credadun wrote:Jack's Ghost wrote:credadun wrote:i have dedicated my life to making a difference.
Why did you do that?
Because i can.
@Apadamek - congrats to your family, im sure they deserve what they have worked hard for. its obvious they have the ability to think creatively enough to change their lives. sadly the biggest problem with poor and impoverished people is that they dont have that creative ability to think of a solution to get out of a situation. i dont expect anyone to give away everything they have to help those less fortunate or hard working. the thing that divides the poor and those better off is knowledge. not everyone is naturally good at a skill. your family seems to have a natural ability and drive to change their own circumstances. just sharing that knowledge would make a huge difference in someones life. the greatest gift you can give to a person in need is the knowledge of how to change those needs. money and food aid help ease the current situation a bit but in the long run it will make things worse as people come to depend on aid. teach them a skill and they wont need that aid.
Give a man a meal today and tomorrow he will be hungry again, teach him how to farm and he will have more food than he can eat himself.
knowledge costs us nothing to give away but can make more of a difference than all the money in the world.
Perhaps i didn't make myself more clear, I apologize. Though Les Ennemis kind of hit on it. The point i was trying to convey was that in my opinion Charity is pointless, as you said feeding him won't keep him fed forever. People need to make jobs not just feed them, I see those charities spending millions on food when they could buy THOUSANDS of acres of land anywhere in the world and start up a farm where they hire workers, or other jobs like sanitation or custodial. Easy to do jobs with people having a sense of purpose.
