Re: the least time-and-money consuming method
From what you say, Marie, it then indeed sounds like Oxfam is your best bet...
And again, fair play. Since the passing of the
consumerfest that is Christmas in these parts, I've been trying to make sure that the Moriartíns take a moment out to reflect on the disparity between their lot and that of kids in other parts of the world. Shamed them into 'earning' €100+ in odd jobs around the house with a promise that I'd match whatever they raised...
As for your tale about the second-hand PC — I heard about a similar situation from a lecturer colleague who saw old PC gear being 'skipped' at his workplace and, on asking 'hey, could we not donate those to X, Y or Z?' was told that no, they couldn't even give them away free because it would imply some kind of (legal? contractual?) responsibility on their part for the correct functioning of the equipment donated...
rolleyes ). But the IT guy, as though struck by the absurdity of this policy, ventured that if he'd like, he'd give him a shout the next time he was binning something worthwhile, and that there was nothing wrong with my pal following the guy 'doing his job' to the skip and lifting it back out...Mad or what?!