to want to start a charity for the 'forgotten children of Zimbabwe' as I think we in deveoped countries are contributing to thier way of life???

[Chellesgirl]

1/3/10 BBC 4 9pm 'Zimbabwe's forgotten children'

Has anyone been watching this documentary???

I am still crying after nearly an hour of watching the children of Zimbabwe suffer so much that they want to give up. Do you think Zimbabwe needs our help? I feel like setting up a charity for these children...but feel it definately isnt welcome while Mugabe is still in power...why is it that we can use so much of tax payers money to fund a war against the taliban, yet leave these people to die???

Please people am I being unreasonable?

that was meant to say 'and in return live a free life'

Toc I read that only a few moments ago...its sickening to think that someone could pass these kind of legislations...51% for crying out loud...I take it the hundreds of millions of UD dollars from china was not enough???

expat - so true those power outages - think the longest I experienced was 3 days, but it's worse out there now.

btw expat (sorry thread hi-jack) I'm coming up to bonny Scotland in the summer holidays - would love to arrange to meet you at some point...........

Toc, are you on FB? Well, I know you are. You know how to find me? I've seen you through a certain friend of ours.

A friend who will also soon be in Scotland, albeit further north.

I know it started way before that...but in recent times it has only added to the amount of people in poverty right??? correct me if im wrong...I never actually thought Id get anyone on this thread...I really wanted to, it pulls on my heart strings...and its really nice to know other people feel the same way.

no I don't know how to find you - your real life name has always evaded me..........

ermm ok - is it on their most recent status update??????

power outages for 3 days!!!!!! wow...our gas and elec comp wouldnt be able to go 24 hrs without having to fix the problem. But in relation to having no gas or elec for 3 days, to having no gas or elec at all...I know which one id prefer

gas? oh blimey we never had gas

When the electric went out that was the power gone, it was good old wood/coal and matches (usually in the form of a braii)

VERY recent. Not one of her knitting ones, because I don't knit.

I'd say CAT, but we're stony skint till Fri. and my subscription's expired.

Plan International is managing to do some work in Zim - we sponsor a boy there through them

Right! I've found you! NO worries!

Apologise for hijack.

Back to Zim.

hat, how do you know that the money actually does go to him??? this is what im worried about, that if I give money it may not all go to the child...
as a christian I believe that I shouldnt just give money as im not actually doing anything constructive...that i should be out there doing something for them. But its hard to get out there...so i think a charity set up specifically for the children and babies, for schooling, clean water, food and clothing, etc...and then I personally would take the items over with me with hopefully what could be volunteers.

I think I know what i want to do, just not know how to do it grrrrr.

sorry am back - just been drooling over expats children in particular the youngest

no i dnt mind hijacks...gives me more time to reply i think ive hijacked a fair amount of threads in the last few days! I cant be a 'hypocrit' now and say dont hijack...

besides - hi-jacking is part of what makes MN what it is

OMG, TAF's boys are deliciously gorg! Ooo, TAF, take a look at my friend whose initials are AT if you can. She is Hispanic/African-American and her daughter's father/her partner is African-American.

Their baby is beautiful.

totally agree and now im off to bed...

expat - they are unbelievably old photos........will upload some more recent ones tomorrow.

I should head off to bed too, have to pack, study, tidy, plan Easter and goodness knows what else tomorrow.

actually on that note...expat...if you think that baby is gorg you should see my dd shes: white/british and Black/jamaican/antiguan/chinese but pics are not up as of yet but you can just imagine...

oo - just found them - baby (and mum!) are both stunners - right that's DS3 sorted ;-)

Me, too! Let's us all off to bed! Will update photies, too.

Chelles, keep the thoughts coming. All chidren are beautiful. My parents support so many, in Latin America, in India, where my dad's sister's husband and his nephews' wives and BIL are from, etc.

night all