Singapore to donate $50,000 to Philippines for relief effort

[Chowyunfatt]

 

I need cash just for my COE ley...

 

Import duty and car value, I pay myself ...

 

Not you lar … You good life already ….

 

I'm talking about those Old, Retired & Under Privileged Singaporeans …

 

Especially those who have contributed to society but couldn't cope with the sky rocket inflation & thus were left behind ...

[Apvman]

 

Not you lar … You good life already ….

 

I'm talking about those Old, Retired & Under Privileged Singaporeans …

 

Especially those who have contributed to society but couldn't cope with the sky rocket inflation & thus were left behind ..

 

I support with hands n legs n balls n KKJ.

[Dfx16]

 

 

beggar must be thick skin enough, when you are use to it, it become natural

 

Beggar cannot be choosy

But those beggars are Atas one

[Chickenfarm]

The irony is this...

 

There is serious shortage of food and water at ground zero. The locals have to resort to looting to get their ration and water.

 

One of the humanitarian volunteers said, "Now money is useless...we can't buy anything!!".

 

The immediate assistance needed is actually human aid, i.e., to send ppl in to restore roads and bridges so that food, water and medicine could reach the needies in afflicted areas.

 

We can donate food and supplies but how do they reach the victims?

 

I heard from the news that the locals are chipping in to help...which is laudable.

 

I mean; we have President Star Charity and what naught here in Singapore almost every few months rite? And our ppl have been donating to help the needies here until such a point where I started asking why must it always be from the ppl's' pockets??? I mean...aren't we "burdened" enuff oredy?

 

I'm not being a miser here...I donated in all these events but why is this social burden carried by us and not those who always blow their trumpets on having achieved how much and how much of surplus?

 

Now coming back... the point I was trying to make is...the ppl in Philipines must help their own ppl before they turn to external contributions. They are doing it now (it seems)

Edited November 13, 2013 by Chickenfarm

[Beregond]

i already give up donating cash to any charity.

 

reason is very simple: A large % of the money i donate actually is being use as salary for the ppl working in the charity org.

 

how many % of my cash i donating acually reach the ppl in need? no 1 knows.

 

u donate 1 b to a country with natural disaser, the officer say ok, 60 % of the cash will be use to paid our salary, so that we can carry on working to give the rest of the 40% to the victim, bababa .

 

if u all get wat i mean lol.

[Apvman]

The irony is this...

 

There is serious shortage of food and water at ground zero. The locals have to resort to looting to get their ration and water.

 

One of the humanitarian volunteers said, "Now money is useless...we can't buy anything!!".

 

The immediate assistance needed is actually human aid, i.e., to send ppl in to restore roads and bridges so that food, water and medicine could reach the needies in afflicted areas.

 

We can donate food and supplies but how do they reach the victims?

 

I heard from the news that the locals are chipping in to help...which is laudable.

 

I mean; we have President Star Charity and what naught here in Singapore almost every few months rite? And our ppl have been donating to help the needies here until such a point where I started asking why must it always be from the ppl's' pockets??? I mean...aren't we "burdened" enuff oredy?

 

I'm not being a miser here...I donated in all these events but why is this social burden carried by us and not those who always blow their trumpets on having achieved how much and how much of surplus?

 

Now coming back... the point I was trying to make is...the ppl in Philipines must help their own ppl before they turn to external contributions. They are doing it now (it seems)

 

Philipines... I really dont see why our pple so generous in helping others but when u ask them to help our locals... guess what they will say..

 

1) They fake one

2) They have families to help them

3) They lazy.. got hands n legs y dont go work

4) 5 cents bigger than Bus wheel.... Ask them donate $1... like said until sky turn darks.. so useless.. he will not donate

 

Silly rights? U want help others.. might as well help our poor.. Those $50 000 can buy the poor over here alot of rice and blankets n pillows and milos... Sometimes.. I dont understand the thinking of the locals here... maybe help outsiders got FACE VALUE...

[Mustank]

i already give up donating cash to any charity.

 

reason is very simple: A large % of the money i donate actually is being use as salary for the ppl working in the charity org.

 

how many % of my cash i donating acually reach the ppl in need? no 1 knows.

 

u donate 1 b to a country with natural disaser, the officer say ok, 60 % of the cash will be use to paid our salary, so that we can carry on working to give the rest of the 40% to the victim, bababa .

 

if u all get wat i mean lol.

 

 

i same thinking as you

[Vid]

i already give up donating cash to any charity.

 

reason is very simple: A large % of the money i donate actually is being use as salary for the ppl working in the charity org.

 

how many % of my cash i donating acually reach the ppl in need? no 1 knows.

 

u donate 1 b to a country with natural disaser, the officer say ok, 60 % of the cash will be use to paid our salary, so that we can carry on working to give the rest of the 40% to the victim, bababa .

 

if u all get wat i mean lol.

 

If 40% gets to the victim, I say it's a good sum liao

[Joseph22]

 

Philipines... I really dont see why our pple so generous in helping others but when u ask them to help our locals... guess what they will say..

