I’m presuming “SA” is South Africa?
Any, even if it isn’t, a big thank you!

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Mike charities need administrators and administration ! – as an administrator who has worked in the not for profit, arts and biz sector in the past it pisses me off that the work we do is expected to be done unpaid in charities. (AND IS UNDERVALUED probably because its mostly done by women) Not all work can be done for free in charities and if we inististed on it then charities in the uk at least would be run by chinless wonders with private incomes exactly the kind of person who needs be made to sleep rough as they don’t think there is any poverty in the UK !

I agree that finding something close to you which you feel connected to is the best way to give. My mom and I sent the marjority of books to two SA school libraries run by a friend. We knew exactly where the books were going who was using them and was told what they needed.

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Yes, I read that post. Not all of it because it made me groan. Love your take on it ;)

What I feel about the Blog Action Day is that the focus should have been more about creating what we would like to see in the world rather than looking at what is there and the awefulness of it all. There were so many stats etc. What one focusses on, one attracts…. (that was what my Blog Action Day post was all about).
(There were some uplifting and more positive thoughts and ideas though)

My take on the poverty? First look at the poverty within, care for that, and then the world around you will naturally start to change before you even begin with some sort of action…

Juliet

Sonia – that was my exact thought about being homeless for a night…that’s camping! heh.

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Your comments were right on, but said in such a hilarious way I could not stop laughing. Point very well taken though. I am OK with Blog Action Day though if it helps to raise awareness for others and gets the momentum going that will-hopefully- last MORE than a day…

I guess we have to start somewhere…
but not there…

I read a lot of good posts for bloggers who really get it. There was a lot of inspiration and people actually doing stuff. I was glad to see it.

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I am SO glad you saw that list and posted about it here before I found it elsewhere and wasted my time reading the whole thing! (And I would have. Read the whole thing, I mean. I would have been shaking my head in incredulity, but I’d have kept reading and exclaiming, all the way to the bitter end. So, thanks for giving me something much better to read!)

Man,when did “awareness” become code for “guilt inflicted by a mass w/o a brain”? 88 ways to take action, my ass. Take it where?!

If everyone donated that portion of their hourly fee that was spent writing or reading that stuff, we’d be a lot closer to the daily practice of moving toward the gentle “I am my brother’s keeper” on an “in my own backyard” basis. Global help starts on our local street corner.

Thanks for the intelligent smack I was longing to deliver to the well-intentioned-gone-awry-support.

AMEN, sister.

I wrote a long comment in response but then erased it. I’m premenstrual, too, and I don’t have your grace.

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