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I want to go to Asia..
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And help in the relief of the tsunami.
I know this sounds stupid do any companies pay for your flight out there?
I know Britannia are running mercy flights (I do their tech support)
If not I am going to see if I can get sponsored to go by all my work colleagues (company is huge) - anyone coming? lol.
Seriously though I am going to go and help - I am determined.
Help me out somehow if you can - I will keep you all posted.
Phil/Big Daddy
I know this sounds stupid do any companies pay for your flight out there?
I know Britannia are running mercy flights (I do their tech support)
If not I am going to see if I can get sponsored to go by all my work colleagues (company is huge) - anyone coming? lol.
Seriously though I am going to go and help - I am determined.
Help me out somehow if you can - I will keep you all posted.
Phil/Big Daddy
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have you thought of signing up for the british red cross? as far as i know they are always in need of volenteers looking to use their spare time in helping out in other countries........not sure how you would go about it though, but i recon they would fly you out there and back......id love to help them.....
not meant in a nasty way
I'd say right now the most needed people to have over there are those with medical skills to help stablise people until the rebuilding, relocation efforts are underway.
I asked mine yesterday and theyre starting a campaign today and most people I know have made donations themselves individually of whatever they can afford.
Money is what they need.
http://www.travelextras.com/aid/
I dunno - I'll give it some thought, cheers everyone..
Looking after your own child is worthwhile.
I'd love to go, but dunno if I can hack it...
ten countries being hammered into the dust of this earth in one single moment does i believe make the rest of humanity feel very vulnerable ....
it's because no one's to blame, i think.
i'm not condemning it, i think it's fantastic that the world has suddenly become so generous. i gave what i had to spare, and i'd encourage anyone else to do the same.
i just don't think we should forget that it's not just those ten countries that need help.
"I mean no one died around me or anything but I lost half my shoes and all my make up was ruined"
This morning when I left 124, 622 people were confirmed dead. The people out there are seeing the mangled corpses of their children, mothers, fathers, siblings in the streets, drifiting in the waters and go knows where else. They're dying of disease with aid taking a while to reach them. Yes. I sympathise so much more with you love. You've lost all your shoes and you want to keep the receipts in your purse because you're claiming everything back off the insurance so you don't actually lose anything money wise. On the news today, staff at a hotel resort said how customers complained because food service was slow and there was not enough being done to clean the rooms and corridors of the hotel. Some people are the most selfish, ungrateful FUCKS that I've ever known.
Malt Munk :mad: :mad:
some people really dont deserve to live. :no:
if it was me make up and shoes would be the last thing on my mind
"Oh yes of course...I'll have that one there please, and I could I have the receipt in the bag, I'm doing my shopping today and claiming all of it off the insurance"
Annoyed me senseless. At work I appeared to wierd out the younger girls I work with. I was like, churning out figures for the different locations and stuff and the older consultant was like "You're like me, you go home and the first thing you watch is the news- it's just constantly on in our house too" and the 16-17 year olds are all like :eek2: about it all. I was talking to my bf about how devastating it was and how many were dead, he was like "Um...what the hell happened?"...he hadn't watched the news, doesn't really read papers so he was totally oblivious...!!
Malt xx
do insurance companies cover natural disasters?
generally not, i thought. 'act of god' and all that. they don't cover war or terrorism either, do they?
Cheese - Oxfam want 10,000 peopel to volunteer in the UK to help them with all the donations they have recieved in local shops - you could do that and stay at home
xxxx
I have read all the comments so far. Yes yes yes we all hate ungrateful people who care more about shoes & make up than people who's lives have been simply devestated by this disaster, It beggars belief that anyone could not be sympathetic right now. But for the grace of god there goes I. Of course there are people struggling with life in every corner of the world even here at home in the Uk but disasters like this tear at your heart and your conscience especially when we have all indulged with Christmas. So we all do our bit that might be at home, giving money or offering aid or it might be volunteering or wanting to volunteer to actually go out there. My partner and I would like to actually go out to Asia to help. Yes we have fundraised here but yes we would like to devote some time over the coming months to offer our physical aid. We are aware that we don't want to be a burden so are searching like a lot of other people for an organisation or project to be co-ordinated with. If you feel this way don't let anyone diminish your desire to help. If you don't ever actually get out there at least the desire is there & it may prompt you to offer your time here at home. There will be plenty of opportunity to aid in the coming months even years in the rebuilding of Asia and there are many other communities looking for help - perhaps this disaster will begin to change the way we all live and think not just right now but for the future. make us more aware of others and more willing to help, better citizens, more humanitarium, less selfish. Shame really that it takes something like this but maybe in 2005 after the war and poverty of 2004 and desolation that we seemed to face as humans maybe its time to fight back.... fight for humanity !!
ok off soap box now. keep donating & stay in touch those that want to volunteer. There is a growing group of us. Info on my site http://www.tonya.me.uk/Disaster/tonya_asia.htm
tonya