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ViolentPanda said:
I wouldn't call it a "small village", Jessie.
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Well, there are less than a thousand souls in the village I live in (and almost as many dogs,) and the next village is a few miles away.


More of an "isolated hamlet", wouldn't you say? :)
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That would be an apt description.

:)


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There it is, on the right hand side. A nice shot of the village from around the cove at low tide.


:)



Woof
 
Jessiedog said:
I live in a small village in a sub-tropical rainforest at the foot of a mountain on the shore of a sheltered cove off the South China Sea.


:)


Woof
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Nice place. What country?
Must find a piccy of my village. !60 houses and about 500 people give or take.
 
Def, I'm going to give this one more try:

Imagine you are still living in England. You post on urban. You see a post saying:

Just to get the people up to speed that have not jet seen the "Good or bad" thread.
I live in Indonesia with my wife and little baby girl.
A few months ago we employed a 13 year old girl as a maid. Her family is poor and are unable to send her to school. (You have to pay here after 13).
I got a hammering from a few about employingf a kid including a silly "sucky suck, fucky fucky" comment from on foolish person.
The long and the short is that it is possible for her education to continue up to 18 if the cash is in place.
So I've worked it out and it would cost about a thousand quid to get her through school for the next five years. (including uniform, books etc)
Just a year or two would be a waste of time so I would need the lot to send her back to live at home and get her the education she needs.

The question is are the heros who have a pop at me willing to stump up the cash and put their money where their mouths are?


I await your answers.
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What would you think? What would you do?
 
scifisam said:
Def, I'm going to give this one more try:

Imagine you are still living in England. You post on urban. You see a post saying:



What would you think? What would you do?
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But, he doesn't live in England.

It's like Iraq. In Iraq, british soldiers are/were shooting people in the street. In London, that wouldn't be acceptable.
 
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That's the main drag in the village.

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About half a mile up the road

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Kids on a schools day looking after their family goats in the next village.

Note the houses in the background. They are about average here but some far worse.
 
Johnny Canuck2 said:
But, he doesn't live in England.

It's like Iraq. In Iraq, british soldiers are/were shooting people in the street. In London, that wouldn't be acceptable.
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He's posting to people in England and asking for their money.

Bear in mind, I'm talking about this thread in particular. I'm not talking about derf employing a 13-year-old (which is where your cultural acceptablity comes in); I'm talking about him asking money from strangers to school this child, based on the OP.
 
Just a note as to why such young kids are not in school even when it is free.
The parents are often too poor to buy uniforms, books, pens etc and often have no education themselves so they don't understand the value of it to their kids.
Their priority is to live today and worry about tomorrow when it comes.

Isn't reality a total bastard sometimes?
 
scifisam said:
He's posting to people in England and asking for their money.

Bear in mind, I'm talking about this thread in particular. I'm not talking about derf employing a 13-year-old (which is where your cultural acceptablity comes in); I'm talking about him asking money from strangers to school this child, based on the OP.
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I think I mentioned before I didn't expect anyone to come up with any cash but at least a few people can now see the situation here for many and maybe even donate to education charities to help out kids in poor countries.

I don't know this one but it gives you the idea.
http://y-n-m.org/index.php?id=charity_education_sulawesi

You will note the bit where it says about half the population is on less than 2 US/day. That's not the half of it I'll tell you.
I've invited people in for dinner just because they haven't had a reasonable meal in a week.
 
derf said:
I think I mentioned before I didn't expect anyone to come up with any cash but at least a few people can now see the situation here for many and maybe even donate to education charities to help out kids in poor countries.

I don't know this one but it gives you the idea.
http://y-n-m.org/index.php?id=charity_education_sulawesi

You will note the bit where it says about half the population is on less than 2 US/day. That's not the half of it I'll tell you.
I've invited people in for dinner just because they haven't had a reasonable meal in a week.
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You didn't mention any of that with your OP.

This whole thread would have been very different if you had; people here do know just how shit situations can be for people elsewhere, but those who care are already doing what they can. Your haranguing, scam-type OP wouldn't encourage anybody who wasn't already interested. Honestly, would it have encouraged you?
 
scifisam said:
He's posting to people in England and asking for their money.

Bear in mind, I'm talking about this thread in particular. I'm not talking about derf employing a 13-year-old (which is where your cultural acceptablity comes in); I'm talking about him asking money from strangers to school this child, based on the OP.
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I still don't get the relevance of asking 'what if you were in England doing this'.
 
derf said:
I think I mentioned before I didn't expect anyone to come up with any cash but at least a few people can now see the situation here for many and maybe even donate to education charities to help out kids in poor countries.

I don't know this one but it gives you the idea.
http://y-n-m.org/index.php?id=charity_education_sulawesi

You will note the bit where it says about half the population is on less than 2 US/day. That's not the half of it I'll tell you.
I've invited people in for dinner just because they haven't had a reasonable meal in a week.
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You cock.
 
scifisam said:
The point wasn't 'what if you were in England doing this.' It was 'what if you were in England reading this.' He was aiming his post at people posting in England, mainly.
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What does your global positioning matter? It's possible to be in UK, and sustain the mental framework necessary to understand what it's like in some other society, somewhere else in the world.
 
butchersapron said:
You cock.
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Why am I cock?

For employing the kid, for mentioning it or for trying to get people to understand the reasons why kids often don't go to school and trying to do something about it.
If the thread made just one person think a little or even do something positive about helping it's worth it.
As me me looking a twat. No problem. After all it's just an internet forum and not the real me.

I do help out in schools and work with the local cops on anti drug stuff. I am trying to do the right thing and help out those who need a lift up.
Care to do the same?
 
derf said:
Why am I cock?

For employing the kid, for mentioning it or for trying to get people to understand the reasons why kids often don't go to school and trying to do something about it.
If the thread made just one person think a little or even do something positive about helping it's worth it.
As me me looking a twat. No problem. After all it's just an internet forum and not the real me.

I do help out in schools and work with the local cops on anti drug stuff. I am trying to do the right thing and help out those who need a lift up.
Care to do the same?
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Thanks for the photos, btw. It's always illuminating to see another part of the world through someone else's eyes.
 
derf said:
Why am I cock?

For employing the kid, for mentioning it or for trying to get people to understand the reasons why kids often don't go to school and trying to do something about it.
If the thread made just one person think a little or even do something positive about helping it's worth it.
As me me looking a twat. No problem. After all it's just an internet forum and not the real me.

I do help out in schools and work with the local cops on anti drug stuff. I am trying to do the right thing and help out those who need a lift up.
Care to do the same?
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Yep, for all those reasons and more.
 
Jessiedog said:
China.

Nice place, very rural.

Woof
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The village is a great place to live. Nice and quiet. Sadly in the cities some have it really rough. At least everyone has a home of sorts and food.
Have a nice photo of a family who beg at traffic lights to get their food.
Sorry I didn't see the young girls I mentioned before so no pic.

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I would love to visit China but I don't think that chance will come now.
Wife family and so on to consider.
 
Just time to give you boys and girls an update.
Sacked the maid so I'm not exploiting child labour any more.

No idea what she will do now but that's not my problem.
 
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