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AIBU to think that people donating to the RNLI to save people from drowning shouldn’t object to 2% of that money going to save children in poor countries from drowning?

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Anja Mon 16-Sept-19 14:04:52

Well it is the Daily Mail and they only want British children (preferably white ones) to be safe.

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mosaicwarts Mon 16-Sept-19 14:04:04

What a wonderful thing for the RNLI to do, I haven't read the papers for a long time. Many of the RNLI volunteers will have found drowned children, it is a fantastic gesture to save lives, which is their mission statement.

In Northumberland thousands and thousands of pounds are wasted annually on the RNLI rescuing visitors to Holy Island who ignore the tide tables. This does irritate everyone locally, it happens far too regularly and only one incident has been where english is a second language. People seem to think they can beat the North Sea.

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GrannyGravy13 Mon 16-Sept-19 13:54:56

Ben Fogle is campaigning for people not to stop their subscriptions to RNLI.

It is as you say a small percentage and it is saving children’s lives.

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crystaltipps Mon 16-Sept-19 13:52:38

Just that really . The Daily Mail is making a hoohaa about it and many of their readers are complaining and stopping their donations. It’s in their accounts for all to see. They are funding teaching children in Bangladesh to swim in a country where 40 children drown a day. I can’t understand why anyone who gives a £1 wouldn’t mind 2p of it going to such a cause.

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