Giving money to poor people is not bad. How they are going to use it. That is an real issue. We can start by planning their present life and future life. Budget it their money. They need shelter, food money, and trasportation to get a training in some carriers. some careers are so easy to get. example nail technitian. you only need three monhts and you are finish. To start making some good money.If you look there are other careers to be train . to have a better future.
giving them an education, etiquette, a network, a vision, inspiration, etc... can bring more, teach to fish, don't only give fish!
First of all, it depends on the poor people we're talking about. United States poor or third world country poor? I think there's a huge difference between the two, but I believe in helping people that want to help themselves and people, like those in third world countries, who are unable to help themselves and to teach people to learn to help themselves. If that makes sense.
No, Giving money is not only way to help poor but it cannot solve the problem, it increases it.
I have tried this and I learned that it increases the greediness. So I think let teach them how to catch fish instead giving a fish everyday.
There is a lot more that can be done other than just offering people money. Most of the times, giving money doesn't address the specific needs. This is because of the fact that a majority of the people don't know how to spend the money that is being offered.
The best thing would be to offer the services instead. Getting the services directly will certainly bring a lot of help to the needy lot.
Not at all. Charity can be delivered in many forms. Volunteering time, professional help and expertise, coaching at risk youths are just some of a multitude of ways to help the less fortunate. Even doing a good deed for a person can have a very meaningful impact, if for no other reason than giving that person a sense of hope in mankind.
Providing financial help to people who are poor will actually make them handicap as it will lead them to be dependent on others for basic necessities. But providing education and making people aware of there career and future so that they can make their life beautiful by being independent will lead to a healthy life with better future. Education and awareness is the best thing to provide to people. I believe if you find people on road begging for money then you should ask one question from them "you too have two legs, two hands and most importantly a brain. Do something productive". Guide people, instead of filling their hands with money that will not stay for long time, fill their mind with knowledge that will enhance their lifestyle.
Further providing finance for education or emergencies is one of the best thing that a human can do in life.
No, this is one of the way you can help people. You can help poor people with clothes, food, shelter. You can provide even support when they are down, to lift them up.
Money is not the only way to help poor people. Instead i feel, we should give away our old clothes, books and other items. I feel if we are not using the, it should at least be used by someone else.
giving money for poor is good. but more than that when we adjoin with them will be better to become them happy from isolation.
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Giving money is not the solution. Must know the cause and find out the remedy. Yes, education can help! Improve their skills and make them eligible for jobs and business. If possible, create jobs for them.
It is one of the ways to help poor people but it is not the only way for them to uplift their selves from the quicksand of poverty. Money is one of the fundamental and essential things in life but its how you give the money to them. I remember the saying: Give a man a fish and you give him a living for a day but teach a man a fish and you help him for a lifetime.
Instead of giving alms to the poor why not to help them build a sustainable living?
Quite simple but so hard to live by.
Giving money is a palliative antidote to alleviate poverty. What's more vital is to impart them skills which will be helpful for their job development. Being self-sufficient and self-reliant is the best way to get rich, while being dependent on the government and social welfare only is temporary.
I don't think that giving money is the only way to help poor people. Many people rely on food banks and shelters to keep themselves a step ahead of the game. Or at least stepping in time with the game.
I also have friends that sometimes just need rides or a place to sleep for the night. Sometimes people just need a friend or some human interaction to make them feel at ease. I feel like all of these things are great ways to help poor people, or anyone really for that matter.
I support the statement "You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money."
Giving money directly to poor people may temporarily solve problems but permanently it may create more problems. Simple Example is "people may turn Lazy".
My Best solution for this will be "Provide poor people some opportunities like job oriented educative skills to earn money". By doing this they can be busy with their work and can improve their own standards of living helping their family and country.
Provide FREE Education to the children of poor people which can also bring great positive changes in coming generations
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If you give someone a fish, then he will be happy for today.
If you teach someone how to fish, then he will be happy forever.
Never , we cannot get rid of poverty only by giving money to the poor . It might satisfy his need for a while but it never gives him a complete solution .Instead you can guide him by some ideas to earn money in a right way so that he will able make out money on his own. "Money never starts an idea. It is always the idea that starts the money".
Please do not turn a poor into a beggar by merely helping him with money.
Giving money is one of the ways to help poor people. Poor is a radical term, one can be poor in many things, sometimes poor in health, poor in spirit and poor in social relations. Being poor is state of life, where you lack something that is essential. Money alone is not enough.
In this context, we can relate to poor people. Along with giving money,we can also give moral support and be kind to our poor fellow beings. You can be a good listener to someone who needs to talk about their problem and we can console the other person. More than anything, they need our acceptance in our society plus our love and concern. Then only this financial support will have some meaning...!
