I am absolutely against airlines asking people to donate to charity. There are so many worthwhile charities out there that get no publicity and little funding and will always donate to them as oppossed to paying for someone's inflated salary and then a little being left over for charity purposes.

Yes! Finally, someone who has the same view as I do! Why donate to the most famous and well known charities out there (including some like World Vison and UNICEF) , when there are so many Australian charities that get very little funding but can save or better thousands of Australian lives (eg. not charites like breast cancer, which recives a rediculous amount of funding and publicity, but more things like cervical, prostate, as well as salvos and welfare charities) . Why don't people underestand that you can give your spare change DIRECT to the charity of YOUR CHOICE, rather than, as Jinxy said, going through a shady web of profit, commercialism and charity.

i disagree with both of you..

This is the ol' 'small poppy syndrome' but you're just applying it to charities? Charities - like anything - become big for a reason. They prove that 'they' are the ones to invest your money in. and they prove they know what to do with funds... Like busineses, charities only grow if they're good as what they do.

The likes of World Vision, UNICEF, Red Cross - all the 'big' ones as you say - the reason they have such broad appeal is because they cover such a broad range of issues. Emergencies, Education, Health, Homelessness, disability. simply by teaming up with a 'big' charity orgs like Qantas ARE giving their consumers choice...

Why wouldnt you choose to give your money to charities that save more lives than any other organisation in the world?

The only thing I can't argue you on is your wanting them to support only Australian-centric charities that save only Australian's lives? Your point is fundamentally raccist, placing more value on the life of an Australian over the life of someone in a 3rd world country? And I choose not to rebutt this raccist, niave point.

Adam.

Cool... this was discussed a month ago. The end.

Also, I never said anything about only donating to Australian charities so your argument is invalid.

But, in my point of view, charites like the Breast Cancer Assoc. get a ridiculous amount of publicity and funding, even though Pancreatic Cancer is the deadliest cancer in Australia by far, In fact you are more likely do die from pancreatic cancer than from a car crash, food for thought indeed, But disturbingly, I have never heard of the pancreatic cancer Australia assoc. So instead I say, why donate to one when you can donate to all through, for example the Cancer council. Red Cross is a good charity too.

'Why wouldnt you choose to give your money to charities that save more lives than any other organisation in the world?" the fundemantal answer to this is: Bettering lives is equal to saving lives, and some things are closer to our hearts than others. You will see me donating directly to the Salvos who better homeless people's lives.

What really agrevates me is when I see people dontating to the Red Nose Day Charity, which fights against SIDS, EVEN THOUGH SIDS only kill up to one hundred babies per year? Arent there more favourable charties that save or better more lives, or is it that just children get a better way of life, Adults need to be there to care for them.

Also, I find it very disturbing that you are saying that companies that USE THEIR FUNDING TO SPEND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OUTRAGEOUS TELEVISON ADVERTISING INSTEAD OF HELPING PEOPLE ARE MORE WORTHY OF YOUR MONEY. (World Vision comes to mind)

By the way, World Vision most certainly does not help disabilities.

Okay also, I would just like to discuss, not to enslave or debate the point of 'Shouldn't you fix your country before helping others', I know, racist, but it does have some meaning.\

Anyway, the main point of what I said and am saying now is that why would you donate through an airline just because it is convenient than rather donate directly to the charity of your choice.

In case you find many different former European currencies ... the old ones like german mark or maybe spanish peseta or Austrian schilling, irish pound, slovenian tolar, a.s.o. you can still easily exchange or donate to UNICEF with Euromoney24

The airlines are mostly asking for currencies still cirulating, this service is for the old ones, some of them still of use for the charity organisations