In today’s scenario, people are becoming increasingly aware about the importance of charity in the social fabric of our society. In our day– to– day stressed out lives, we sometimes forget about the less privileged ones. We shun them from our daily lives, we shoo away the poor children on the signals, turn away the vendors selling their wares. We do all this without realising that it is their livelihood and this money collected from us that help them buy their food at the end of the day. Although beggary should not be supported, there is a stratum in our country that is too poor and too illiterate to have any other opportunity. If we don’t support beggary we should do something to improve the condition of the underprivileged.
Here, the importance of education comes into play. However, families who are too poor to even eat two meals in a day or have a roof over their heads are sometimes forced to resort to such measures. We see small boys serving us at the roadside eateries and do not even blink an eye, while that is the time where he should probably be sitting in a school and studying for a better future not only for himself but also for the country.
One can spend one’s hard earned money on fancy cars, designer clothes, shoes or handbags. This is a way of rewarding yourself after all the hard work put in by you and there is nothing wrong in that. However, even studies have proved that it is much more satisfying if you reward someone else or make someone happy.
The mere act of helping someone who requires it desperately gives you a wonderful sense of wellbeing and happiness. You must have noticed that whenever you do a good deed or be a good samaritan you would immediately like to share it with your friends and loved ones. This is so because it fills us with a deep sense of happiness and satisfaction.
There are several NGOs who work for charity for India, but at the end of the day, how many people are actually taking up charity for India on a regular basis? Everybody knows about the skewed social status and injustice regularly meted out to the less fortunate ones. People are very quick to point out these issues immediately, but when it comes to putting words into action there is a dearth of people who actually come forward and take responsibility for something or someone.
India is full of such social injustices and a clear demarcation between haves and have nots. However, we as a society are not contributing enough to the unfortunate ones to try and balance the ratio. India desperately needs help for the ones who have not been born to wealthier parents or in better circumstances. There are several NGOs who support various causes — from saving a girl child to education for the poor and cleanliness for the people living in slums to making our environment greener. These are just a few examples of the noteworthy work done by NGOs, which really needs the support of their countrymen, not only in terms of money but also as volunteers.
Here, the importance of education comes into play. However, families who are too poor to even eat two meals in a day or have a roof over their heads are sometimes forced to resort to such measures. We see small boys serving us at the roadside eateries and do not even blink an eye, while that is the time where he should probably be sitting in a school and studying for a better future not only for himself but also for the country.
One can spend one’s hard earned money on fancy cars, designer clothes, shoes or handbags. This is a way of rewarding yourself after all the hard work put in by you and there is nothing wrong in that. However, even studies have proved that it is much more satisfying if you reward someone else or make someone happy.
The mere act of helping someone who requires it desperately gives you a wonderful sense of wellbeing and happiness. You must have noticed that whenever you do a good deed or be a good samaritan you would immediately like to share it with your friends and loved ones. This is so because it fills us with a deep sense of happiness and satisfaction.
There are several NGOs who work for charity for India, but at the end of the day, how many people are actually taking up charity for India on a regular basis? Everybody knows about the skewed social status and injustice regularly meted out to the less fortunate ones. People are very quick to point out these issues immediately, but when it comes to putting words into action there is a dearth of people who actually come forward and take responsibility for something or someone.
India is full of such social injustices and a clear demarcation between haves and have nots. However, we as a society are not contributing enough to the unfortunate ones to try and balance the ratio. India desperately needs help for the ones who have not been born to wealthier parents or in better circumstances. There are several NGOs who support various causes — from saving a girl child to education for the poor and cleanliness for the people living in slums to making our environment greener. These are just a few examples of the noteworthy work done by NGOs, which really needs the support of their countrymen, not only in terms of money but also as volunteers.
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