Please donate the 'Tsunami Charity Match' proceeds to a secular charity not to an evangelical ministry like World Vision

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Malcolm Speed
Chief Executive Officer
International Cricket Council

Dear Sir,

We thank you for trying to help the Tsunami relief work by organizing a 'Tsunami Charity match'. We hope that it will bring some solace to the effected families.

Our primary concern is regarding the utilization of the proceeds. It has been mentioned in your brochures and website that the proceeds would be donated to 'World Vision International'. We would like to bring to your attention that World Vision is an evangelical ministry often found to mix 'religious conversion and charity'. One of the India's leading investigative newspaper 'Tehelka' (www.tehelka.com) did an undercover operation and exposed that World vision has been involved in clandestine religious conversion. World Vision International on its website claims "In all World Vision projects, staff are ready to give a reason for their hope and their labours. Christian education is included in project activities whenever appropriate and desired by the community ". Many feel that this is a very mild way to put forth their objective.

The effected regions are largely Budhist, Hindu and Muslim. Due to the extreme zeal among evanglicals to implement 'project Joshua' (i.e., to convert 10-40 Window), we fear that the Cricket Match proceeds may be used for this unintended objective. Therefore we request you not to donate to the money to 'World Vision' and in turn donate to some local secular charities.

Thank you

1044 Signatures

  • Murali R
  • Rajan P
  • veeru
    • Comments
    • This is Unfair and Foolish Decision While there is The PM relief fund how can it be given to the Xtian Org...
  • Giri B
    • Comments
    • Do not give the funds from ICC to an evangelical organization like World Vision. Instead, donate to UNICEF or RedCross's International Disaster Relief Fund
  • Lalit J
  • RamaKrishna
    • Comments
    • Please donate the 'Tsunami Charity Match' proceeds to a secular charity not to an evangelical ministry like World Vision
  • Yashovardhana
  • Badri U
    • Comments
    • Please do not use a tragedy like this to help promote the personal goals of proselytizing religious groups. In times like this we should rise above such denominational biases and help others in the name of humanity. The raised funds should go towards helping the victims put their lives back together- NOT to convert them.
  • aruna B
    • Comments
    • Kindly stop this
  • Shuba D
  • prashanth
  • Sundararaman
    • Comments
    • I am an ardent cricket lover but I strongly favours the petition and vehemently oppose ICC decision to donote to World Vision.ICC better change it's decision otherwise will definetly gain hatred of millions of Indian cricket lovers like me.
  • Naveen K
  • Arvind
    • Comments
    • Please donate the proceeds to UN based organizations (unicef etc)
  • Vikrant S
  • raghav
    • Comments
    • this is some thing mis guiding
  • rajareddy
    • Comments
    • why don't the icc donate to PM relief fund
  • raghavender
    • Comments
    • please think about the utilization of funds properly
  • G.SUBRAMANIAM
  • Rajiv V
    • Comments
    • I oppose ICC sponsorship of missionary organizations
  • Balu K
  • Pradeep P
    • Comments
    • Colonialists used their missionaries as the 4th wing of their military in strangulation of unsuspecting poor people. Beware of colonials in the ICC; for them cricket is just another means to rob your souls.
  • Satinder T
  • Ramesh P
  • Sailaja D
  • sri v
  • v.ramesh
    • Comments
    • donate proceeds to the prime ministers fund of the respective countries
  • Ram
  • narayana
  • Devendra S
    • Comments
    • Charity work must be kept separate from any vested religious gains.
  • siva s
  • S V B
  • Venkatesh
  • Arun B
    • Comments
    • Chennai, India
  • Anand B
    • Comments
    • the proceeds should go to a neutrasl body
  • Ayush
    • Comments
    • Is the ICC a Christian organisation?
  • Krishna
    • Comments
    • Why does this money has to go to a christian organisation and not some other religious organisations????? WHY?
  • NARENDRA P
  • Raj S
    • Comments
    • I agree!
  • P.N.BENJAMIN, Coordinator, Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue(BIRD), B
    • Comments
    • They'll use the money for religious/conversion purposes
  • Akshay K
  • Prashantha M
  • chandran.m
  • munirathinam
    • Comments
    • world vision use this fund to convert it affected people converting christianity hence donate the tsunami charity match' amount to secular charityy
  • Sumanth K
    • Comments
    • I agree with the petition.
  • Ramakrishna
    • Comments
    • The money going to evanglical operations is pity. So many have died and organizations trying to their self interest in this dire situtation is sick.
  • Dr.R.Subramani A
    • Comments
    • We are secular in every sense of the word and great lovers of the sport fo cricket
  • Dr.Prema L
    • Comments
    • We are all secular in every way being Hindus from Kerala, India
  • Nilam P
    • Comments
    • Hindus are the biggest cricket revenue, don't screw us or we will screw u
  • Srinivasan L