Oppressive Regimes and Child Sponsorship
About 3 months ago I was going to sponsor a child in the 3rd World. I can easily afford it so I went to the website for more information. I was surprised and pleased to see that you could sponsor a child through the website. So I proceeded to go further. I got a choice of 3 children, all of which were ideally needy of sponsorship. But when I looked to see their country of origin they were all from Zimbabwe. This struck a chord with me as I have reservations about sending money to a country which has a record of political oppression of its people. I am not sure whether the money would go to those in the most direst need i.e. those not favored by Mugabe, let alone going to Mugabe himself. Even if the money went to the child that I had chosen, I cannot help feeling that somehow I am condoning the continued Regime of oppression by taking out of Mugabe's hands another piece of HIS responsibility. I do so want to sponsor a child but should I wait till I get the choice from another country?
This latest series of attacks in Zimbabwe (on the news tonight)has reminded me about my enquiry that's all.
Anybody got any thoughts on this to make my mind up?
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God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.
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