 

1) They fake one

2) They have families to help them

3) They lazy.. got hands n legs y dont go work

4) 5 cents bigger than Bus wheel.... Ask them donate $1... like said until sky turn darks.. so useless.. he will not donate

 

Silly rights? U want help others.. might as well help our poor.. Those $50 000 can buy the poor over here alot of rice and blankets n pillows and milos... Sometimes.. I dont understand the thinking of the locals here... maybe help outsiders got FACE VALUE...

When u want to help other, don't mind their past, who they are or expect any return. The only consideration is whether there is a need that we can help.

If u want to consider all the above. Then don't help.

That is why it's called donation and not face buying or loan. No string attach. The least we can do as human is to stop adding oil to fire.

[TVT]

When u want to help other, don't mind their past, who they are or expect any return. The only consideration is whether there is a need that we can help.

If u want to consider all the above. Then don't help.

That is why it's called donation and not face buying or loan. No string attach. The least we can do as human is to stop adding oil to fire.

 

Yes, same case as when you love someone, don't mind their past, ....etc, etc, etc.

 

[Joseph22]

 

Yes, same case as when you love someone, don't mind their past, ....etc, etc, etc.

 

That should be the case. If u mind, then let go lor. If not suffer in the future.

[The_Bear]

 

Yes, same case as when you love someone, don't mind their past, ....etc, etc, etc.

 

Not that we are in love with Filipinos or wat. Not that way.

[Maxus-MIFA9]

Was surprised when I watch the CNA news last night. CNA interviewed a helper (pinoy) at a collection centre that they choose what to be donated and will not accept any other things ...

 

Please accept all items that had been donated with open heart and sort them accordinly to your needs. You might think it is useless here whilst you are collecting but it could badly needed back in your own country....

[Yattokame]

Charity Begins At Home … *Period*

 

 

 

agree. and I have to say this.

 

a lot of people keep going to nearby countries to do charity work, volunteer work, etc. Even I heard students nowadays go cambodia, vietnam and build toilets or what-nots all the time.

 

I do charity work regularly, visiting needy households around the island etc...... and where are all these people? I can't help but feel there is a certain glorification of going overseas to do volunteer work, yet you can't even bother to help your own countryman and sort out your own backyard.

 

some of them probably do, but I really hope to see more young people (especially students) come and see the reality of Singapore's less well-off group who are in need.

Was surprised when I watch the CNA news last night. CNA interviewed a helper (pinoy) at a collection centre that they choose what to be donated and will not accept any other things ...

 

Please accept all items that had been donated with open heart and sort them accordinly to your needs. You might think it is useless here whilst you are collecting but it could badly needed back in your own country....

 

I think it's easier to classify down to those 3 items (tents, canned food, bottled water) as the sorting out of other items can prove a logistics nightmare.

 

When we ask for donations of items for the needy we also are very specific what they need - some people give things that are totally irrelevant: used laptops etc, not that they are no good, but the needy can't even feed themselves nor pay bills already what use is there for a laptop? Some treat it as a dump, well, if the item is in good condition then okay, but then again if the item is irrelevant it will only be more trouble than good.

[Lala81]

When u want to help other, don't mind their past, who they are or expect any return. The only consideration is whether there is a need that we can help.

If u want to consider all the above. Then don't help.

That is why it's called donation and not face buying or loan. No string attach. The least we can do as human is to stop adding oil to fire.

 

I agree. Why turn this into a pinoy bashing thread. No one likes the pinoy govt. We all know it's a corrupted establishment there.

 

I think the local people they need help. It's no different from the tsumani that hit indonesia/japan.

 

What they really need is the distribution of food and water. Shelter and sanitation will be another issue.

I think only the US military can help them.

 

Interesting that SG didn't offer any such aid. Whereby tsunami we directly rendered aid...

[Joseph22]

 

I agree. Why turn this into a pinoy bashing thread. No one likes the pinoy govt. We all know it's a corrupted establishment there.

 

I think the local people they need help. It's no different from the tsumani that hit indonesia/japan.

 

What they really need is the distribution of food and water. Shelter and sanitation will be another issue.

I think only the US military can help them.

 

Interesting that SG didn't offer any such aid. Whereby tsunami we directly rendered aid...

I don't think we didn't render help. Just that we did not declare only. I am sure many Singapore international aid group had flooded over to heal already.

[Jman888]

Was surprised when I watch the CNA news last night. CNA interviewed a helper (pinoy) at a collection centre that they choose what to be donated and will not accept any other things ...

 

Please accept all items that had been donated with open heart and sort them accordinly to your needs. You might think it is useless here whilst you are collecting but it could badly needed back in your own country....

 

 

it is a waste of resources if the items are not needed, so better state clearly what they need at this point of emergency.

[ShepherdPie]

 

 

it is a waste of resources if the items are not needed, so better state clearly what they need at this point of emergency.

 

yeah.. agreed.. if really want to help the needy, you need to give according to their needs. Not throw them rubbish..