tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post1182356112134787868..comments2024-03-27T15:47:17.599+04:00Comments on UAE Community Blog: Dubai does not Caresecretdubaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115610824191031176noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-79540425471250377532008-11-06T13:19:00.000+04:002008-11-06T13:19:00.000+04:00There are people who care and contribute. But you ...There are people who care and contribute. But you have people approaching you with requests to donate all the while. You will turn down most or many depending on the amount of money you earn. And the one who you refuse might end up writing the next blog.Abuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031760857168793321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-75573595173878753012008-10-07T21:00:00.000+04:002008-10-07T21:00:00.000+04:00This week , the American School of Dubai Middle Sc...This week , the American School of Dubai Middle School have been walking, stepping or cycling during their lunch hour to raise money for the Emirates Arthritis Foundation (in their first day alone they raised 20,000 dhs) . We will be doing a photo on World Arthritis Day, Oct 12, at 2.30 pm at the school with all those who walked, presentation of watch to the person who walked the most, and being photographed <BR/><BR/>Also, on Sunday, World Arthritis Day, DHCC have all their staff walking. They will all be issued with a pedometer.<BR/><BR/>Dubai does care. Come walk for arthritis: www.arthritis.aeHumeirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12663588819253767076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-46140164831429573032008-10-07T20:58:00.000+04:002008-10-07T20:58:00.000+04:00This week , the American School of Dubai Middle Sc...This week , the American School of Dubai Middle School have been walking, stepping or cycling during their lunch hour to raise money for the Emirates Arthritis Foundation (in their first day alone they raised 20,000 dhs) . We will be doing a photo on World Arthritis Day, Oct 12, at 2.30 pm at the school with all those who walked, presentation of watch to the person who walked the most, <BR/><BR/>Also, on Sunday, World Arthritis Day, DHCC have all their staff walking. They will all be issued with a pedometer. <BR/><BR/>Many people in Dubai do care. Come show you care and walk for arthritis patients this week at Dubai Festival city, Dubai bone and Joint Center (phone 04-4231400), EAF office (www.arthritis.ae)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-16544445277105874432008-09-17T18:39:00.000+04:002008-09-17T18:39:00.000+04:00I'm somewhat concerned that kids are expected to c...I'm somewhat concerned that kids are expected to cold call strangers and ask for money for a charity they may or may not be willing to give to. Using kids to do the leg work for a state sponsored charity is not good in my mind.<BR/><BR/>Asking children to ask adults for money stopped a long time ago in the UK when kiddy fiddlers were invented by the mass media. Any head teacher using his or her pupils to sell door-to-door to strangers would lose his or her immediately. Don't they have 'stranger danger' here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-69117004315495650722007-10-13T16:33:00.000+04:002007-10-13T16:33:00.000+04:00Well said playa U hit the nail on the head.But the...Well said playa <BR/><BR/>U hit the nail on the head.<BR/><BR/>But these folks who make a load of money are not very generous when in comes to their own money. They are usually on company expense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-66602585257755232602007-10-13T15:53:00.000+04:002007-10-13T15:53:00.000+04:00i DO NOT buy branded items{xcept the occasional sh...i DO NOT buy branded items{xcept the occasional shoe}..<BR/>and my dad drives a 4 year old corolla<BR/><BR/>my parents are not stingy or undereducated<BR/><BR/>victims of the weird system here<BR/>where educational qualifications and competence do not rule<BR/><BR/>but 'waasta' nd skin colour and UK/US degrees do<BR/><BR/>let dose fkers pay<BR/>dun extort me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-56952302633073343392007-10-12T11:29:00.000+04:002007-10-12T11:29:00.000+04:00This is amazing students from one end of the town ...This is amazing students from one end of the town is going door to door at the other end. I pity the students. I guess they are under pressure to sell the whole book! One boy said that his parents had take five tickets but could not afford any more.