Question

charity vs development

Answer 1

Every year, with the aim of alleviating poverty, hundreds of millions of US Dollars and Euros are mobilized by governments and NGOs in the global North to build trapping and infrastructure for the poor in the global South. However, much, if not most, of these bills do not deal in any room with the reasons why hundreds of millions of people live in extremely hazardous houses, without the most basic infrastructure services and are for keen terrorized by the possibility of being forcedly evicted. This sort of abet is usually done in the name of Charity, a gigantic phenomenon through and through which government and wells off families in the North relief their sheepish consciousness. This massive display of well intentioned self a sacrifice, more often than not, does not achieve its objective: alleviating poverty. It quite a alleviates global Norths sleeplessness.This does not mean that there should not be donations and altruism, rather the contrary. The problem is a conceptual one; it is a involvement of the approach through which their donations are made use of. discover tells us that charity, more than anything, means applying patches on the system failures Charity rarely leads to development, because its effects rapidly disappear, it substitutes the role of local governments in serving their citizens and becomes an excuse for authorities to skip their responsibilities,

Answer 2

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Explanation:

In drawing room conversations, we come across people who announce with pride how they have donated money and in kind to poor people, mostly on the advice of astrologers so that they get rid of their problems. That kind of charity becomes a selfish one. Trading communities have some norms for donating a percentage of their income for donations. This also has an objective of covering up for any malpractices they follow in their business. This also becomes a onetime selfish effort. Indian scriptures encourage Niskaam Sewa, which means selfless service in the forms of cash, kind or any service rendered without expectation of any reward. This process helps us achieve our goal, i.e., God realisation, and brings forth the spiritual aspirations within us.

Some say that they hand out blankets, money, etc. This is a single-shot intervention, and they forget about the person who accepts and both move on. Few would like to sponsor an orphan’s education, adopt a child, etc., because it becomes a long-term responsibility and the donor is not sure whether he would be able to carry it out on a long term.

Similar is the case with corporate, but surprisingly recently they are moving towards sustainable development as an indirect investment instead of outright charity, again for their own corporate interests, so that periphery development takes place and they can run their business smoothly.

What is wrong with charity and what’s so right about sustainable developmentIJ

As mentioned earlier, charity is a onetime intervention where the donor and the recipient may not be in touch with each other after the transaction. Neither will the donor care about what happened to the recipient and how he fared later or whether his intervention was converted into any sustainable income generating programme. Instead of charity, if people got together and created a sustainable scheme then it would empower the needy persons and enable them to empower others too, thereby creating a spiral of independence and income. The idea is that the recipient should become independent of the giver and not be an object of pity. In the long run, he should become financially independent.

One may have observed that there are people who do charity work for slums. They give old clothes, toys, food grains and old furniture and money too. Why can’t they get together and buy a couple of sewing machines and organise a trainer to train women sewing so that they start earning. In some places, sewing machines can be rented too. On asking people in any locality of a city or town, one will find that there is shortage of tailors in the area. People are forced to travel quite a few kilometres to find a well-skilled tailor. This kind of a project can help a person maintain an entire family. They will not come back to ask for more. And the tag of being ‘beggars’ goes away. Similarly, there are very many occupations in which people can be trained and support provided for starting their own business.

Some of the common professions which can be sustainable at a low cost and in high demand are: vegetables selling with cart; fruits selling with cart; training to be a cook; training to be a caretaker; driving lessons; patient and child care; not a profession but that empowers marriage of divorcees and widows; tailoring; dry cleaning and ironing; grocery store