▶ Your Answer :
Some people take it for granted that only
the rich have to give away money to the deprived people as charity. However, on
the contrary to this opinion, I firmly believe that it is desirable for all of us
to show our generosity to people in poverty as donating some of our incomes to
a charitable organization. The rationale behind this is that gathering an
amount of money for them makes a noticeable improvement on their lives, and we
will be proud of ourselves.
First of all, our meager pocket money can help
poverty-stricken people to escape from a hopeless situation. To explain, people
in the third world may have difficulty in overcoming their economic hardships
of their own accord. In this regard, we’d better pool funds from each of us as
well as a great deal of money from the wealthy so as to help the impoverished
people. As an example, a several years ago, Korean Times, a newspaper in Korea,
published an article that millions of miserable folks in Sudan, an African
nation, were dying of hunger and diseases without any aid from others in the
world. When reading the news, some people of developed countries decided to hold
fundraising campaigns in order to help the Africans in Sudan. As a result, many
people, ranging from ordinary ones to millionaires, participated in the events,
which enabled the public of Sudan to buy medications and food they need. Thanks
to the collaborative effort from the donators, the people of Sudan were able to
get over their starvation and illnesses.
On top of that, regardless of an amount of
money, subscribing to a relief group for the destitute makes givers feel a
sense of self-esteem. Such feeling contribute to correcting one’s shortcomings so
he or she can live better life. Eventually, this heightens the pride of him or
her to a great extent. For instance, a recent study from the Korean journal of
psychology claims that about ninety percent of subjects who had experiences of
providing the poor with monetary assistance through a charity were content with
the act of the contribution. As the benefactors saw the beneficiaries’ standards
of living enhanced greatly, the people of the former tended to introspect their
own lives deeply. Consequently, they could improve their various drawbacks,
such as laziness, insincerity, and passionlessness in work or school, making better
performances on what they did, or in where they belonged in society. Besides,
it gave them a great sense of self-confidence in life.
To sum up, although many argue that only upper-class
people should donate funds to charities for people in need, I am certain that the
general public like us also have to contribute money for their better lives,
despite a small sum of it. The reason is that the quality of their lives can
increase to some degree and the common people may have strong dignity. |