muratkorman wrote:Ksl, you don't need to be that harsh to anyone just because you sense some scam. You don't know this person, you don't know the company, how can you comment so certainly? In my opinion, every effort with goodwill has to be supported. However, your post is just based on destructive criticism. Bidibom is not asking any donation or money from you. He has just asked some ideas to improve a project for helping kids. Why are you so arrogant on this subject? Have you been scammed before in a similar fund???
Well after reading it over a couple of times, I can see that, you picked up on my sensitivity, yes I may well be over reacting, although from a business point of view, I see this particular scenerio hardly feasible
3) Include $1 donation for invoices we send out to customers. ( i believe they order hundred thousands worth of product so what is a dollar extra to them)
Hundreds of thousands of $$$$$$ is probably not a lot extra to the thousands of clients, however it is a great deal to management to match $ for $ and highly unlikely to happen
Scammed is a very good word for it, I used to collect for charities when i was very young, knocking on door to door selling pictures of under nourished babies, yes it was a scam by a larger well known charity, that paid very little that was collected.
I myself, am very suspicious of do gooders, and simply very careful when giving money to charity for many simple reasons, even the best and most respected charities one gives to, are not monitored enough to give me peace of mind, It is a couple of years ago now, since i read a report on registered charities, and their costs, some of which only donated 10 pence in the pound, some donated 30p in the pound.
This to me was outrageous to see all the costs used used up on
property, offices, and rising incomes, and they have massive tax advantages too. the poor victims get very little of what is donated in my opinion, which makes my temper boil, Muratkorman was quite right to point out my destructive criticism, it wasn't meant to be, so harsh, so therefore i do apologise and hope that your project can be more functional in thought, before requesting more ideas for it to work.
Although i stand firm by my suggestions, that ulterior motives can get in the way of charitable events, even though the thought is genuine, unless monitored from an independant source.
Money is the root of all evil, and we have enough roots planted around the world, I'm one for letting nature take its course, becuase it really does churn me up inside when i see the ongoing suffering, so why prolong it.
We even hear today of the corruption in high places of donations not reaching victims in many countries, and the oil for food program in Iraq, it makes me puke.
Thats why i chose very carefully, and would rather give money direct to a person who needs it, then i know, it ended up in the right hands.
What also screws me up is the millions of pounds, that Countries donate, for political points, when they should be looking after their own people. Look at Nigeria sat on the oil, while the kids starve, and what do others do to help, absolutely nothing!
Oops sorry I can rant and rant but it doesn't help, their will always be these cases, and who is actually helping in the world, and who should be helping in the world, why is it, it takes a natural disaster or the media to prick our conscience for a few days, all these super duper powers do nothing to help these countries. Then all of a sudden cough up a few million, but ignore their own people suffering.
Anyway rant finished and i hope you manage to convince someone, that you are right, I find it maybe a much better idea to make contact with a family that is suffering and maybe help direct, with schooling or even just enough to put food on the table.
There are problems all around us, when it comes to charity, I know of maids here, with 5 or 6 kids at home and a hubby that doesn't want to find work, that's why she is here to support her kids, for 250 $ a month, she'll probably find that her couple of years away from home did nothing to help her kids, and alot, to help her husband get drunk, or gamble her hard earned cash. yes what a waste!
But there is no harm in dreaming right! 