It is not correct that giving money is the only way to help him. Instead of giving them fish each time we should make them learn how to fish in the water. They need knowledge, professional skills, necessary morals, etc.
No. Give food to those who will blow money on booze or something else. I have done this many times.
It's up to you if you want to help more than by just paying taxes.
Giving money is indeed a form of help but a person who is poor cannot be ridden from poverty with it alone. A one-time money can give a poor person a way to eat for a meal but it will not fulfill his life wholly. But if that person is taught to work for a living, then it is really a appreciable and blessed help for him.
In my opinion, poverty can be ridden wholly by
1.Education or Skill
2.Money
3.And of course, love.
Still there are many things to write down but i think it is a primary way to get rid of poverty.
Hope my answer do a part of good to you.
Thanks Kohila for sharing your ideas. So in nutshell what you said points to only one thing: make the poor more CAPABLE so that they can take care of themselves. What are the ways to make people more and more capable?
Thank you goodpal for commenting. To make a poor people capable to earn a living, they must need to get an education to find a job or a skill to do that particular job.
Yes, education and skills are the foundation of the capabilities a person has to survive. Apart from that a "people-centered" economy is needed that provides sustainable jobs. The current economic model is money centered; people are tools.
My husband and I both grew up really poor in the inner city neighborhoods of NY. Everyone we knew got help from the government, family & friends, charities, etc. Money, food, free stuff. It didn't seem to help anyone get ahead.
My husband and I found that a change of attitude and a change of habits is what's really necessary to get out of poverty and improve your lot in life.
I think when people get used to relying on others to provide them with their necessities, they either get lazy and stop trying to provide it or themselves, or they stop believing that they are capable of providing or themselves, and they're scared to take steps towards independence. Either way, too much 'help' just ensures the cycle of poverty will continue.
No, there are many other ways to help poor people besides giving money. In fact, I would argue that giving money isn't always the best option, although it really depends on the situation. I think you can help people find work or jobs, prepare them to be able to work, give them education, provide for basic needs such as food and shelter. Giving money is pretty easy. I think it is better to try and invest in the lives of people who need our help. The best way to do this is to start volunteering at a local homeless shelter, rescue shelter, or food bank. Doing this, you will probably find that you some amazing opportunities to impact lives without using money.
I would have to say no. As someone who was on Jobseeker's Allowance (as we call it in England), it didn't help me all that much. I had no job skills, no job history or experience and there wasn't a single apprenticeship I could go for. When I was given a single opportunity by the Jobcentre about a journalism course my life changed for the better - I'm writing all kinds of articles as a freelance journalist to make a bit of money here and there, all thanks to that one qualification. It may not be much of a career or full-time work, but it's a foot in the door for my future.
It's alright being on welfare for financial gain, but job skills to help get employment for better cash and the chance of a future is much greater. It's why in prisons more meaningful tasks are given out instead of sewing mailbags and making license plates - because people can be reformed and go on to do better things.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Jackson. You think there is shortage of money in the world that makes people poor?
Money is the very reason people are poor. There is too much value placed on money in the first place.
Depends on your definition of help. Sure giving money can "help" a poor person, help them meet his/her immediate needs, help keep them from starving or freezing but if money keeps them from wanting to help themselves then is it really helping? Giving money is never a good substitute for earning money and often the only thing that differentiates a poor person from a better off person is their ability to earn money, not their proclivity to get handouts. Giving money to the poor implies there is money to give. To have money to give someone has to earn that money. If the poor are getting more money than the earners can earn to give then eventually the earners will become the poor so the only solution is to not give money to the poor but find ways for the poor to earn it. If the poor's children grow up only knowing how to be given money and not how to earn it they will not want to work, will not aspire to a better future but will be resigned to being fed, housed and clothed by those who earn the money. So giving the poor money can be as good as cursing them to a level of life below that of mediocracy.
Thanks tsadjatko. You want to make them more capable so that they can be on their own. What is the ways to keep people capable of looking after themselves?
Like it depends on your definition of help, helping also depends on just who you are helping, why are they poor and how can they be motivated. Todo this the "helpers"must have a personal relationship with the poor, to Gov't thepoor arejust statistics
Feeding people isn't going to help overcome poverty but educating them in a proper way surely will.
Personally, I feel that giving money is not a permanent solution for removing poverty. These people should be offered education so that they can earn their livelihood. This way they get to become independent.
teaching, knowledge, showing someone something that they don't know is the best way to help poor people for our people are dying for lack of knowledge. but the worst enemy of poverty is and always be lying people who take advantage and rob the poor for they just don't know
Sometimes just taking the time to listen to them helps them more than any money in the world ever could.
Nope.Giving money is not the only thing to help the poor.Education,care,facilities and other things must also be provided.Apart from individuals the government must also do something on behalf of them.Helping them in their sufferings is also a way as Mother Teresa did in her life.
