This afternoon a young my house today asking for money on behalf of UNICEF. I declined to give money or support to that organisation for political reasons. When she protested and said that UNICEF is totally neutral and non-political, I informed her that UNICEF's political interference in NZ ala the removal of S59 from the Crimes Act meant that I would no longer support them financially, nor would I encourage others to do so.
Watch out for the UNICEF door knockers, people. And tell them why you're not giving them money either.
Watch out for the UNICEF door knockers, people. And tell them why you're not giving them money either.
I'd refuse on the grounds that:
ReplyDelete- As a UN organisation it is filled with overpaid bureaucrats who are lazy and milk the system;
- It supported a Palestinian radical group;
- It refuses to take any stance against North Korea's enslavement of children.
Private charities deliver far more for far less. UNICEF should be privatised.
UNICEF also funds abortions in the third world.
ReplyDeleteDefinately one to be avoided.
Fair enough - we wouldn't give money to the Salvation Army for years after their antics against homosexual law reform in the mid-80s.
ReplyDeleteThat's the wonderful thing about charity, you actually get to hand over your money according to your conscience.
ReplyDeleteExactly Madeleine, and that's something the socialists hate, allowing people to decide how to spend their money. The horror!
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