The scope of the event defies belief.
Imagine overnight every single house in England destroyed. Nothing but rubble. Every road, every railway, every shop, every factory, every vehicle, gone.
Tens of millions of people standing around thinking. What the fuck do I do now?
That is about the size of it.
lhk
We`ll be donating a fiver, can`t use a bankcard cos we can`t have one since our finances are screwed, so we`ll just have to find a collection box. On the 15th we were in court for eviction, and there was a very real chance we could have lost our home and ended up on a caravan site. The case has been ajourned until the 8th Feb. We`ll get to keep the house because of this years events (tough year) and we are working with a debt charity, but know matter what our situation is, I know we are lucky enough to be living in a country where if the worse comes to the worse, we won`t be looking at complete homelessness and all the diseases the people who have been hit by this disaster are looking at.
So I`m damn well going to make sure we can spare a fiver.
Venusxxx
Anyone else who doesn't have a bank card, you can probably pop into a bank and donate money free of charge - if you don't have one close to you then you can do it free of charge at the post office too (I work there part time so I can tell you this for a fact).
If they don't already know how, just ask for a Trans-cash form and put "FP 1325" in the account number boxes, you can use the reference "Tsunami Earthquake appeal" just fill in the amount and your details sign it and let the clerk do their bit and stamp it for you.
Btw, the "FP" stands for FreePay so there's no charge for it (unlike paying some other bills eg. some water/electric utilities, when the company you're paying won't pay the Post Office to do the work for them so we have to charge a fee). All the money will go on to the appeal.
Just mentioning this as a public service, seeing as how there's probably still more PO's than banks around (even if they do shut half the small ones, the basts).
I've just been to Tesco and they have collection boxes at the tills for all your loose change to go towards Tsunami disaster.
I hasten to add, I didn't come home with any change in my purse or Ians pockets.
Dawn
I think when things like this happen, 'we' have to stop thinking about ourselves and do what's right and humane so the money donated by the government and the public is money well spent.
It does just go to show though that the money IS there to sort out our hospitals, transport and other internal problems but bureacracy and politics of course gets in the way as always!
Did anyone else think it was amazingly insensitive of the BBC to broadcast that edition of Changing Rooms which they did in Boscastle, practically the very next day after the events overseas???
Can I just say that I agree with both Steve-Shireen and Clare_lincs. Disasters tend to overshadow those at home who need our help constantly. I am a supporter of shelter and tend to donate all my stuff to their charity shops. I don't normally donate to Oxfam because I have seen Oxfam stuff being SOLD on the streets back home. But is it too much to ask to donate a couple of extra pounds to the Tsunami victims? I am sure most of you, like myself, have gone and drawn out money, or bought a bottle for tonight. So what about donating a bit of what would normally go "down the toilet" to people who need it? Some years back when I was a student we had massive floods in South Africa. I saw then, first hand, what natural distasters to to poor areas. As students we had no money but we donated our hands (okay - not literally - but u know what I mean!) - and I know that those people were grateful for even the tiniest things we were able to do. Even a small donation goes some way to helping!
((((((Shireen)))))) Thanks hun, we were in a situation where the council/housing associations wouldn`t have helped either, if the worst had come to the worst. You should have been backed up by the various charities in this country who make cases like yours a priority, like `Shelter` or the various womens hostels we have. I`m so sorry that did not happen for you.
I think most people are touched by the scale of this disaster, and how it is snowballing, and when that happens we tend to think more in terms of `humankind` rather than `countrykind` (for want of a better word) , which isn`t neccesarily wrong. The aid these people receive will have a huge influence on curbing the aftermath of this one off devastation. However, I agree that we should never stop caring about those in this country also. I hope we all have the capacity to offer support to both, and I respect all those who have taken the time to remind us all of the issues facing those in this country also. :love:
Venusxxx
So the british public have now raised £60,000, :!: Its astonishing,each of you individually can make a difference.
Have you donated yet?Or are you troo busy enjoying your luxuries over christmas and new year while there is people dying?
Been waiting to hear on friends over there .... and today they are back safely x
They stayed over to help in Sri Lanka but are planning to go back shortly and carry on.
Will pass on any advice on what sorts of things are most lacking (apart from everything) - I think she will start an appeal up at school to support that particular region too.
As for where our money goes .... we have the choice and that is what matters.
Cathy x
Oh FFS here we go again.
If you wanna give then give. If you don't, don't.
Just stop shouting about it from the mountain tops.
Isn't it best to give without looking for the glory?
If you've taken afront to my *glory* comment perhaps a pm would have cleared that one up. Considering that wasn't the route you chose I've nothing more to say to you Clare.
The scary thing is that a natural disaster doesn't end after one event.
The Tsunami was just the beginning, we're gonna see alot more hapen around the world, before it goes back to normal.
Crikey, what the hell happened here?! :shock:
Obviously everyone on this thread cares about others less fortunate than themselves. Some support causes which are closer to thier hearts than others, but support we do. Whether people choose to support those in this country, or those in others, at the end of the day they are all helping people. Perhaps our gripe should be towards those who take take take, and who care for nothing but themselves..........
BTW, I also support animal charities, so where the crap that leaves me I dread to think :shock:
Venusxxx
And OMG, if that`s Libra in her AV, and she`s not coming back, I`m going to have to chase her to whatever other thread she`s posting on!
Libra, consider yourself stalked! :mrgreen:
Venusxxx
Ok......a question to those who don't wanna give to the foriegn victims.....how would you deal with a distaster on our own doorstep? I would hope other countries would come to our aid. Supply food water, sanitation, medical supplies all the very basic needs to keep me and my family alive. Yes wo do have very poor familes here and very rich ones to. But surely we can all see this it totaly different. its not politcal, not terrorist. Just total bad fucking luck that they live in that part of the world and are totaly desperate for any help at all. Maybe not all the money gets through to them we don't know that for sure all i do know is that I will be taking some money and my children have asked to send their pocket money to help them. Will also spend a little time reflecting although I'm not a god person. Sometimes we just need something to blame. So peace and good will to everyone and I hope we never see another disaster like this ever again.
WTF is this,we are not political so have no hidden agenda,all Clare wants is the same as most other people out there and thats for people to be safe and secure.
We are very lucky here in Britain,we live far away from any areas that will ever be affected by arent a rich famly by any means but we do what we can to help others when it matters.
Everyone out there should take a good look around themselves and see just what we have and what the poor unfortunate ones in SE Asia and Africa live like kings compared to them,so for once in your lives step back and think for one minute what it would be like to be in the hell hole of the world.
Its about time we all stopped being so selfish and distructive and started to help the people all around us who need help.
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You dont have the slightest notion of what I am on about do you???...
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