outback to jungle

Musings on experiences of volunteering in Papua New Guinea with some gratuitous domestic social and public comment

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

how charitable work is rewarded

I came here as a volunteer and I would not have expected that people would steal a mobile phone from someone who was trying to do good deeds. I found out last night about a good friend who organises the charity fund raising trivia quiz night whose bag with all the trivia admin work had been stolen yeasterday afternoon. What on earth are these people? You try to help and they don't care. An innocent 4 yr old boy is no more a concern of the criminals here than an aid worker or any other charity person. One government department cannot explain why 100 vehicles cannot be found. 100 vehicles written off the books just like that. Paid for by EU or AusAid money. 100 vehicles times 100 000kina and this country cannot even buy desks for pupils let alone decent public hospital facilities. Love must be tough. EU and AusAid have got to bite the bullet and say enough is enough. You have not been good stewards with what you have been given and your people are still suffering. Charity work is scoffed at no matter what the circumstance. Charity is a taken for granted and abused facility. Go anywhere in Australia and you will see slack parents drop their kids off at cricket to be baby sat for a couple hours while they go to play the pokies and have a beer. Even the great cricket loving PM never did charity work but expected other parents to look after his kids of a Saturday morning. Enough of charity. Love has got to get tougher.

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