Title: Why People Don't Give to Charity - The Life You Can Save
Headings: Ten Reasons Why People Don’t Donate to Charity
Ten Reasons Why People Don’t Donate to Charity
1. I already give enough. I prefer to invest in my own community.
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2. I need to save money for myself and for my family.
3. My donation is too small to make a difference.
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4. Poverty can’t be solved.
5. Poverty isn’t the problem — it’s the symptom.
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6. Donations don’t help the people who need the most aid.
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7. Poverty relief is the responsibility of governments.
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8. People should solve their own problems.
9. Giving aid makes developing countries dependent upon foreign resources and funding.
10. Giving leads to overpopulation.
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Content: 5. Poverty isn’t the problem — it’s the symptom. Extreme poverty is a result of many factors — historical, as well as current economic, political and social causes. But the fact is that helping people now not only reduces unnecessary suffering and saves lives, but helps create the conditions that favour eliminating both extreme poverty and many of the factors that maintain it. Better health enables people living in poverty to contribute much more strongly to their own success — they can work, they can go to school, they can contribute to their household income, and they don’t take someone else’s time and capacity to work by requiring care. A disabled person in the family, such as a grandparent with preventable blindness, might cause a child to miss out on an education in order to care for his or her family member. I want to help
6. Donations don’t help the people who need the most aid. There are thousands of non-profits that you can choose to give to, and the process of selecting which organization to support can feel like a daunting task. Fortunately, several organizations conduct extensive research in order to determine which charities will most effectively use your money to help the world’s neediest people.