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Collecting money to go on a holiday in the name of charity

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  • #102
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    jill_valentine wrote: »
    This is what does my head in. Mouthing off about something without having done your homework.

    Camara salvage and refurbish computers that people are dumping in Ireland. They fix them up, install hardy practical software packages, and then test them. They have volunteers doing that all year round; then, during summer, they go over and train the locals up on them.

    The computers are provided by the charity, and are, ultimately, used mainly for educational purposes - but for that to happen, people need to be available locally to repair and maintain them.

    Hence IT skills training.

    I don't want to flog a dead horse here. But someone talked about going to teach teachers, with the aim of teaching kids. Are you teaching kids to fix computers?
    I still have my doubts about the availability of spare parts for school IT in Ethiopia. I remember being in a govt department in a richer african country where they had old computers that had no spare parts.


  • #103
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    CAPSLOCK365 wrote: »
    They're always so self-rightous about it too.
    They don't like their selfishness being pointed out. The money for their food, accomodation and flights comes from the money collected. That money would pay the wages of 5 or 6 staff/workers for a couple of months in most of the countries they go on holiday to. Also, because it's paid to local people, it helps to encourage a local economy.
    They don't care though and I should just shut my face.

    when i was collecting money for a charity i was planning to work for i planned and did gave 100% of the funds to the charity. i saved my own money for my flights ect but in the end only visited the charity to hand over the funds as i couldn't spend long enough there to work because of a sudden commitment.

    its the people who use the money for their tefl course/flights/food ect that really piss me off. they're better off staying at home and giving the money away.

    i just think the only people who should go abroad to volunteer with funds collected are the people who are giving more by going over there then that of which could be achieved then using the funds to give jobs to those alread there. specialists/doctors come to mind. i'd imagine however doctors can afford to pay their own way.


  • #104
    nitrogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 698 ✭✭✭nitrogen


    I have to agree with tallaght01 and Degsy.

    The basic infrastructure of a developing country comes before PC maintenance and Web Design. The type of people needed in developing countries are specialists, not someone who's an all-rounder in graphic design and setting up Windows 98.


  • #105
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,814 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    A group from my old school went on one of these charity holidays. They raised money for a few weeks and then went off to sunnier climates. One of the lads posted the pics of their charity work on his bebo, it featured amongst other things, them clubbing, drinking, scoring unattractive fat chicks, hiking up the worlds smallest looking mountain. In short it was just like any photo album chronilicing a trip to Ibiza. They came back and heve spent the past few years talking about how hard it all was and how they made such a difference. One of them told me that the entire trip did'nt cost him a cent. I told him that he should be ashamed of himself. Haven't spoken to him since then.


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