What do we want from you?
Like you, we know that the World is full of starving children and that every month another disaster affects one country or another.
Like you, we have thrown up our hands in despair at the failed efforts of governments, aid agencies and charities to stem the tide of the starving and the dispossessed.
Like you, we have been shocked at the vast amounts of money certain charities may have wasted on administration, overblown executive salaries and poorly coordinated strategies.
Like you, we have begun to suffer from over-exposure to demands from charities.
Like you, we have wondered whether it is worth giving another penny to a charity because we fear it will do no good.
We, in the West and in all other economically vibrant and civilised societies, have the luxury to consider what we should do with the finances left over after our daily needs are met.
Many have the luxury of eating in or dining out, of watching television or going to a place of entertainment, choosing our holiday destination or the colour of our new car. Many of us can choose State or Private Healthcare, State or Private Schools and whether we wish to travel by train, car, taxi, plane, ship or helicopter. We enjoy massive choices in our daily lives and we enjoy our freedom to pursue our interests in the full knowledge that we have hard won rights which offer us legal and moral protection.
The children and young people that we assist do not have those rights or that protection. The young children we have met came slumbering out of the fields, or arose from the pavements of Freetown, after another night of sleep out in the open. They do not have a choice or even a hope of a holiday. Their hope is for a meal, today…. please. Their hope is that someone may give them some clothing to cover their bodies, that they may not be abused again today and that they may have somewhere safe to sleep.
This charity deals with real people in real situations who are really in danger, who are really orphaned, who are really alone and really need someone to care.
We, as a responsible charitable organisation, do need money but we also need recognition by governments and influence in those places where important and far reaching decisions are made. We want to positively affect the future of these children in Sierra Leone and be a force of change for the future stability of this country and this whole region of West Africa.
We are only interested in politics as a force for good and an example on how to responsibly conduct the business of a nation. We have no interest in working with any organisation that puts their own interests before those of the community we serve. We are looking to the future and not to the immediate gain of any other group or person.
Like you, we know that the World is full of starving children and that every month another disaster affects one country or another.
Like you, we have thrown up our hands in despair at the failed efforts of governments, aid agencies and charities to stem the tide of the starving and the dispossessed.
Like you, we have been shocked at the vast amounts of money certain charities may have wasted on administration, overblown executive salaries and poorly coordinated strategies.
Like you, we have begun to suffer from over-
Like you, we have wondered whether it is worth giving another penny to a charity because we fear it will do no good.
We, in the West and in all other economically vibrant and civilised societies, have the luxury to consider what we should do with the finances left over after our daily needs are met.
Many have the luxury of eating in or dining out, of watching television or going to a place of entertainment, choosing our holiday destination or the colour of our new car. Many of us can choose State or Private Healthcare, State or Private Schools and whether we wish to travel by train, car, taxi, plane, ship or helicopter. We enjoy massive choices in our daily lives and we enjoy our freedom to pursue our interests in the full knowledge that we have hard won rights which offer us legal and moral protection.
The children and young people that we assist do not have those rights or that protection. The young children we have met came slumbering out of the fields, or arose from the pavements of Freetown, after another night of sleep out in the open. They do not have a choice or even a hope of a holiday. Their hope is for a meal, today…. please. Their hope is that someone may give them some clothing to cover their bodies, that they may not be abused again today and that they may have somewhere safe to sleep.
This charity deals with real people in real situations who are really in danger, who are really orphaned, who are really alone and really need someone to care.
We, as a responsible charitable organisation, do need money but we also need recognition by governments and influence in those places where important and far reaching decisions are made. We want to positively affect the future of these children in Sierra Leone and be a force of change for the future stability of this country and this whole region of West Africa.
We are only interested in politics as a force for good and an example on how to responsibly conduct the business of a nation. We have no interest in working with any organisation that puts their own interests before those of the community we serve. We are looking to the future and not to the immediate gain of any other group or person.
