Charity
How charitable are you?If you had a lot of money and want to donate to a program, which one would it be?
Why?
What are the closest things in your heart that you would want to get carried out or changed, or improved?
Me personally, I come from a proverty stricken country and ignorance and health care is very difficult. I would definitely put all my efforts in this regard.
NOTE: Bill Gates has compeltely taken care of the almost absolute eradication of polio in the world. And so many other things his $40 billion dollars donation is taking care of.
Thank you all for your participation...
NOTE: THIS IS NOT ABOUT ADVERTISING WHAT WE DO TO HELP PEOPLE, SIMPLY TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER ON THIS GREAT UNDERTAKING. HOW CAN OTHERS EMULATE US IF NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO INITIATE IT? It definitely is not that arrogant attitude of giving, look at me attitude. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Have a nice day/evening my dear readers and fellow bloggers.
Comments (21)
I dont give it to a programe Lindsey.
I give it Personally. There are plenty in parisienne subway métros.
The reason? It's obviuose. Cause I can see.
Of course our sense of charity is not only on money, what counts most are our gestures and little things we do for those in need. I personally have done so many of the acts you've done Pedal and you are blessed.
I will pray that your loneliness will soon be sated.
Thanks.
Normally another friend and I do a good deed once a year by helping someone or multiple people who are desperate for medical treatment. She's a doc and I know how to work with money and move stuff. I like our little system better because we have no overhead and administrative costs. What we do goes directly where it's meant to go.
What goes around comes around, you know :-)
Last time I was in Geneva, I wasn't expecting all the poor ones by the underground metro but so much compared to 30 years ago.
Thanks Alex.
I'm not quite completely retired yet Nidi but I once committed myself to the Red Cross until a year ago when I had to work part time a little bit more.
I believe if all people in the world would truly help each other in anyways we can, our society would definitely improve.
I was very touched to hear the things Pedal has done.. It all starts with the little things.. the things that dont seem a lot to us but mean the world to the receiver... that kind gesture, that hot drink for a cold man, the touch of a hand when feeling alone or hurt.. these things warm my heart.
I am so grateful for those who have shown me charity in my lifetime one way or another and hope that I do and can extend the hand of kindness to who ever I see in need.
When I was a little girl I always wanted to run an orphanage .. as I didnt want children to not have a mummy and daddy to love them.. I guess I would first and foremost in my heart just want everyone to know they are loved and special. There is so many many directions to go.. so not sure just where if I had a lot of money... but I do now what and where I can.
I love that on this site there are such good good hearts...
We have a Good Friday appeal every year for the Royal Melbourne Childrens Hospital. (Victoria, Aust)
It is a telethon and each year more money is raised than the year before.
I donate $1,000.00 every year.
Seeing as it is for a childrens hospital, i feel it is a donation well worth it. (it is the only appeal i donate to as far as money goes).
Last year the appeal raised in excess of $19 million.
I have been known to participate in Fundraising ventures where i may have my hair cut to help raise funds, or grow a moustache to help raise money, and the last one i did was the "ice bucket" challange.
One time there was a documentary on how food is wasted in Las Vegas, but now there is a company who raise pigs and buy all those wasted food from all the restaurants that discarded these from the left overs.
I am never forgetting those days when as a child, I had one banana for lunch and maybe just one egg for dinner. But I went through without complaint and my parents raised all our vegetables and animals and we had butchered some of those lives once in a while.
I am sorry about that. But your direct help do count Alex and thank you so much.
If everyone thew some in the Till, soon we would have a world worth living in
Thanks Love.
Also I charity for clothes that we're not using anymore.specialy uniform school clothes. I still doing this even I'm not Indonesia just info friend to friend & they will mobile it at there.
Our hope there are no more kids who can't read & they can back to school
Charity can be done on a daily basis by doing a few good deeds for society.
In my case, for example, once in a while I do a house clearing and donate a lot of clothes and other things which I am not using to charity shops.
As you know, I also help in animal rescue centres - horse centres - with their daily care.
I also help many people in one way or the other, either with some healing work I do, and sometimes just by helping them along the way.
I also help kids with their homework, go to medical centres with people who need translators, animals who need a home, and whatever I can to make this world a better place...
as for charity well as for big charities then no i would give a cent ,,why simple because the bigger the charity the more the man or woman at top take out of it in salary and very big salaries at that,,so where is there charitable concern !!!!! i worked on a charities committee where by all employees donated by their own choice a certain amount weekly and we as committee members had to release the funds to deserving causes !!!! and we never ever gave to major charities,,we only gave to local charitable groups as they had no means to get the help that the big boys get !!!! and back to the big boys again,,,
well the people that donate to them are truly wasting their hard earned money,,why easy just look on tv the local press or even at the peeps shaking cans for these big boys ,,,how much do think a tv advert costs !!!! how much does the glossy flyers cost ,,get my message they are spending money donated to a cause trying to make more money and the guy at the top gets more money not the charity,,,so i believe charity begins at home or very close to it and not in a big concern that will end up donating 10 cents if you are lucky out of every dollar donated as the running costs take the rest ha ha that is some charity,,,,there you go just my thoughts
I'm bound to France and England in September, I would definitely want to meet with you?
I will private mail you.
Thanks for your participation. I can see the easy corruption entailed in the donating world. Much like Alex have elaborated. Nothing wrong on the direct efforts of helping.
Thanks Edison.
Stay warm my friend.