Humanitarian Aid

15 Comments

• 11/20/08 @ 12:42

  Nospinplease

  hahaha, money makes me equals D! I do quiet a bit of community service work and it feels really good. I do try to donate when I can and I feel it is safe.
• 11/19/08 @ 22:07

  Teagan [22]

  I love your facial expressions ^^
• 11/19/08 @ 16:42

  Abaddon

  But, you didn't answer the most important question! How big was the snake, really?
• 11/19/08 @ 16:35

  Gurgle

  Good show, hope you steripenned those dollars before rubbing them on your face.
• 11/19/08 @ 15:50

  RandomGuy

  In High School policy debate last year, the topic was "Resolved; The United States federal government should substantially increase public health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa." What I learned from it is that more people die from water related diseases than all the other reasons combined. Of course, this includes Mosquito reproduction (leading to malaria) and water-borne disease that causes diarrhea (which dehydrates the body and leads to death without proper medicine). I would suggest donating to PUR packets, which is run by an NGO that donates life saving water cleansing packets to those in need... Then again, the argument that ... more (119 words)
• 11/19/08 @ 14:27

  Rob B

  Your hair looks really nice today Brett
• 11/19/08 @ 13:27

  steph {207}

  I've donated a lot of my money of the years and still continue too. I donate to mostly red cross, breast cancer association, kids against hunger, toys for tots, and my school blanket drive. I don't donate to anything that doesn't put more than 80 cents to the dollar for charity. But more than just money I've donated a lot of my time. Just this year I've reached a goal of 100 hours of community service and its still rising. I'm going for 200 hours next year. I love helping out my community and people in need. It's just a ... more (179 words)
• 11/19/08 @ 7:33

  Meandering {207}

  Great episode. This is something we do need to remember, that even though things are tightening up we should still set aside what we can for humanitarian aid. Thanks Winn Brothers for the reminder, especially at this time of year.
• 11/19/08 @ 7:25

  Kel [22]

  This one's my favorite-- barely any of the money goes for administration, and they do really good work. Take a look, if you're looking for a cause to support. http://www.fcnindia.org/index.htm
• 11/19/08 @ 7:22

  effamy

  excellent. i did a lot of research a couple of years back before deciding which organization to set up a monthly donation with (i'm no bill gates unfortunately but it's worth a big dinner out each month at a really chic restaurant and hopefully someday, when i have a real job, i can do more). Now I've managed to swing most of my family into the idea of giving to charity each Xmess (not a real fan of the season myself...) instead of trying to figure out what useless thing to buy for people who need nothing. Even with the ... more (137 words)
• 11/19/08 @ 4:03

  Dandapani [22]

  Jesus said: For ye have the poor always with you...
• 11/18/08 @ 23:30

  Tae

  I really appreciated today's show, for it's something I feel enthusiastic about. Pkw, I understand where you are coming from. What's that phrase - "give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day, but teach a man to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime". That being said, let me further say that I believe that humanitarian aid can be given in many ways. Donating money is one thing (and a GOOD one thing), but think of all the other ways we can reach out. It doesn't have to be something large; it can be ... more (157 words)
• 11/18/08 @ 22:18

  Curtis

  About 15 years ago, I suggested to my growing family that we were buying too many presents for each other at Christmas. So we decided for the adults to only exchange two gifts (we would all still buy gifts for all the kids under 18). One gift would be a single-name exchange, and for the other gift, each adult would give $20 that we would pool together. One of the adults (rotated every year) would then donate it to any charity they chose. As the kids grew, they couldn't wait to turn 18 so they could be the one to make the donation. We have since donated to child abuse organizations, breast cancer organizations, leukemia foundations, domestic abuse shelters, we even donated the money and our time working at a homeless shelter. We were able to turn the routine of gift-giving amongst ourselves into a positive way to help others. We continue this tradition every year, and we'll hopefully start increasing the amount of the gift as the children are almost all adults, which by itself increased the gift when they started contributing. Great show...a lot of good links to great organizations there. ... lots more (233 words)
• 11/18/08 @ 21:23

  pkw

  I try to look for organizations that help people temporarily, but have the overall goal of helping individuals, families, and communities to sustain themselves and magnify their own ultimate well-being. I have had something on my mind for months that I think might be appropriate to share now. I get a little annoyed when I hear comments like- such and such organization sees the price of food going up, so they're not going to be able to afford to do handouts like they've always done. Therefore, all the people they served before are now going to starve unless we fork over more cash. And that's a horrible testament to where our food supply is now... blah, blah, blah. The offense, I feel, is that the recipients of the charity are portrayed to never be able to contribute to their own welfare, so we must do it, and allow the government to do it, or their poor, sad, pathetic lives will never be any kind of decent standard. My concern is that I want to help people to help themselves. If we are all doing our part to help ourselves, AND EACH OTHER, we will have amazing lives, and an amazing world. ... lots more (283 words)
• 11/18/08 @ 20:49

  nick

  wow, 12 cents of every dollar... great show