Have you ever been in a position where you had done everything you knew to do and you still needed help? Many people live everyday life in that situation. Hope is a scarce thing for them. There are moms and dads that don’t know where the next meal is coming from, people without a home that just need a hand up, and businesses that just can’t reach out like they need to without that extra help. Usually, when we think of donating to a charity, we think of how much money we can give and for … [Read more...]
How Can You Identify the Homeless from Syndicates?
One thing about the Philippines is that you will find a lot of beggars in the streets. You will also see acts of charity which is heartwarming. But one thing most people fail to realize is on whether these acts of kindness are indeed going into their pockets or to the people who organize and deploy them in different parts of the metropolis. Sad to say, begging in the Philippines has been made into a business. Despicable as it may seem, it is a reality to which some wiser Filipinos have been … [Read more...]
Got Old Mobile Phones? Don’t Chuck Them!
Have you gone through your old stuff lately? I have not, really, but after reading this a short announcement on The Belfast Telegraph, I realized that I might be hoarding a treasure trove without really knowing it. The announcement was about donating your mobile phone and helping certain charities. If you are like some people, you might have several old mobile phones just sitting around at home. This is especially true for those who have a penchant for getting a new gadget every so often. … [Read more...]
Non-Profit Groups – the backbone of charitable institutions
The several charities around all rely on manpower in the form of volunteers may they be aimed at people or towards nature. The many charities survive because of people who are dedicated to provide the proper care and help to those who may need it wherever they may be. Volunteer nurses and doctors go to distant lands to help people such as those who are currently suffering in Darfur helping the sick and injured as they live day by day in uncertainty. Donations flow to those who suffer in the … [Read more...]
Working for Charities, a life changing experience
Ask anyone who has done charity work and they would all give you the same answer, it’s worth the risk and effort. Humans have long since accepted the fact that there are those who have and those who don’t. This can be in terms of food, health care, housing and so on and so forth. Many people even in the United States suffer and go on living everyday without some of life’s basics. Healthcare is one of the most problematic areas for as prices rise due to cost of implementation, more and more … [Read more...]
Volunteer Work instead of Cash makes sense
Many of us have heard of charities and some might have even supported one in the many non-profit groups that are out there. Whichever purpose a charity may serve which is the foundation of an organization being categorized as a charity Charities are grouped into four major categories which are; for the alleviation of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion and for purposes that is beneficial to the community. The first groups are those who work to improve the quality … [Read more...]
Charities… For Real!!!!! ( Part 2 )
Just want to give and not want to know the turns and climbs of the system, just be sure to give to a reputable organization, who gets your donation to those who needs it. Some don’t even need and want the recognition as a donor and give anonymously which may be true to many celebrities to avoid backlashes of the other kind (those who have creative minds and make different sense of their actions rather than the true aim of the act). That’s what all charitable acts should ideally be, selfless and … [Read more...]
Would You Surrender Your Folks to a Retirement Home?
Retirement homes usually house the old timers that would not be given the same amount of attention and understanding that people would give in their lives. Parents, grandparents and older relatives who have reached the prime of their age will usually be susceptible to changes in their moods and usual routine. Thus, the need to invest more on their needs as far as attention is concerned is something that people would not be able to give since in most cases, they are already hung up with having to … [Read more...]
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
The best way to fight disease and illnesses is to be actually experiencing them and trying to find ways to combat them. Such was the motivation that popular celebrity actor Michael J. Fox that brought him to put up this foundation in May, 2000. Fox was diagnosed in 1998 as having a young-onset Parkinson’s disease. Instead of looking for a cure on his own, he turned to making it a foundation to be able to help and make research on how to cure or fight the dreaded disease that has accumulated ove … [Read more...]
Taking Time Out to Spend Quality Time with Charity Institutions
Time is gold and money for most. But time and attention is important as well to people who are left in institutions that house most of the abandoned children and elders today. The attention that they seek is the attention that they lost from the day that they were left out in the cold for people who simply cannot face responsibility in the way that it should be. Attention and time for these people do not need to be in the form of cash and goods. It is more on providing care and a crying … [Read more...]