[/url]Donate Nowto the DEC Pakistan Floods
Appeal or call 0370 60 60 900 now.www.dec.org.ukReplies
- MEMemberSep 6, 2010
Great of you to post this - help is needed very badly.
ReactReply - MEMemberSep 6, 2010
You're right ...why haven't we done this...thanks for taking care of it Phil!
xoxo
JenReactReply - NUNudeInNewJerseySep 6, 2010
oops
ReactReply - MEMemberSep 6, 2010
Sometimes, our only means to help is to get the word out that help is needed. Whether it be hurricane, tsunami, earthquake, wildfire, volcano, famine. war, poverty or flooding victims, etc...
Can we each, individually, help everyone? Probably not. But, we can get the information - that someone, somewhere- is in desperate need of help. That in its self is a means of help and support. I'm sorry, but I truly feel that to take a thread about the flooding victims of Pakistan and to say, on a site that has an International membership, that we need to "take care of Americans first", is callous at best.
While I agree with Rabbit, that many of us are already stretched to their thinnest, I also know, that in the simplest of ways, we can always dig just a little deeper. Here is something I learned from my mom, a truly amazing woman. Several years ago, when everyone was trying to figure out what to get her for her birthday, she told us all...I don't need anything. Don't waste your money. Instead, take whatever you would spend on a gift for me and use it to help the women of Afghanistan and provided us all with the name and address of a well researched organization. We've all taken to doing that at Christmas and our birthdays. Great way to help others without using funds we wouldn't already be spending.
For those of us who are in a position to help financially with the Pakistani flood victims, Phil has posted an excellent link. For those of us who just can't donate...pass the information along to those who can.
JenReactReply - PHPhilfreeeukOriginal PosterSep 7, 2010
Thanks Jen,
Well said.ReactReply - CD
Cheri Donna DawsonSep 7, 2010I got the alert from one of my legal and/or religious listservs and signed it a few days back.
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DesertRatSep 7, 2010I agree! When it comes to human suffering, where ever in the world, as the community of Man, we are called to help. Private donations are the only way to go. I am loathe to see the American government make a grand gesture in promising millions of dollars in aid. In order to do that we would have to borrow the money from the Chinese and then pay it back with interest. I believe that our government, meaning American since this is an International site, should use its power of influence to encourage other nations, especially Eastern and Middle Eastern governments to open their pocketbooks and provide the aid that is needed.
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renebbareSep 7, 2010For those who think (wrongly in my humble opinion) that charity begins at home - A little help is all that is being asked for - is that too much?
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jasonSep 7, 2010i'm not against helping others in need but i think we should take care of our own. there are still lots of people still needing help from katrina, homeless shelters are at capacity across the country and many people need jobs. lets keep the charity where the jobs belong, here at home.
ReactReply - MEMemberSep 7, 2010[quote]Sometimes, our only means to help is to get the word out that help is needed. Whether it be hurricane, tsunami, earthquake, wildfire, volcano, famine. war, poverty or flooding victims, etc... Can we each, individually, help everyone? Probably not. But, we can get the information - that someone, somewhere- is in desperate need of help. That in its self is a means of help and support. I'm sorry, but I truly feel that to take a thread about the flooding victims of Pakistan and to say, on a site that has an International membership, that we need to "take care of Americans first", is callous at best. While I agree with Rabbit, that many of us are already stretched to their thinnest, I also know, that in the simplest of ways, we can always dig just a little deeper. Here is something I learned from my mom, a truly amazing woman. Several years ago, when everyone was trying to figure out what to get her for her birthday, she told us all...I don't need anything. Don't waste your money. Instead, take whatever you would spend on a gift for me and use it to help the women of Afghanistan and provided us all with the name and address of a well researched organization. We've all taken to doing that at Christmas and our birthdays. Great way to help others without using funds we wouldn't already be spending. For those of us who are in a position to help financially with the Pakistani flood victims, Phil has posted an excellent link. For those of us who just can't donate...pass the information along to those who can. Jen[/quote] As a reminder to everyone - this site has an International Membership - there are 141 Pakistani members - this site is HOME for many countries - not just the USA. Jen p.s Interesting fact regarding Hurricane Katrina International Aid Response - "On September 4, 2005 Pakistan offered to send a team of doctors and paramedics to support the relief agencies. Pakistan had also pledged USD 1 million through the Red Cross." Source:Nationmaster.comThe world is our home.ReactReply
- PHPhilfreeeukOriginal PosterSep 7, 2010Angelina Jolie in Pakistan -- FIRST PICS Angelina Jolie visits a camp set up for people displaced by heavy floods in Mohib Banda near Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday (September 7). While at the Kandaro II Camp in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the 35-year-old UNHCR goodwill ambassador shared, “I am very moved by them and I hope that I am able to, today and tomorrow, be able to do something to help bring attention to the situation for all of the people in need in Pakistan.” So beautiful inside and out! 10+ pictures inside of Angelina Jolie in Pakistan…http://justjared.buzznet.com/2010/09/07/pakistan-angelina-jolie/ReactReply
- PHPhilfreeeukOriginal PosterSep 8, 2010Bump!
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