09-09-2010, 05:14 PM
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Thats because so much of it gets either wasted or embezzled.
My boss and his family went to Kenya on one of the safaris and since his wife is a teacher she wanted to do a link with either a school or orphanage and her school here at home.
Their Guide agreed to take them to an orphanage that the staff at the hotel are reportedly supporting (although no one mentioned it there). He advised them to go shopping for food before they arrived and not to give any money to the manager.
He said the children were great but after an hour or so with the manager they worked out he was quite shifty and he asked them to send money to the home in his name so it could get cashed at the bank. Rumour was he provided very little for the children and my bosses photo's showed the money poured into the home didn't appear to achieve much.......but the manager and his family had quite a nice house in the grounds of the home.
Tracey has been doing further research since they got home and decided not to get involved.
My boss and his family went to Kenya on one of the safaris and since his wife is a teacher she wanted to do a link with either a school or orphanage and her school here at home.
Their Guide agreed to take them to an orphanage that the staff at the hotel are reportedly supporting (although no one mentioned it there). He advised them to go shopping for food before they arrived and not to give any money to the manager.
He said the children were great but after an hour or so with the manager they worked out he was quite shifty and he asked them to send money to the home in his name so it could get cashed at the bank. Rumour was he provided very little for the children and my bosses photo's showed the money poured into the home didn't appear to achieve much.......but the manager and his family had quite a nice house in the grounds of the home.
Tracey has been doing further research since they got home and decided not to get involved.