A surprise Christmas Party!
Look how happy the dog is!
The dog knows that Marian also put a bag of pellets for him in the bag.
They are volunteer car guards that live on tips to feed their families!
It is said that when you do good, leave your camera at home. But in the case of charities it is a different ball game, as how else would we drum up support for a good cause?
We simply have to get our name out there in the fight to survive and to continue with our work.
@papilloncharity have kept going for 18 years now against all odds and we are determined to continue.
These people are not criminals and they try their best to survive.
Imagine that your company closes down and you can't find other work. Especially if you have small children?
Would you and your wife stand at a traffic light with a board held on her chest with the words "Please Help" and "God Bless"?
Would you scratch in dustbins for something to eat?
Or collect plastic re-cycable items to sell for a meager amount?
Here's a guy off with his plastic items to the plastic recycling factory.
This guy is also a plastic and empty can collector!
What a dreary and poor life to lead!
I think she got kicked out from somewhere!
His disability walker also serves as a mobile home!
They are all people, just like you and us and just their circumstances are different from ours. The reason why they scare people is simply because people fear that this could happen to them. Another obvious reason is that some people have an inborn reluctance to give.
Next year is 2020, now listen to this. Papillon will be 19 years old and Marian and I will each have 20 years experience of charity work.
In our gratitude we now plan to host a surprise Christmas party for each of these struggling souls. We estimate that there are about 200 of them.
Are you in, or out?
I mean, would you support this worthy venture?
Thank you for your visit to @papilloncharity
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Thanks for all the great work you and Lady Marion do, Sir Stephen. I am glad the weather stays fairly warm there as some of the people sleep outside. 💕
Thank you Lady Jo and very considerate as usual.
Thank you also for the kind words.
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I've actually often thought of that, too; what would happen if I was suddenly unable to provide for my family, what would happen to us? I don't have a support system nearby to lean on, and that could easily be us. It's a scary thought. I was unemployed once for about four weeks and I was scared.
Keep doing the good work! Someone needs to care.
Yep! You certainly know what it is my friend and it's always advisable to have a plan B. just in case.
In the late 70s I worked as a construction foreman and overnight the entire industry slumped resulting in many retrenchments. In fact the company that employed me closed down.
I was out of work for about 8 months whilst I studied high speed packaging, with a wife and 3 small children to support. Broke after the third month, but thankfully I had a few good friends that helped out.
Thankfully I was employed by a cigarette manufacturing company to work as a technician on their Italian and German packaging machines and I stayed there for 5 years whilst I built myself up again.
It is surely a life that no one wants and we simply have to help where we can.
Blessings!
It's not a nice thought but it has become a reality for some! Thank you for your work with these unfortunate people!
Thank you my dear friend.
We try Lady Lizelle, but it remains a struggle to stay afloat.
If I had my way, I would never put these posts out, but one consolation is that others might just try to do the same work.
And so, onward we go.
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A great thank you!
Blessings!
Seeing people having to struggle like this to get by is heart breaking, but WOW coming up on 19 years doing all the good you do that is amazing
and you know you have my support
Of course we know JJ and thank you.
They do indeed have a sad and struggling life and that's why we want to treat them with some love and kindness with a surprise Christmas party in December.
Been a long time doing this and hope that we can continue indefinitely.
So great to see that you are taking the missus out for walks, as it can only do much good for her.
Hope that you guys have a good week my brother.
Blessings!
Yes giving them a touch of normally even if only for a short time it such a great thing to do
Cheers and you to have a good week
It is getting worse and worse in our country - so many people are struggling to get the basics. Thank you for the good work you do.
Ah! And we hear that more bad times are on the horizon due to the Eskom debacle. They are fighting for in court now to double the amount that we are paying for electricity.
Thank you for the kind words my friend.
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