AND YOUR DONATIONS PAY FOR THEM TO DO IT.
100% true.
With all the Sport Relief going on at the moment I keep seeing these appeals on TV about how £5 can buy a malaria net. But why on earth are they £5
each, it's just a net, as far as I understand it's not treated with any repellant or anything. And what's more, surely if you're
buying a few hundred thousand at a time you should get some kind of discount??
I don't mind doing my bit for charity but that sounds like they're being ripped off to me?
NEXT YOU WILL THINK THE RSPCA PUT HEALTHY DOG DOWN !
AND YOUR DONATIONS PAY FOR THEM TO DO IT.
100% true.
Perhaps when you consider supply chain & distribution costs to remote areas, training, etc. Cost of the net is only one part of it.........
Well the cheapest mossy net on Ebay is £6 so £5 sounds quite good.
anyway, surely if they actually cost £2.50 they can supply twice as many? It's win / win?!?!?!
The nets do tend to have some form of treatment on them, but it probably doesn't last for long.
If they're anything like the nets you get issued in the army, they can have a wire frame in them so that the net is off your skin - otherwise the
little buggers just stick their beaks through and bite you anyway.
Also, for a fiver, could you make one...
There actually a bloody fine bit of net and that takes some cleverness and cost to make.
Plus as said, supplychain costs to get it there etc.
Daniel
Just for the record, I should probably make it clear that I don't think "I'm" being ripped off or that I don't believe they are invaluable in their purpose, just seems a bit expensive that's all?
They are normally impregnated with repellent, so I don't think £5 is too bad at all.
Interesting article on TV a couple of nights ago.
Malarial mossies were eradicated from the UK in the 1950's.
Well... They are BACK!
Another interesting point was ordinary Mossies sit with their bodies parallel to the surface.
The Malarial variety sit with their bodies at 45 degrees to the surface.
This makes it easy to spot / recognise the dangerous ones.
So, make sure you kill any that sit at 45 degrees to the surface in the room before you go to sleep!
Just a bit of interesting info for you all.
In Africa those Nets are provided by the World Health Organisation, and should be given away FREE. Trouble is that unscroupulous types comandeer the
shipments and sell them in those countries instead of giving them away.
So Our donations are being taken, and turned into profit by some people in the destination countries. (Read Corruption is rife in certain
countries)
If a mossie can carry malaria . ..... Can a mossie carry HIV ?
Call me a cynic but I suspect a typical UK Aid charity cost breakdown
25p for the net
25p for transport & wharehousing.
25p for local distribution costs.
50p for bribes to local officials
50p for brides to local gangsters
75p UK advertising.
50p Staff training
£1.00 for UK staff & admin
£1.00 is spent on junkets ie needless air travel and 5 star Hotels & Restraunts.
[Edited on 21/3/10 by britishtrident]
quote:
Originally posted by mad4x4
If a mossie can carry malaria . ..... Can a mossie carry HIV ?
quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
Interesting article on TV a couple of nights ago.
Another interesting point was ordinary Mossies sit with their bodies parallel to the surface.
The Malarial variety sit with their bodies at 45 degrees to the surface.
This makes it easy to spot / recognise the dangerous ones.
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Call me a cynic but I suspect a typical UK Aid charity cost breakdown
25p for the net
25p for transport & wharehousing.
25p for local distribution costs.
50p for bribes to local officials
50p for brides to local gangsters
75p UK advertising.
50p Staff training
£1.00 for UK staff & admin
£1.00 is spent on junkets ie needless air travel and 5 star Hotels & Restraunts.
quote:
Originally posted by mad4x4
If a mossie can carry malaria . ..... Can a mossie carry HIV ?
quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
So, make sure you kill any that sit at 45 degrees to the surface in the room before you go to sleep!
didnt they have DDT to kill mozzies many years ago?
oh silly me,it killed a couple of people so it was banned,now it,s the mozzies that kill thousands every year
25p for net.
4.75 for guns & ammo.
"I also kill the others to be sure (and so I get to sleep without that BEC whine)"
Trust someone to bring Locost politics into it. lol.
45 degrees? If I'm going to get that close with my protractor, I'd twat it with a ruler irrespective of what angle it was sat at. Or stab it with my compass......