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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: danny_galaga on November 19, 2007, 04:27:51 am
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ok, its around the season for being jolly, but as usual its not for a whole swathe of the world. i just donated a little to red cross. if youve been thinking 'i must do that some time' and you're reading this. then do it! minimum is $5, if you cant afford that maybe you should turn off your computer and sit in the dark...
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Link for the weak minded!
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UK:
http://www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=75308
AUS:
https://www.redcross.org.au/Donations/onlineDonations.asp
USA:
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=1259992714&df_id=1094&1094.donation=form1
ok folks get those cards out :)
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Netherlands:
Online donation (https://www.e-cumlaude.com/secure/a/fondsenorg/doneermodule.php)
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I almost always forego large organizations like the in favor of small, local, direct-to-people groups. Your money is used so much more efficiently that way.
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I don't regularly get to meet people from local organizations in Bangladesh.
Besides, the Red Cross actually has a pretty good ratio for money actually spent on the cause itself.
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Besides, the Red Cross actually has a pretty good ratio for money actually spent on the cause itself.
It is definitely one of the better ones when it comes to global scale aid organizations.
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I almost always forego large organizations like the in favor of small, local, direct-to-people groups. Your money is used so much more efficiently that way.
You do realize that Bangladesh has just been hit with a huge natural disaster, affecting over 3 million people of 900,000 families, leaving nearly 300,000 homeless, with upwards of 3,500 declared dead so far...right? http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/20/content_7114503.htm
Get back to me when the next cyclone hits Massachusetts. ::)
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Actually, no, I didn't. That sucks. I was wondering what patrickl was doing in Bangladesh.
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Then you might want to hold off on the Chadisms until you've gotten the full story. Just a suggestion.
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This disaster has not been in the news much though. At least not in the Netherlands. It seems like overhere a bigger story is if they should cut the chestnut tree in the backyard of the Anne Frank house or not.
The EU and UN both seem to have pledged €6 million and Saudia Arabia has pledged $100 million.
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It really hasn't gotten much coverage here either. I wouldn't have missed it if it had.
That said, to make up for my dumbassity, I'm trying to donate $5 via the US link but the page isn't working. It keeps indicating a problem with my submission info but not what the problem is... :banghead:
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Turns out you can only donate locally after all. :P
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yeah, those links were 'serving suggestions only'. you might prefer to donate to someone else. just thought id create a thread because i know lots of people see stuff on the news and think 'i must donate something sometime'. they never do, and yet their computer is no doubt already turned on.
i was amazed at the saudi government pledge. i guess theyve realised yuo cant take it with you ;)
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Eff bangladesh. The corporations that put U.S. jobs there can pay their bills.
=J