In Reply to: Orphanages posted by Lindy Lou on Thursday, 3. September 2009 at 16:44 Bali Time:
There is a posting below. "Just Back" by "Balibull." He makes a good point regarding Orphanages wanting money.
We support a truly needy Orphanage at Amlapura.
Before we made the commitment to support it we made extensive enquiries as to the true situation there and other orphanages.
Whether or not I get flamed or critisised for this posting concerns me not. What we learned from our enquiry was that there are some orphanages that ask for cash donations, and in some instances the cash
does not go where it should.
Don't assume from this that all Orphanages are dodgy, they are not.
We have NEVER been asked for cash and I have no knowledge of visitors
to Amlapura being asked for cash.
We simply phone the orphanage ask the carer what the current requirements are and then shop for them.
Hope this helps.
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