After producing a diamond ranking of the six possible solutions to poverty it has been decided that helping others through organizations like Rosies and Vinnies, which help homeless and poor people, is the most helpful and affective action to be taken to fix poverty in our society. There are also many other solutions to poverty, such as volunteering overseas and donating clothes to a charity shop, but in terms of usefulness to ‘restore the balance’, helping others through a nearby organization will be the most successful way to stop and prevent poverty from becoming worse.
There are many ways in which volunteering with organizations like Rosies and Vinnies is able to benefit both the person taking action and the people in need. By helping people who are struggling will give a person a feeling of gratitude and proudness. Another advantage is that one will be able to share skills along with teach others. In addition, helping others somewhere will also project a sense of community and friendship, it will give a person the chance to see how others who have less view life, and it can make a person feel more grateful for what they already have. The action of helping people in person other than donating or creating awareness is more important as volunteering allows people to get out there and make a difference, whereas creating awareness does not make a change, it just spreads ideas. Although organizing time to volunteer may be a lot of commitment, it is all worth it because helping others can create a huge difference in the world or local community.
Giving money away to organizations that help people living in poverty is a very effective idea in which people would be able to restore the balance, but there are a few negatives. Some positive aspects of giving money away to help others is that the donations will go to the children so they can have a better education and create a better school and place to learn. Although these advantages are able to help the poor very much, there are also a number of negatives. One reason why donating money may be a bad idea is that when they are given things or buy things with the money, they then do not have enough money sustain it. One award-winning human rights journalist states: “In 2007, worms were found in the polluted water supply at the village of Abia, next to the Emuru swamp. A badly constructed and poorly maintained shallow well, dug by a charity, was full of soil and animal faeces and was making local people sick”. This can justify that donating money may not be a good idea and can have severe effects on communities to which the money is donated.
The less important actions that could be taken is to start up a school group or donate clothes. Although it is a great thing to be able to teach teens about restoring the balance and how they can help, starting a school group may project the message to help poverty, but creating awareness is not going to fix the issue because nothing is being done. Donating clothes may sound like a wonderful idea, but in reality, it causes a number of difficulties in the world. This is because if the clothes are being put into a dedicated recycling bin, chances are the clothes donated are just the beginning of a long, winding path that can terminate thousands of kilometers and an ocean away.
So, I believe that a supported volunteering with organizations such as Rosies and Vinnies is the most beneficial way in which everyone can restore the balance and create a just world where poverty is not an issue.