Are Singaporeans Really So Compassionate?
Singaporeans should be commended for giving huge donations, both in cash and in kind, to the Boxing Day tsunami victims. Within 3 weeks, they have given almost US$19m in cash on top of medical and food relief. Many of them have also volunteered to help out in the tsunami affected countries.
Besides the tsunami catastrophe, Singaporeans have also donated generously to the seemingly never-ending fund-raising TV shows by the various local charity organisations such as NKF, Ren Ci Hospital, etc. In all these TV charity shows, the funds raised were well above the target amounts.
Nobody ought to doubt the compassion of Singaporeans. However, there is one campaign where Singaporeans seem not as giving. It is the Red Race Campaign by Singapore Blood Bank. It was started in Apr last year and aims to recruit 10,000 new blood donors. Ten months into the campaign, the Blood Bank is only able to recruit less than half of its target number of donaor!
Why are Singaporeans more willing to give money, time and effort rather than their blood? Do they still harbour the incomprehensible fear towards blood donation? Or are they so hard-hearted that they need to see the graphic images of people suffering before they could be moved to act? I really hope it is neither of these but a want of publicity for the campaign.
Besides the tsunami catastrophe, Singaporeans have also donated generously to the seemingly never-ending fund-raising TV shows by the various local charity organisations such as NKF, Ren Ci Hospital, etc. In all these TV charity shows, the funds raised were well above the target amounts.
Nobody ought to doubt the compassion of Singaporeans. However, there is one campaign where Singaporeans seem not as giving. It is the Red Race Campaign by Singapore Blood Bank. It was started in Apr last year and aims to recruit 10,000 new blood donors. Ten months into the campaign, the Blood Bank is only able to recruit less than half of its target number of donaor!
Why are Singaporeans more willing to give money, time and effort rather than their blood? Do they still harbour the incomprehensible fear towards blood donation? Or are they so hard-hearted that they need to see the graphic images of people suffering before they could be moved to act? I really hope it is neither of these but a want of publicity for the campaign.
posted by locky2ky at 3:08 PM
1 Comments:
It's all about the recognition isn't it?? I'm Indo and I remember when I was in primary school in Sg. My teacher publicly said it in front of the classroom that Indo should be grateful for the support given to Indonesia, this being said in a very demeaning way... Sure it's aid is appreciated in Indo, it definitely saved a lot of people. But is there a need to be all superior about it?
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