10/3/11

Intoxicated Sponsoring of Kids

I got a kid. Well, I got to sponsor a kid through Childfund. I saw their commercial while heavily intoxicated. I was in a state of euphoria, and felt i needed to share the love from my pockets (and loaded mind). When I sobered up, I was still fine with the idea. I am pretty sure I've spent more on pot than I ever will on this kid anyway.

They give you an option to pick a kid, but when I called, I just told them to pick for me. How do I choose anyway? I mean, what, once they tell me the conditions that a certain kid is living in, am I supposed to be like; "Hmmm, is there maybe a poorer kid than that?" or "that's not an area I particularly like, let that kid starve, Ill choose one from a place I'd like to visit."

They also told me that the kid would write to me every once in a while. He is four years old, he is too young to have a normal conversation. I guess, I'll write back if he writes to me first, but otherwise I don't see the point.

They sent me a pic of the kid in the brochure. I didn't really want to see the pic either. It's not because I particularly didn't want to see what this kid looks like. It's just that, I knew he would look all sad, and neglected purposely. A smart charity organization would want to present a poor kid at his worst.

I got a little identification card with the kids name and pic that you can carry around in your wallet and show your friends. It seems pretty cheesy. However, I guess it's something to whip out on a date "accidentally". Women are impressed by sponsors. One, it tells you have money. Two, you are a caring giver. And, if you are running out of conversation, this is a great saver. Maybe, just maybe you can also show it to a policeman if you are being pulled over for speeding and he'll let you go.

License and registration!
Why, officer I am in a hurry to help children (then show kid's ID).
Alright, go on your way good sir, saver of children, hero of mankind!

Reading over the last paragraph I've written, it seems like I am selling Childfund pretty good. It's unintentional really.

I've heard some people say that contributing to charities that feed the poor only helps make more poor people without improving their bad living conditions. That, we should stop helping those in need and let them die off. However, I wonder if they would think the same if they found them selves in the same poor situation as those in need.

I've heard about some other charity organizations and it seems like they sue each other for the exclusive right to help others. It's pretty ironic that they are a charity organization and they are wasting time and money in order to hold a monopoly on poor/sick people. Sounds like regular business to me. Maybe I should start my own charity organization and sue others charity organizations. The point is, these organizations need to be investigated before committing to one. Which is totally not what I did. I only did a little bit of research after wards.

I haven't heard anything bad about Charityfund so far. However, the  community organization with which Charityfund is cooperating in order to allocate the money properly in that particular area, is nowhere to be found on the internet. Meaning, I can't find the organizations website nor any info on them. But, anyway, fuck it...hope this kid gets my money.

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, that's the thing about those organizations. I have never encountered enough transparency into their operation to make me believe something they advertise.

    Oh well, at least you get a tax write off.

    Interesting thought - sell poor kids' lives as tax write off.

    "Come one, Come all, semi-plump Bosnian kid, perfect tax write off!"

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