Important: Tsunami Donations
 

Hi all

just got word my friend has died in the tsunami... We must help these people. please please donate here:

DEC Donation site http://www.dec.org.uk/

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Sorry to hear that :( , did my bit today,donated at the local asda :tu: found out today that my brothers ok, he's in india but was in goa instead of the islands

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That's really sad news Millay :(


I have slightly renamed and stuck this topic so people can quickly find the donation site.

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I'm really sorry to hear that Millay.

I donated to the red cross this Tuesday, and left of handfull of change at the supermarket today.

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Thanks for the sticky, is sad news thank you aqll for your kind words, but what we need to do know is concerntrate on the living and help them to survive..

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Im amazed at how generous people are being with this. I know it is important but people can be so selfish nowadays its supprising how generous and selfless people are when it comes to this.
In my bucket today when emptying it from the end of the till there where £5, £10 & £20 notes in there aswel as loads of pound coins. Not just the usual pennies and five pence pieces you normally see.

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I'm sorry to hear that, a guy I worked with for 5 years usually spent crimbo in Phuket. I wonder if he was there this year....

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can I add my sympathy, Millay :mis:

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Aye mate sorry to hear about it, given what I can now to the relevant people. Oxfam was bursting with people today donating.

Payday on Wednesday if collection is runnign will donate another £10 into it.

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Chucked a few quid its way yesterday - i just hope it gets used responsibly - i would hate to think its partially wasted.

Edit: Millay - really sorry to hear that - my condolences. I had some friends out there too but fortunately for me (and them) they are OK.

Best wishes mate.

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Made our donation - don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box at the top before you fill anything else in - might as well get the tax man to do his bit as well.
Sorry to hear your news Millay :(

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I had to wait until today(payday) to donate.

Every shop,bank,building society has boxes out as well.So if you have already donated online you can still push your spare coppers in the boxes.I've got loads of those stashed around the house. :tu:

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Sorry to hear of your friend Millay, like many others on here I've been down to the local Oxfam shop to give them a load of kids clothes that ours had grown out of, also went to ASDA in Mansfield and dropped £10 in their collection box.

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sorry to hear about your friend millay :(

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Apparently DEC have stopped accepting donations as they've already got more than £300 MILLION from the British public!
They've spent £100 million already on helping survivors.
I just want to say a great big well done to everyone who's donated something.
I'm damn proud of you all!

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Yep this has been an outstanding and overwhelming response to a crisis.

I'm sure there is a lot of long term redevelopment issues to be resolved, but it does appear that the charities are satisfied that, at least in the short term, everything necessary from a humanitarian point of view has been provided.

I've heard that some who have made donations, have been contacted asking if their funds can be diverted to other causes :confused:

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£300 million, thats a load of cash that is such giid news.. suppose the banner needs to come off my sitte now...

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If you donate to one cause, they must ask your permission if they would like the money to go to a different cause.
As the Tsunami fund has recieved more than it needs, there is a nice excess that could help in many other crisies.

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But at the time it was projected that these funds would be used not just in the first few months after the event, but for years to come.
If they start spending it all on other things, then in a few years time it will all be gone!

What will they do then? Come asking for more aid for the tsunami victims? And people will think 'but I gave already'.

Keep the funds for what they were collected for. If they need more elsewhere, then I guess they'll have to appeal for that.