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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February 19, 2008 at 1:07 pm
One statistic stands out from this letter signed by Barnardo’s Chief Executive. This is that 1,115 children were helped by the organisation last year. In this wealthy western society! Spiralling debt (exacerbated by a 180% interest rate) leads to hunger in some families. Then there are the children forced into prostitution and babies with HIV [...]
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February 12, 2008 at 1:29 pm
How interesting to read that a blog complaining about being addressed by a charity as “dear friend” has been quoted in a national publication. I have never been offended by any approach from a charity. Of course, I have frequently questioned various aspects of their appeals; inducements obviously and the too numerous pieces of paper [...]
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February 5, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I have always enjoyed Bill Bryson’s books, especially perhaps those about his childhood and youth from which one gleans that he was not particularly serious, maybe even a little irresponsible.
Now however as President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England he is deadly serious and very responsible. The current message from the CPRE is that [...]
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January 2, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Having just received a pair of gloves from the Diabetes Wellness Foundation and a dog blanket from IFAW, I must refer again to incentives and specifically to an article in “Charity Funding Report” published in December by CaritasData. It reports evidence to the effect that the inclusion of a pen with an appeal can bring [...]
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December 21, 2007 at 4:09 pm
“Transform lives with trees” was the message on the envelope from this charity’s patron Zoe Wannamaker and what a wonderful positive way this is to support those living in some of the poorer areas of Africa, the dry lands of the Sahel where the rainfall, frequent drought and few natural resources are the norm.
Planting and [...]
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November 22, 2007 at 6:42 pm
I don’t need to buy any Christmas Cards this year – why not? Because the following charities have all sent cards and have trusted me to pay for them:
Feed my People
Bread and Water for Africa
World Villages for Children
Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation
International Children’s Care
Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (is this a registered charity I am [...]
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