Comments on: An out and about day http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/ The life and education of two growing beans - our 10th year of blogging Tue, 25 Mar 2025 09:18:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.34 By: Michelle http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4191 Fri, 11 May 2007 20:59:25 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4191 it’s not just me that gets put into moderation then!

]]> By: HHaricot http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4190 Sun, 06 May 2007 22:19:53 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4190 thanks for that jax. you can see you have been rehabilitated! I think the sos could be worth a look. I was humming and hawing over them as they didn’t seem to give a clear fix. asking all those i can find to send me bumpf – i like to see it written!!

]]> By: jax http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4189 Sun, 06 May 2007 17:32:45 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4189 Awaiting moderation????

Guess this one will probably sink without trace too. This charity appears to be in your general area, and says they are willing for ppl to call them or drop in to discuss the process, could be worth a look?

]]> By: jax http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4188 Sun, 06 May 2007 17:24:21 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4188 Hm, the charity’s point of view is “But, the charity points out, the direct relationship between the sponsor and the child also gives the child hope through the knowledge that someone cares. Although each is of course different, every sponsored child has one thing in common says World Vision – the knowledge that someone thousands of miles away cares enough about their future to help them. ” Pros and cons of the personal side of it I guess.

Big has talked about this a couple of times, I keep looking into it, and I’m sure sooner or later we’ll do something along these lines. I’d very much prefer something without a religious agenda though.

]]> By: HHaricot http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4187 Sat, 05 May 2007 16:50:12 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4187 thanks Allie. it is that that has always put me off child sponsorship, and have usually arranged my own charitable giving in other more practical/sustainable ways.
But SB particularly is keen by this idea. I think that some of them are more villagy and less individual. Also, I think that this will reinforce to her what a good thing it is to give generously to those who don’t have enough. She has personally asked to do this in an unprompted car discussion, aware that on our tight budget it will take money from spontaneous trips/ toys [which are rare enough anyway at the mo] So I guess that I think that even if just for a year, we should go with this.

]]> By: Allie http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4186 Sat, 05 May 2007 14:02:10 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4186 We considered sponsoring a child but were very put off by some literature about it – can’t remember the charity. Basically it had the story of a girl who, due to sponsorship, had the ‘opportunity’ to be sent away from her village and family to a boarding school. The more I thought about it the more I felt that the ethics involved were very complicated – would the money mark out an individual or a family, or would it be used to impose an agenda? I also felt uncomfortable with the fact that we would receive news about the child we sponsored. Somehow I felt like we would be ‘buying’ a connection with another person – and that made me feel like some sort of rich benefactor.

Just not the thing for us, I guess.

In the end we decided to give a regular donation to ADD, Action on Disability and Development. They promised not to send all our money back to us in the form of glossy bits of paper -and they haven’t. It has an empowerment and self-organisation ethos that fits with our worldview.

Just my two pennies – no offence to anyone who does sponsor a child.

]]> By: HHaricot http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4185 Sat, 05 May 2007 00:00:49 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4185 hmm! thats a tricky one sarah, my immediate answer was no, it didn’t matter. But on reading their website, it was quite evangelical christian for christian children. I don’t want to support missionary work particularly – as a non-christian it would be difficult to say here is the money only for a christian. thanks for answering with the suggestion though. i was born awkward! Oxfam would prob do it for me, but I think SB would prefer the interaction with save the children childlink, or world vision [which I know is christian based, but not evangelically christian in its overt outlook]
hmm.

]]> By: Sarah http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4184 Fri, 04 May 2007 22:20:29 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4184 oh, but it is a christian organisation. Worldvision do them too but that’s christian as well. Does that matter?

]]> By: Sarah http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4183 Fri, 04 May 2007 22:19:46 +0000 http://petitsharicots.org.uk/weblog/2007/05/04/an-out-and-about-day-2/#comment-4183 We sponsor a child through Compassion UK. Every so often we get a letter and a photo from our little girl, and Compassion send quarterly magazines etc. as well which are interesting. They keep sending us paper to write to her as well and I keep meaning to do it … must get on and write one.

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