Thursday, February 10, 2011

New charity of choice!

So I see's this new charity for Africa, and I was at first like " Oh man another one?". Get me straight though, charity and helping other people is great, it's just that I think that the way most charities in Africa operate is kinda bad, as they depict all the starving orphans and stuff and never focus on good stuff, plus while they do feed people, they don't really help anything in the end cause they don't do much about the local economy and making it so the villagers can provide for themselves. Mama Hope though is basically all about getting these peoples feet on the ground. They don't just go in and feed people, they basically figure out exactly what's needed for the community and help them develop it themselves, which means that they will be able to provide for themselves and be independent. Also I like how they don't spam you with pictures of  sad childeren to try and get money. Instead they do stuff like this:

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