You can help them by being nice. That's the best thing about kindness. It's free.
Nice doesn't feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, or shelter the homeless. True kindness supplies their needs
You can, actually. Poor people should be given heaps of money. Some will save, some will spend, everyone's different. But then we will have the chance to see who is really poor by bad choices rather than by a bad playing field.
Thanks Suzanne. Yes, some will be helped by giving money, but it appears that the only permanent solution is to have a system where everyone gets a chance to work and stand on his/her own - even those who can't make good choices.
I don't think that giving money is the only way to help poor people. Money depreciates while wisdom doesn't. I always believe that giving poor people the right knowledge and skills is far better than just money. When they know how to use their resources wisely, I am sure they'll get all the things they want in life.
You are not helping the poor if you just feed them everyday, instead teach them to get their own food and they will benefit from it for the rest of their lives.
No, money is not the only way. Just the simplicity of giving them your jacket, or just talking to them to be that voice could help them. You never know what people are going through.
Most all people will choose the easiest path in life. If you give them money, then where is the incentive to learn a new task or for that matter go and work for your money!
As Teresa Schultz pointed out the old Chinese proverb about teaching them to fish, sadly they might not want to learn how to fish.
I think it's best to give education, knowledge and how to work
Teaching some useful life skill to a poor person is a meaningful way to empower him/her for life. Atleast that's what I believe.
Giving money is not only the way to help poor. You can help them in their studies, medical expenses and other basic needs of life. Giving money to such people will give only temporary help for them.
Money can help a poor person for a little while but providing them with some key informations on how to become successful (Giving them step by step instructions) and an opportunity to make it on their own, is the best way to help those people.
Maybe a better way to help the poor is to become a mentor especially of young children. Poverty seems to be a learned cycle and mentoring someone whether adult or child on a 1-1 basis is probably a good way. You can help an adult learn to read, drive, help with proper clothing for job interviews and transportation. Once they are working and have money, you can further help them with budgeting their money in a responsible way. But just handing someone money teaches them nothing. Of course, it doesn't hurt to see that they have food also while mentoring them.
As for charities, I have worked with two non-profit organizations. Both do some good, but too much money goes to the management, CEO, managers and down the line. Check out what some top managers of non profit organizations make. Then you will see where the money really goes.
When you personally help someone you can see and control where your money is spent.
Many people can be helped with a good education and financial help but some people will always be poor, not every person has the intelligence to improve their situation. There are people in the UK for instance where you could give them a £1000 a week in benefits and they would still end up being poor.
Of course not, but money does help provide the programs to fight poverty. So, it is not a bad idea to give money, but time, effort and support working or volunteering for these programs are just as important and worthy.
No, money is a tool. teach a child how to fish and when he need fish.He can go the stream and catch fish
Certainly. Increasing capability is the best way to help weak or poor. But I fail to understand why 15% people live in poverty even in the US which can dump trillions of dollars to wage wars. Something is certainly wrong with the economic model.
No, absolutely not. Education is the key. If you give a million dollars to an idiot, he's going to blow it in a month, not invest it and save it. Education and healthcare comes first and then everything else.
Only money can't help poor people...The emotional support is also needed.
by Daniel J. Neumann 13 years ago
Is it possible to help poor people and keep our liberty?I'm sorry; I guess I'm confused again. I never thought these two things were mutually exclusive. Why aren't there more Marxist Libertarians or Conservative Liberals out there? I guess I want to eat my cake when I have it.
by Grace Marguerite Williams 3 years ago
Why do people have children, knowing that they CAN'T afford to give them a life beyond impoverishment, scarcity, & struggle? Such "parents" know that they can't provide their children cultural, educational, intellectual, & socioeconomic opportunities like normal parents do...
by Grace Marguerite Williams 3 years ago
How can we REDUCE, if not ELIMINATE poverty in America? Let's get TRUTHFUL, even RAW here, no SOFTSOAPING here! Let's TELL IT LIKE IT IS!
by annvans 6 years ago
Do you personally know of any rich people who have found a poor person and helped them? I am not talking about people standing in front of grocery stores handing out $10.00 gift cards to anyone that walks by. I mean have you ever known of any rich person seeking out a poor to help them?
by AdsenseStrategies 15 years ago
There is much controversy, even within the non-developed world, as to whether aid helps or not.Western nations promised to give (a tiny) 0.7 percent of their GDP's to aid a number of years ago, but only a couple actually do that.If aid could be properly monitored, so it does not end up in the wrong...
by Goodpal 7 years ago
Are the poor useful for the society in any way?Is it that Poverty and the Poor are mere burden on the society? Do they serve any meaningful purpose?
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