<BR/>Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-7508650393737827642007-10-11T19:10:00.000+04:002007-10-11T19:10:00.000+04:00i think its ridiculous.ppl can spend money on buyi...i think its ridiculous.ppl can spend money on buyin stuff like chopard n bvlgari n dey cant even spend 20 bucks.the salaries paid 2 da teachers r so less n dey r talkin abt charity.1st da shares crashed n now v hav 2 go frm door 2 door beggin ppl jus 2 give us 20 bucks for r skool.v can collect charity in a more dignified manner like concerts.It hepls 2 expose the talents of ppl n v dont hav 2 lisen 2 pplAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-55564468651830860392007-10-11T15:37:00.000+04:002007-10-11T15:37:00.000+04:00@ tha playaU r rite manthe syst stinks!@ tha playa<BR/><BR/>U r rite man<BR/>the syst stinks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-465293877094633202007-10-11T10:11:00.000+04:002007-10-11T10:11:00.000+04:00my parentz did buy one frm a kid in my building......my parentz did buy one frm a kid in my building...the first one to come<BR/>the avalanche strted just aftr dat<BR/><BR/><BR/>and i live in sharjah!<BR/><BR/>so u can guess<BR/>my dad is underpaid nd i am mostly broke<BR/><BR/>i simply DO NOT have 20 bux!<BR/><BR/>overpriced nd dun even get me started about da agenda<BR/>and the recognition of da charity<BR/>goes to an emirate..and a state<BR/>that simply does not care about any1 <BR/>simple as that<BR/>luk at all the labourers working for peanuts on alll the fancy buildings <BR/><BR/>dey dun get rights<BR/><BR/>as for dat<BR/>neither do we<BR/><BR/>u just need to get close to the system here to undrstand how fked it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-9905635423208853252007-10-10T21:58:00.000+04:002007-10-10T21:58:00.000+04:00I think charity is something private, what the rig...I think charity is something private, what the right hand gives, the left should not know..:)Jones. Bridget Jones.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13891952469037092164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-7490074443196270212007-10-10T21:33:00.000+04:002007-10-10T21:33:00.000+04:00It would have been a wonderful gesture if a percen...It would have been a wonderful gesture if a percentage of the money collected from parking charges/fines, road toll collection were given to the charity. Too farfetched?<BR/>-FRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-41905071458717188932007-10-10T11:17:00.000+04:002007-10-10T11:17:00.000+04:00Why not contact a newsagency that isn't local and ...Why not contact a newsagency that isn't local and let them know what's really going on with this Dubai Cares programme? Perhaps CNN, BBC, AP, Reuters and so on will raise a ruckus if not in UAE, certainly all around the world and it'll help people see through the facade that Dubai's trying to put up. <BR/><BR/>If Varkey had donated a part of the fees paid to the GEMS schools by adults, that would've been much better than what's going on now. <BR/><BR/>Forcing children, 5 - 6 year olds and so on, to roam around is in no way charity. Who knows how many sickos are out there? Is Dubai, Varkey and co waiting for a kid/kids to 'disappear' or get physically abused by an adult or some neighborhood teens? as if we don't have enough people sexually abusing little children here then claiming it was an accident and the pants/towel/skirt/etc just fell off when they passed by the kid. is this when this nonsense will stop? or it won't stop at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-12757337186709539942007-10-09T21:53:00.000+04:002007-10-09T21:53:00.000+04:00if dubai cares so much instead of printing big env...if dubai cares so much instead of printing big envelops to give 1 or 2 vouchers they cud save on the printing and donate the money to charityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-29929708614107370042007-10-09T21:37:00.000+04:002007-10-09T21:37:00.000+04:00This post has certainly brought to light a lot of ...This post has certainly brought to light a lot of things about this campaign. <BR/>It is surely all for PR. The world will certainly see through the facade. <BR/>Good work WM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-9872558857133422402007-10-09T18:51:00.000+04:002007-10-09T18:51:00.000+04:00Kyle, I agree. My parents fostered two boys throug...Kyle, <BR/><BR/>I agree. My parents fostered two boys through 'SOS childrens villages'. <BR/>Fostering or 'sponsoring' some child's education is just the most direct and efficient way of helping.