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I have never been able to find a good way to do much in an organized way. You have to take the opportunity to help when you see it and where you can. Here, it's not like it is in the industrialized countries. Often people are suspicious of your motives and you will almost always draw criticism for whatever you do. You also will possibly be solicited strongly by some that are looking for something for nothing and/or trying to take advantage if your profile is too high as a giver. I have been here for a couple years and I will give you some examples of things I have seen that I believe have been effective and kept the heat off of the giver. There is a local guy named Bud Brown that gives away flip flops or slippers to locals. He will accept money from you. 500 or 1000 buys a lot of flip flops. I know one guy that knew a resident in an area in Talisay City, Cebu, where they had a fire and 91 houses burned recently. The guy bought a fire hose box with 100' fire hose and nozzle, went to Talisay, and installed it on the 2" public water meter manifold with a valve. All they have to do is hook up the hose and turn the valve and they are in business. The area has no fire hydrants and is not accessible by a fire truck. He also bought smoke detectors and a few fire extinguishers and gave them away. He had to go to a few officials and finally the barangy captain to get permission to attach to the public water main but was successful with a little perseverance and now they have better fire protection there. It is hoped that more will follow that example and install more fire hose connections. I know another guy that has gotten to know the neighbors in his area. He found a couple of widows that were raising their grandchildren, with little or no assistance. This situation is very easy to find here. They don't have much support so he buys them powdered milk once in a while, maybe an umbrella, (from MacDonald's for 70P and they are good umbrellas), maybe some cans of tropical fruit. Things they would not buy on their own because they are expensive. He bought one little boy a used bicycle, for many he bought school supplies, coloring books. stuff like that. Many times he just goes and gives a little money to the local Sari Sari and tells them to give goods to the old ladies or maybe a family that has a working father but what the father makes only buys rice and dried fish. When I have seen these things done the condition is anonymity but of course everyone knows everything. It just keeps the heat down on the ne'er do wells from trying to take advantage. There is "no budget" for them. I know what I say sounds strange but this is what I have seen work and I have only seen discouragement for those seeking an organized charity to volunteer for. Maybe someone else knows more about it than me and can give you better info.

 

I believe you are correct. The Oxford dictionary says:


So it seems it is correctly spelled either way. It does not bother me that Americans spell some words differently. It gets my goat when they suggest the English spelling is wrong, as you vehemently stated in a previous post.

We aren't wrong, and you Yanks ain't wrong either. We just have different ways of spelling certain words.

 

Another thing is that nobody is anymore proof reading the stuff in the newspapers before printing and releasing them.

 

OK, I'll play. Without Googling or looking it up anywhere, I think Natural born means born in the country of your citizenship to at least one parent who is a citizen of that country. I think Naturalization is the process of becoming a citizen of a country by immigrating and following the prescribed procedure (assuming there is one) to become a new citizen of the chosen country.

Did I win?

 

d*mn I thought I was the only one who was turning into a grammar Nazi with age!

The English language really has A LOT to answer for! Helping the Daughter to speak concise English here, we have stumbled across a lot of words that really make no sense, especially those words with more than one meaning when spoken aloud instead of written. One of the biggest p*ss off's for me is when writing, I recall what I was taught in School; "I before E except after C" that sticks in my head everytime I write something and so often, I have to go back and correct it!

I WISH I had Google when I was going to School, I would have Schooled my Teachers!

Category:English words not following the I before E except after C rule - Wiktionary

 

Yes, those two are extremely confusing!! In general, "affect" is used as a verb. "How did the weather affect your symptoms?" "Effect is usually used as a noun. "What was the effect of the weather on your symptoms?"

I will add that they can both be used as verbs or nouns: "Here are his personal effects." You can use "affect" as a noun, but the "a" will have a short "a" sound as opposed to the "uh" sound: "What was his affect after the accident?" In this instance affect is referring to his emotional status.

I would stick with using affect as a verb and effect as a noun.

So glad I could clear this up for you!!