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
Where People Are Most And Least Charitable
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: 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." It means you "give rice to the monks who come to your door every morning. Or you bring some food to the monastery, or you sponsor a young kid who will come to the monastery, or you build a religious structure or you donate a painting" to it. The Two-Way
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As impressive as this tradition is, in more recent decades, Myanmar has become associated with the repressive military rule that ended only in 2011. And yet this strife may also have served, in a counterintuitive way, to solidify the culture of giving. According to Jenna Capeci, who has worked on projects in Myanmar as director of Civil and Political Rights at American Jewish World Service, the turmoil "has done more to reinforce this culture of charity and resilience because the people could not count on the military junta or local authorities to provide anything for the community."