I’d be fairly wary of posting anything that may display a sensitive side.
There could be women looking in
In a previous place of employment - Unicef ran a ‘scheme’ which is the only way you could call it of a trek across Brazil to raise money for charity. They signed up with the company I was with for about 20 people. Each person was to raise a minimum amount of money - cant remember what it was but fuck all. Most people raised enough to pay for their flights, spending money, a donation to Unicef and whatever else. basically Unicef acted as an 18-30 club rep in the name of charity. it was supposed to be great craic out there.
I also refuse to give money to anyone doing shite like the NYC marathon unless they can convince me they are paying for their own flights and what not. Far too often cunts are getting free holidays in name of charity. There were a few Gap year type orgs in the UK caught lately pocketing huge amounts - charity being tax free and all. What salary does John O’Shea from Goal pocket a year FFS?
The majority of charity is a scam imo.
sorry gola, didnae see yer post earlier 
By Ailish O’Hora
Friday July 30 2010
AN Irish charity with operations in earthquake-hit Haiti has defended its decision to pay a former chief executive €120,000 last year.
Hugh Brennan was head-hunted from the Niall Mellon Township Trust and helped set up Haven with founder Leslie Buckley last year.
His salary accounted for one- third of Haven’s payroll in 2009.
But the charity said his salary was justified and he was brought in because of his experience.
“Hugh’s experience and expertise was central to Haven being established,” a spokesperson said yesterday. “He basically set it up with the help of the founder.”
Mr Brennan is no longer chief executive at Haven and is currently heading up emergency operations in Haiti following the devastating earthquake which hit the country earlier this year.
However, he now works as a consultant with the charity and his salary has been reduced, according to Haven’s first annual report published yesterday.
According to the figures, Haven had reserves of €169,209 at the end of last year.
The report also shows that Haven founder Leslie Buckley pumped over €700,000 into the charity in 2009 and has committed €3m to it.
Mr Buckley made an estimated €45m from the sale of his stake in Digicel, the Caribbean mobile phone giant controlled by billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien.
The annual report also shows donations from Mr O’Brien and Mr Buckley through a company called Unigestion.
This firm runs Digicel’s mobile operations in Haiti.
To date, Haven has built 300 houses in Haiti and has also completed upgrades on 500 existing homes.
In 2009, 560 volunteers travelled from Ireland to Haiti which resulted in 150 local people receiving training in construction and a further 40 in agriculture.
Haven’s emergency response in Haiti’s capital Port au Prince has included the installation of 1,300 toilets and 20 community shelters.
Local people have also been employed on ‘cash for work’ schemes.
Commenting on the earthquake, which resulted in the deaths of 230,000 people and 1.3 million being made homeless, Mr Buckley said Haven has redefined its strategy and goals in the wake of the earthquake.
“We started off promising to build 1,000 houses and in the days after the earthquake, I told the president of Haiti it was our ambition to construct 10,000 houses over a four-year period and help devastated families have a place to call home,” he said in the annual report.
- Ailish O’Hora
Irish Independent
Have posted here before about StVdeP and what they use money for, turn your stomach. Goal are another shower of cunts imo. Charity begins at home for sure, these Niall Mellon cunts really rot my balls. Like KIB Man said, its glorifed 18-30’s holidays as far as I can see.
I was in D2 last night and there was an area reserved for Concern. They were having some sort of party.
Cunts.
I’d have more time for Niall Mellon’s charity than most others. It’s easy enough to give a fiver a month to someone but it’s far more difficult to give a month of your life. You might have a bit of craic if you go out building gaffs in South Africa for a month but what harm? You’re doing something constructive (ah lovely). Charity shouldn’t be designed to make you feel bad.
I’ve also defended the StVdeP on here before. I’ve a bit of time for them. In Fingal we get some economic migrants from north Dublin and the work that the St Vincent de Paul do with them is very good.
So that’s where the money goes. Hm.
Whats wrong with Niall Mellon really though, they actually go and do the fecking work, and they do work hard for their 2 weeks. I had a mate who went and said they really didn’t see anywhere, or do anything other than work.
Farmer, Charity workers are allowed to let their hair down as well ffs. Do you want them to “suffer” for their work?
Not saying i admire the charity, but the vast majority of the on-the-ground people are there for the absolute right reasons.
Runts article is whats wrong with Irish charities.
I’ve seen where the VdeP money goes up close and personal, and they can go fuck if they think I’m paying for their Christmas lights bill in February when they come with their hands hanging. That put me right off. I’ll say this for them, they’re better in that they don’t have the sort of cunts involved that GOAL and Concern have, but when I saw that going on it turned me right off them.
I’ve heard too many horror stories from the Niall Mellon thing about lads being out there who can barely carry a hammer. Tradesmen going out is a noble thing, but I’ve known tradesmen who did go out who were left in astonishment at the amount of useless fuckers out there for a bit of a jaunt and for something that looks good on your CV. imo if you have no discernible talent, you should be told thanks for the money, but piss off back to where you came from.
Personal charities are the best like the lad who needed a new chin and such.
Putting it into a big charity is in like putting it in a pit.
Of course there are useless fuckers from a building point of view going out there, but i dare say the people telling you this are qualified in the building trade?
How is it a horror story if an accountant doesn’t know what to do with a nail gun? Those guys are there to help the skilled guys. I have no doubt there are some who go out there for the wrong reasons, but i also would guess some tradesmen went out there thinking it would be a holiday.
You should go out there and see for yourself, then come back and tell us if its a waste of time or what.
Fucking double posting 
No point spending an hour trying to teach a guy how to do something when you’d do it yourself as easily, or have a lad out there who could do it right off the bat. Like I said, I have no issue with tradesmen going out there to do something, because they have something to contribute, the rest can go fuck imo.
As for me going out there, why would I do something I am so obviously opposed to?
To make up your own mind i suppose.
But anyway, its ridiculous to think people who aren’t tradesmen can’t contribute. I’m sure you heard about the tards who hold a hammer the wrong way, but not everyone is like that, all the guys that just get on with it go unnoticed.
They wouldn’t get the work done with “just” tradesmen. I know plenty of non-qualified tradesmen who would have no bother throwing their hand to that type of building.
Fair enough, I know many a lad who wouldnt be a tradesman but would be plenty able to lend a hand and be useful, just the amount of Fiachra’s and Caoimhe’s out there is what gets my goat.
I know
:lol: think this along Kev’s argument that the reasons the Dubs are no good cos they are middle class.
know a few lads that got away with misdemenours due to having signed up with the niall mellon thing. dont the cunts they give the houses to just sell them anyway?
Some of them rent them out and go back to living in their regular shacks.