To have chuckled at this..

[Fugghetaboutit]

Homeopathy for refugees

Already nearly hit it's target too!

[Pursuitofhappiness15]

YABU. Refugee situation is no laughing matter. Like poster above, I would like to know if you have helped or tried to help in anyway. It might not be your cup of tea but people are only trying to help.

[OurBlanche]

YANBU, really. It is funny, in both amusing and WTAF? manner.

Still, as others have also said, every little helps.

[RichardHead]

Homeopathy isn't helping anyone though is it?!

[TheWitTank]

It's a bizarre idea in my opinion (surely clothing, food, books and toys for the children would be a better way to use the money)but it's obviously done with the best intentions by homeopaths who believe it will help. It would be interesting to know how they intend to use the money -is it for remedies refugees can use alone or for a homeopath to "treat" them on site?

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Yanbu, seems a bit eyebrow raising.

[EponasWildDaughter]

You're brave posting this. It's dark humor.

Homeopathy for the homeless is a bit out there.

[OurBlanche]

It will help in that each person 'treated' will have been listened to, given some personal 1-2-1 attention.

But, given that I think tis all tut, I shan't be adding to their pot of money, whatever they intend to spend it on!

[Pootles2010]

Hilarious idea, but bit of a tragedy - such a waste of 4k, that could have really helped those poor souls.

[Fugghetaboutit]

Hardly helping them giving them sugar pills fgs what a waste of £4k

[VoldysGoneMouldy]

Oh come on, the OP doesn't need to have set up her own fundraising to point out that some special water and sugar cubes aren't the most helpful thing to do.

[Furiosa]

That's just bloody stupid.

[EponasWildDaughter]

I'm so on the fence.

They are trying to help ... but it is indeed so bloody stupid!

[VoldysGoneMouldy]

They are pushing something they believe works, regardless of the science. It's the same as people saying they're pray for you - it doesn't achieve anything other than make the person instigating it feel good.

[wotoodoo]

The £4k is not going to the refugees. It's going to the Homeopathic companies, the suppliers, and to pay the volunteers' expenses.

So it is a tried and tested and clever way of companies getting wellwishers to pay for their goods and services, with good advertising to boot.

[BarbaraofSeville]

it's no better than all the 'raise money for cancer by paying for me to go trekking in the Andes' 'charity' hikes etc.

Agree that £4k on woo is a criminal waste when they could send something that is actually useful like tents, food, blankets etc.

[OurBlanche]

Ah! MN... the site that humour deserted.

It is funny though, in all sorts of ways: a darkly amusing similarity of the words; the weird idea that refugees would need a pointless treatment over food, clothing, real medicine; the apparent sardony in the whole sorry affair, as wotoodo describes; the perplexing idea that noone is allowed to find humour in a dark situation... all po-faced in the extreme!

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Agree OurBlanche God forbid the OP to see a funny side to a depressing scenario tsk tsk.

[BarbaraofSeville]

I'll laugh, and donate when someone can explain how homeopathy will help the refugees get the food, shelter, warm clothing and stable homes that they need.

[Birdsgottafly]

Depending on were the Refuggees are from, they may believe in these remedies, my former Middle Eastern GP did and get a lot of comfort from the one to one contact, as said.

The basics are now being provided, because of the media coverage, the more 'outsiders' that go in, the better, imo.