darmano.typepad.com — Daniela needs our help. Daniela recently divorced her husband. In recent years her mortgage went unpaid and she's lost her house. Her youngest has Down's Syndrome and Daniela has very little family support. They need a place to live. Won't you help?
Jan 7, 2009 View in Crawl 4
totz83Jan 7, 2009
There are countless people in the same (or worse) situation as her, sure it's good to help someone out but parading them around the net like this seems both intrusive and self absorbed.
distantblJan 7, 2009
I'd keep the Volkswagen.
xprojectsJan 7, 2009
Couldn't agree with you more, but I'm glad I'm not the one to say it.
xprojectsJan 7, 2009
I agree with you, handouts are handouts. This woman may have rent for a few months but what happens after that? Debt, because she now has a higher standard of living than she was previously able to afford.Money-based charity is a codependency thing that seems to serve the giver more than the receiver at the end of the day, I've always believed that the only way to help other people is to be involved in their lives. If a charity doesn't have volunteers working with those in need than the charity is not a charity at all.(Okay, digg me down, now.)
Closed AccountJan 7, 2009
Diggers don't accomplish s**t, so you can stop trying to make them feel better.
venndiagram8Jan 7, 2009
It's a wonderful example of how social apps can connect the right people at the right time