I tire of ads on tv where charities ask for donations for people abroad. Surely we should make sure our elderly, infirm and homeless are looked after here first before giving money to other countries. Why does it become the UK's problem if the richer part of a foreign country doesn't look after the poorer part.
2007-03-23 12:40:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I love the one where the guy is walking with the little girl, "poor Brianna, she has to walk the rocky streets barefoot every day". Well pick her up, you insensitive moron!
2007-03-23 12:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The point is that they are ASKING for donations, not demanding them. Some people give to more than one charity, and some give to charities which particularly appeal to them. I sent money to the Tsunami relief funds and to Hurricane Katrina and I'm neither Asian nor American but help was desperately needed. I applaud you wanting to help people within the UK, that's great - but do you really think that people not from your own country don't deserve it? And what of the countries which don't have a "richer part" to help the "poorer part" - should their starving children be left to die because of their country's poverty? It's not "the UK's problem", it's a global problem and while yes, it's very important to look after our own country's people, I think it's terribly selfish to assume that means we shouldn't try to help other countries. Our elderly, infirm and homeless have access to clean water, vaccinations, medical care and Government Benefits - inadequate though they may be, they are there and available. Nobody is walking ten miles to a filthy well to get their daily dose of cholera bacteria.
2007-03-23 12:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by f0xymoron 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I absolutely agree. We have an obligation to look after our country's occupants first and foremost before any others- after all charity begins at home.
Furthermore- most government to government aid never reaches the poorest, neediest people- it simply gets absorbed by corruption, collusion and nepotism. And it may further weaken the recipient by having it's natural wealth stripped from it for the benefit of a foreign elite.
All aid should be channelled through the UN so it may be administered in an orderly, comprehensive and planned fashion.The UN is not perfect- but it's the best we have with fine institutions like the UNDP, UNESCO, UNWHO, UNICEF, etc who have experience and results alleviating and even eliminating poverty.
I also wanted to point out two phrases: teach a man to fish and he can feed for life
and
Christ stated, "God only helps those who help themselves"... (I admit I paraphrase)
2007-03-23 21:15:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Charity starts at home for me look after your own. The one thing I do hate about ads is you have to turn the volume down as it seems louder than the actual programme that I'd just watched or maybe it just my lugs that are sensitive. I do my bit for charity I put money in to most of the shops charity jars that I visit it might not be much but its still something. I do the shoebox charities and the bags to school charity and they are for other countries.
2007-03-23 12:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by honey bunch 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because this country likes to brush its social problems under the carpet and pretend that they don't exit. I also believe that by donating money to other countries is just another way of keeping that country on our side if another world war broke out. Charity starts at home. I agree with you.
2007-03-23 12:48:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
charity begins at home and have you noticed the horse has a habit of biting the hand that feeds it
2007-03-23 13:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my experience people who trot out the old "charity begins at home" phrase, aren't talking about charity in the UK, they are talking about their own home, i.e they don't give to charity full stop.
2007-03-23 12:52:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yur rite but every1 is human nd so it doesnt matter where they r, nd just knowing that yur bettering sum1s life shd be good enough. also, a begger in america has a lot more services available 2 them than 1 in say...india.
2007-03-23 12:49:47 · answer #8 · answered by harvardgurl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your quite right, if they did look after their own it would help stop the exodus of people leaving their own lands in search of strangers to look after them instead of there own.
2007-03-23 12:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by trucker 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
dunno
2007-03-23 20:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by xela 332 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