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This is actually a great thread.
Canvasing for children's charity, a.k.a.: sponsoring a child:
- The money you give actually doesn't go directly to the child, it goes to the community or charity center the child lives near. So don't believe it when you hear "the money goes straight to the child". The only thing the kid gets is to be allowed to participate in the charity program.
- It actually takes 6 sponserships for one child to live off. Even if the kid has a sponsor, he/she won't live adequately unless the charity finds him/her 5 more sponsors or so.
- Non-for-profit organizations have an overhead as much as 45%, but the best ones have only 20%.
- Charities hire "middlemen" for million dollar contracts. The middlemen are basically private sector companies that have a responsibility to bring the charity certain amount of sponsors/donations in any means, usually canvasing on the street.
- The people on the street who work for the middlemen, who in turn works for the charity, will say and do almost anything to get you to sponsor a child. They have a quota and get bonuses every time they get people to sign up.
- The same thing goes for other non-profit organizations, like for example, greenpeace. They do the exact same thing.
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Last edited by Mr. Omoplata : 12-09-2007 at 12:33 PM.
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