On 2017-07-09 14:24:47 Veronica Franco said:
Can anyone suggest how I can start a charity. Everything transparent and open financially. Anyone willing to volunteer their time in helping me set it up?

As you have already made the start you do not need help with that. Merely an observation from observing charities. The more legal hoops you jump thoughts greater the administrative cost you have and the less focused in doing good the charity becomes. Nothing annoys me more than looking at a charity financials and seeing the admin costs far exceed the charitable work done. Websites cost money but I know there are web designers who read the forum, for the beginning find the needs and call for sponsors to alleviate the specific need. I would rather know that everything I donate is used in the manner intended than to pay admin costs

Can I be the voice of reason here and implore the mothers-to-be :

Think very carefully before conceiving.

Prevention is better than cure.

Being a parent myself, and simply looking at the ever escalating costs of bringing a child up in this world, think very carefully before opening your legs. Those promises made in the dark rarely if ever materialise. If you are already on here and battling to make ends meet, then a child in my opinion is not a good option.

Think very carefully.

Here endeth the lesson.

On 2017-07-09 22:46:01 I never learn said:
Can I be the voice of reason here and implore the mothers-to-be :

Think very carefully before conceiving.

Prevention is better than cure.

Being a parent myself, and simply looking at the ever escalating costs of bringing a child up in this world, think very carefully before opening your legs. Those promises made in the dark rarely if ever materialise. If you are already on here and battling to make ends meet, then a child in my opinion is not a good option.

Think very carefully.

Here endeth the lesson.

I fully agree hence me not having kids long ago. But there are mothers entering the industry everyday who barely make ends meet. I cannot help or save everybody, so it would be very specific criteria. But the charity will be mainly focused on education to anyone wishing for a better life in this industry that might feel trapped, not only the mothers! I have connections to all kinds of mothers resources as well as administrative resources.

But let's see as time goes by. Im in contact with a few people at the moment that have offered skills and their time.

I never learn,

Point 1, the only form of birth control that is 100% effective is abstinence, not even condoms.

Point 2, not all single mothers had the choice to abstain ......... if you get what I mean

Johndoe

I agree with both your points.

I just heard of a lady in this business two weeks ago that was hardly making bookings, and now suddenly pregnant.

I fail to see a bright future.

Maybe part of the help should be the explanation that a colony of kids is not the answer.

Cheers

Come to think it, some girls fail to appreciate the advantages of greek

On 2017-07-09 23:10:49 I never learn said:
Johndoe

I agree with both your points.

I just heard of a lady in this business two weeks ago that was hardly making bookings, and now suddenly pregnant.

I fail to see a bright future.

Maybe part of the help should be the explanation that a colony of kids is not the answer.

Cheers

We cannot dictate anyones path in life, only give them options. I dont get it either. I've also encountered ladies with an army of kids that seem intelligent and well educated, yet pop another out each year, but that is besides the point of what I'm proposing. Theres life skills and work skills. One can sometimes be the catalyst for the other! I'm proposing a glimmer of hope, not a life change. That is up to each and every lady to decide for themselves.

On 2017-07-09 23:17:43 johndoe69za said:
Come to think it, some girls fail to appreciate the advantages of greek

Lmao, up the bum, no babies?

On 2017-07-09 23:19:20 Veronica Franco said:
On 2017-07-09 23:17:43 johndoe69za said: Come to think it, some girls fail to appreciate the advantages of greek


Lmao, up the bum, no babies?

Yep, although some people think you can get pregnant ,

Remember reading a girl's ad in the UK, she wanted to remain a virgin so only offered greek

Great initiative and much needed! This perhaps is where VF's true destiny lies?

"The real warriors in this world are the ones that see the details of another's soul. They see the transparency behind walls people put up. They stand on the battlefield of life and expose their heart's transparency, so other's can finish the day with hope. They are the sensitive souls that understand that before they could be a light they first had to feel the burn."
Shannon L. Alder