<BR/><BR/>Buying a one off meal or one month's school fee for some kid somewhere sometime as 'Dubai Cares' plans to do doesn't do anything.huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-21946398224433161912007-10-09T18:31:00.000+04:002007-10-09T18:31:00.000+04:00"it's hard to say NO to the 5-6 year olds"...Do I ..."it's hard to say NO to the 5-6 year olds"<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Do I even need to say anything about that? Expecting 5-6 year olds to roam around the city by themselves (or even their own neighbourhood or building) is disgusting.samuraisamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177501779546963794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-89606256707629298322007-10-09T16:41:00.000+04:002007-10-09T16:41:00.000+04:00I've got loads of kids come knock on our door tryi...I've got loads of kids come knock on our door trying to sell tickets. we've bought 5 tickets already but the kids keep coming.... it's hard to say NO to the 5-6 year olds. its just a vicious cycle here. the parents are pressured by their kids. Kids by the class. Class teachers by their superior's in school. the school by the management n it just goes round n round. I write to one of the newspapers regarding this but obviously they dint publish it coz they wouldn't dare play any games with the rulers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-71917805178584485532007-10-09T16:34:00.000+04:002007-10-09T16:34:00.000+04:00In continuation to Nick's links, this is where we...In continuation to Nick's links, <A HREF="http://www.children-inc.org/Default.aspx" REL="nofollow">this</A> is where we found a Guatemalan Angel.<BR/><BR/>28 Bucks a month makes a big difference in a child's life!<BR/><BR/>Nick, thanks Bro!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-74277778166262608832007-10-09T15:35:00.000+04:002007-10-09T15:35:00.000+04:00I don't want some fucking Dubai charity pissing co...I don't want some fucking Dubai charity pissing contest with schools leveraging peer pressure on my five year old boy.<BR/>I give where I can and to those who really care.<BR/>You want to make a real difference other than inflating the Sheikh's and Sunni Varkey's egos?<BR/><BR/>Then there you go:<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.thedhakaproject.org" REL="nofollow"> The Dhaka project</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org" REL="nofollow"> SOS childrens villages</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.caritas.org" REL="nofollow"> Caritas</A>huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-72689568670940198132007-10-09T15:04:00.000+04:002007-10-09T15:04:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by the author.huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-72780571428055696782007-10-09T15:02:00.000+04:002007-10-09T15:02:00.000+04:00This comment has been removed by the author.huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299456569511629114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-67607698235480540132007-10-09T14:38:00.000+04:002007-10-09T14:38:00.000+04:00How come the fat cats (Etisalat / Dewa / Dxb Polic...How come the fat cats (Etisalat / Dewa / Dxb Police etc...) didn't pay a dime ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-50846253400091038952007-10-09T11:22:00.000+04:002007-10-09T11:22:00.000+04:00The saddest part is, one of the schools in Dubai, ...The saddest part is, one of the schools in Dubai, haved forced a booklet in every studnets hand. The teachers have thretened the students to give them lower grades if all the coupons werent sold. Each student HAS TO sell the entire booklet. I myself have come across little boys on the streets begging ppl to donate.<BR/><BR/>What kind of a charity is conducted in such a manner?Harshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226854548006061537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15456688.post-63743954355365753892007-10-09T10:43:00.000+04:002007-10-09T10:43:00.000+04:00Maybe Dubai wants to end up in the Guinness World ...Maybe Dubai wants to end up in the Guinness World record book by being the city that raised most cash for 'charity' ? we all know they're trying to beat every "tallest" "biggest" record in there right now, why not charity too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com