Title: World Giving Index Names Myanmar As The Most Charitable Nation (The U.S. Is Second) : Goats and Soda : NPR
Headings: You'll Never Guess The Most Charitable Nation In The World
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You'll Never Guess The Most Charitable Nation In The World
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Myanmar ranked highest in the Charities Aid Foundation’s 2016 World Giving Index, which measures charitable activities in 145 countries. These are the highest and lowest-ranked countries in the index.
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Content: And the most common manifestation is making daily offerings of alms or food to monks — so much so that they have become what Fuller calls "an essential religious practice." May Oo Lwin, who is originally from Myanmar and visits there frequently with her husband, Paul Fuller, says, "'There's a strong culture of giving, not necessarily an obligation but more like giving what one can possibly contribute to those in need. It doesn't have to be big but something meaningful and something you could do to help a bit. In that way, you are doing a good deed, [you] generate some merit as a family and making [the recipients] happy brings happiness to you as well." The Two-Way
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For example, when Lwin and Fuller visited Myanmar in April, they made a point of going to an orphanage that cared for children who had lost their mothers to AIDS and made an offering of several hundred dollars. " I wanted to do something nice and meaningful as a family as we have never done it before," Lwin wrote in an email. " I thought of our children who are so lucky compared to those children who are being deprived of so many things." This tradition of giving can be traced through the country's art, says Catherine Raymond, associate professor, Southeast Asian Art and Director, Center for Burma Studies at Northern Illinois University. " Religion and culture are intertwined there," she says — evident in the inscriptions of donations recorded at the entrances to temples dating back to the 11th century. " In Buddhism, there is the notion of dana, which means giving."