds for its activities pales into insignificance when looking at the quality of the work undertaken.
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