White Ribbon Day February 3rd

angeldelight

Some of you may have noticed our announcements in the Irish Times but for those who haven't...

Tomorrow, February 3rd, healthcare students from RCSI, UCD, TCD, NUIG and UCC will be out on the streets from 8am til 8pm selling white ribbons in aid of the tsunami disaster. RCSI students made 50,000 ribbons which have been distributed to the other colleges and together we're hoping to raise €100,000. The ribbons cost €2 and we'll be out all day in our white coats selling them. So please please please if you see us, buy a ribbon!! We really want to help and spent hours making them so it'd be greatly appreciated if we could get them all sold. 45% of the profits are going to Unicef's tsunami efforts, 45% to those of the Irish Red Cross and the other 10% are being used by IFMSA to support a group of orphanages in Sri Lanka which they were working with before the tsunami hit. Also, I'm not 100% sure about the other colleges but I know that RCSI are doubling whatever their students collect so it's really worthwhile. Thanks!

http://www.whiteribbon.ie/

Cactus Col

what percentage is profit?

I'll buy one.

angeldelight

100% RCSI bought the ribbon and pins, students spent hours making them in our own free time so all the moneys going to the charities.

angeldelight

Ok, the ribbon selling isn't going so great so if any of you are out around the city at lunch please please donate

Sleepy

I think you're probably experiencing what Bob Geldof was talking about. People become desensitised to these things when so many different fund-raisers are taking place at once. I know I'd probably buy a ribbon if I was approached in the street but I've yet to throw money into any of the many, many collections I've seen because I've already made what for me was a hefty donation (I took part in the donate a day's wages thing) and although I know I probably could donate more if I cut back on some of my living expenses, I have a certain feeling that I've done my bit already...

I mean, think about it, if everyone in the western world gave one day's wages to a relief effort, it would probably solve most of the short-term problems in the developing world. Sure, a day's wages for me is only a little over a hundred euro, but were you to add in the likes of Tony O' Reilly's (or even more so Bill Gates') daily earnings along with the rest of the us commoners you'd be talking figures quite high into the billions.

When you look at things in perspective, the number of dead in the Tsunami disaster is matched on a weekly basis in Africa and we just sit by because we've become so anesthethised to human suffering, particularly when that suffering is so far away. Watching some of the documentaries on the Live Aid Box Set really made me wonder what kind of a world we live in. We in the western world have known the extent of the unnecessary suffering the third world for more than 20 years at this stage and we still allow it to continue.

That said I hope ye do well with your ribbon selling, just remember that Asia isn't the only part of the world suffering while you read my post.

angeldelight

Just in case anyone's interested...

RCSI raised €10,500
UCD raised €10,000
TCD raised €1,500
NUIG raised €4,000
UCC raised €3,000

Thanks a million to everyone who donated, I'm sure the money will be greatly appreciated

StupidLikeAFox

hahaha to TCD!





sorry