On 21st April 2005, thursday afternoon at around 11 am , i received a call from one of red cross Australia representative telling me that the Unley family store that i am volunteer in will be closed on 22nd April 2005.
Damn it ... no even a one week notice, the reason she said is the store is not making profit and the rent is too high .... there will be another 2 stores to be closed ...
??? Not making enough profit ????? that is a nonsence... everyday at least a 800 hundred dollars ... the most of the stuffs are donated .....
Many people around the area turned up on Saturaday and Sunday not knowing the store had closed .... Not a even a newspaper publication ....
red cross australia treat their volunteers as expandable and their customers as insignificant.
Where have all the $$$ goes to ????? going the pocket of those managment ???? or going to paid rise of the CEO ????
The recent misusing of Bali bombing donation fund by red cross have not resolved yet ...
www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/22/1053585646417.html?oneclick=true
To me , red cross is just like another National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in Singapore . NKF have more than 3 millions dollars in their surplus and yet they are still asking people for donation .... they spend huge $$$ on advertisement and hiring manpower to 'harass ' people for donation .....
While the Australian branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)(MSF) ask donors to stop pledging money to its tsunami appeal.
It paused its appeal after reaching its $1 million target as any donations beyond that limit could not be used.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Deluged-with-money-charity-says-stop/2005/01/03/1104601300088.html?oneclick=true
To me , MSF is the truely non-profit charity organisation while red cross Australia and NKF are profitable non-profit organisation.
With so much $$$ in their surplus , yet they are asking people for more donation .... in which area are they going to spend the $$$ in ????
the true red cross people is risking their lives in the war torn and natural disaster area helping the victims , they have not enough food to eat and clean water to drink while the management in red cross Australia is eating beef steak and drinking red wine in a high pose restaurant ....
i responded to the volunteer service after the tsunamis disaster but i have regret now as i have made a wrong choice to a wrong organisation ...
Australia Red cross .... is nothing but a profitable organisation.
Volunteer have to pay for their first aid training while St John Ambulance Brigade offered it free to their volunteer ....
No coffee will served if you visited any of their office saying that you want to leave a will to the red cross ....
Australia Red cross have put the name of Red Cross and Red Crescent to shame ...
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