Am I being unfair?
Posted by: Goulah
15th May 2009 11:47pm
EileenW1
- 18th Feb 2012 08:44am
I have started my own little charity in response to the need I saw in villages in eastern Bali. I am a pensioner and yet I hold fundraising barbecues, golf days, concerts, raffles etc as my heart broke when I discovered that children cannot go to school unless parents can pay and so many teenagers were unable to get jobs because they had no schooling. These people had nothing but welcomed me, shared their meagre food and wanted to show me the beauty of their little island which is suppressed and suffering under Indonesia's yoke.
I collect clothing, football boots, uniforms and money over to my villages and decide who gets what. I have within four years, furnished two classrooms, provided school uniforms for two year groups, got five soccer teams playing in a league, paid schooling for two children until they leave and donated food and clothing to so many beautiful, grateful people. Yes there are great needs here in Australia too but we must act where our hearts respond and not say one need is greater than another. For years I worked to raise money for UNICEF where 95% of the donations go to children in crisis throughout the world. The worst thing is to do nothing!
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