Am I being Mean?

. Think you might have got your numbers mixed up.
A sponsored walk equates to somebody else giving them money.
Going Kilimanjaro would be a great experience and they will see where money is going
Who knows in the future one of the youngsters maybe inspired to go and do more charitable work abroad.

No, you are not being mean. It's not mean to have doubts about some kinds of fund-raising. Besides which, you are not obliged to give money to every charity or cause that asks for it. Just give to causes using methods that don't make you feel uncomfortable.

Nfk
I agree completely. There is little point travelling so far if all you want to do is raise money...it can be done here.

No, I don't think so. What's wrong with doing a Peaks challenge or climbing Snowdon? Or clearing rubbish from beaches.

I'm looking for sponsorship for a safari. I need £2,000. I can't walk far so my challenge is to travel by jeep for six hours each day searching for big cats. It'll be quite an exhausting challenge!

Not sure about this one, they were actually doing something for the money. I would look at it the other way and say they wanted to travel and were raising money for charity as well.

I agree with you. If they are only concerned about charity fundraising, they would do it here. They obviously want to travel and raise something for charity as an added bonus.