Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Some Jamaican Charities Are Doing An Amazing Job

By Gary Green


One of the best human qualities is compassion. Blessed are the merciful for they shall be shown mercy. Being able to console and help the suffering people is what makes someone to be human. Charity work is about mercy and compassion. It is not about collecting monies and using such monies to pay people fat salaries. Of course, there are the dubious charity organizations and then there are the Jamaican charities that are doing great works. Actually, the selected few reputable charities are changing Jamaica for the better. They are solving everyday problems and leaving people with smiles.

Poverty is a scar in the conscience of Jamaica and the world in general. It is the greatest irony that the world has an abundance of gold and silver yet there are people who are surviving on less than a dollar a day. Some developing nations even have mineral wealth but more than half of the population is living in poverty.

There are steps that can be taken to make poverty history in Jamaica and other parts of the world. People might have business ideas but they may not have the capital needed so that to actualize those ideas. That will be a very big problem. At times, empowering people with loans is the best thing to do to eradicate poverty.

There is also the problem of water. Not everyone in Jamaica has access to clean drinking water. That has led to the spread of waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid. One can easily find charity organizations that are involved in digging boreholes in different cities of Jamaica. Empowering people with water is something amazing. As it is commonly said, water is life.

Water is the most basic human need. The others are food, shelter and clothing. According to leading scientists of Ivy League institutions, one can survive for only a few days without water. On the other hand, one can leave for a number of weeks without food. In some parts of the world there is hunger and malnutrition.

Some charities are in the business of eliminating hunger. They deal with distributing food to drought stricken areas. There are many causes of drought. The major cause of drought is deforestation. If people continue cutting trees at the current rate, there will be little or no rain in the future. Some charities empower people about the dangers of destructive habits like deforestation.

The passport to the future is education. The weapon against ignorance is information. Ignorance is one of the leading killers in society. With an educated population, the future of Jamaica will be great. The most powerful thing is not nuclear weapons. It is knowledge combined with wisdom. There are charities that are building schools and distributing books.

It is good to be a helpful individual. Those who help other people will one day be helped. In life, circumstances usually change. The helper can become the helped. That is the irony of life. One can help in cash or in kind. One can volunteer his skills to help people in need. Alternatively, one can make a cash donation to a reputable charity.




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