StuartPlymouth wrote:Neither does sponsoring children of parents in Africa (or elsewhere) whose culture encouraging them to knock out 15 kids despite knowing they have little enough food for themselves. UNICEF handouts don'd help to change that, it simply perpetuates it.
The same attitude exists in developed countries where those least able to afford to bring up children have the most, and expect others to pay!
I really am stunned when people come out with such drivel. UNICEF handouts do a wealth of good worth in a concatenation of countries around the world. UNICEF have even been known to get "days of rest" in civil conflict to allow their workers to go in, give food, inoculate children; not just against HIV but also diseases you and I are protected from automatically at birth. Such luxuries of automatic protection against diseases and other nasties aren't enjoyed by millions of others.
I'm not saying it's a perfect system, but for someone who has worked with UNICEF, seen and been involved in their work first hand, thousands, if not millions of children's lives are being saved. We can't choose where we are born and what culture we are born in to. How on Earth can you expect a country to improve if you sit back and allow a generation to be wiped out. It's a brain drain on unimaginable scale.
This is 0.1% of an argument I could have, and I don't intend on using up any of my strength on this matter. I've had to learn that there remain ignorant individuals in our society, and no matter how hard we may try, some stubbornly remain blinded from the reality and bury their heads further into the arms of the Daily Mail.
I did however receive an envelope from a charity which included a few pennies in it, I believe to encourage me to give more back. Now
that is a cheek!
