Why you should give away to charity

Ever since the start of time, no one's ever been an equal in society. Some people have always been born into instant privilege, while on the other hand others are stuck in the loop of poverty and a terrible life ahead of them. However, things have changed and improved over the years-these days, people now have the chance to help others who suffer thanks to charity. They can now give life-changing help and not even lift a finger because of these charities. But charities still struggle all around the world due to the lack of help they receive. Even if a charity supports a child, at the end of the day they can only scrape a few dollars to barely survive on while the rich people of the world bask in their unnecessarily large wealth. This selfishness easily explains why the world is still so corrupt-everyone's too focused on themselves and what they can gain, instead of the thousands of people dying and suffering each day. Are you going to join them? Are you simply going to become so self absorbed you can't even spare something that won't even affect you?

We may all be human, but society divides us so much that people on two sides of the spectrum might as well be two different species. Some people have more money than they know what to do with-such as Elon Musk, who went from rich to rich (his parents giving him plenty of money to start his career) to people who are born in such poverty that they have to eat dirt and beg for basic personal needs such as food. Behind all the news stories and ads on Youtube, these people all have hopes and dreams and their lives are wasted as they have to focus on merely surviving. Yet people such as Bill Gates (with a staggering net worth of 125 billion dollars) could give away 1% of their wealth and change the lives of even decently rich people. These people can afford pretty much anything they want and live lavishly, with plenty of money to spare yet they can't be bothered to give a few dollars away to, for example, keep a family eating for one more week in India. Rich people can gamble their lives away and buy their children designer bags, but why is it so hard for them to donate even half of that money to a homeless organisation. If you let things like this pass by, you are part of the problem. You are part of the problem if you don't see how unacceptable this treatment is.

There are so many examples of this issue all around the world-including around you. One example is the Baluch people in the south of Kerman, Iran. A report from only two days ago show that these people have been suffering so much that they have moved to Kerman, which is already one of the poorest areas in Iran. They live in tents of wood, bark and ripped fabric if they can find any, and have to acquire their own water in the sweltering heat. Children themselves struggle to find food and eat from any garbage dumps they can find, and even simply retrieving water can result in lost hands or legs, or even death from marsh crocodiles. In India, 3,000 children can die every day from hunger and almost a third of the population is forced to live on less than $1.90 per day. Now think about yourself-you probably can easily, safely retrieve water by simply turning on a tap. You have the privilege to complain about how expensive strawberries are, without knowing that in the first place you are so lucky to even just safely be in reach of food and afford it. Perhaps you even dislike how small your living space is-but people with shelter and food are already in the 20% richest category. The average American can use around $101 per day on basic necessities and not think twice about it. You may not be filthy rich yourself, but you are so lucky to be surviving each day and not need to rely heavily on other people.

There are so many ways you can help others-it just takes a bit of thinking. You'll never know how much your help can affect someone. Even just the smallest donation can end up into a person who can finally afford a house and a steady supply of food. Help can stretch out of charities too-giving help in person is also possible. The world has become so degenerate that you could even easily find people in need in your neighbourhood. Giving a few dollars, food, or just inspiration could change a life anywhere. Living Goods, Oxfam, Village Enterprise and Red Cross are just a few of the thousands of charities out there. So many people have benefited due to those charities and have managed to get their lives on track and finally support themselves and their loved ones, but this only means that they have only been able to receive food, clothing and shelter-they still haven't been able to find their passions and interests. If you were in their place, would you have been furious at those who wasted their money while you struggled to survive? There is always a possibility that you could have been born into their position-helplessly fighting for your life, day by day, until you'd die and all your descendants would have to follow the same path. Sometimes, your sympathy is enough-spreading the message and bringing an awareness to this motivates other people and can help change the mindset of everyone, especially those who can help.

You always have the power to help, to change lives and that can start with charities. If you don't start now, when will you start? You don't need to be someone wealthy who can throw their money around to charities, or a poor person who understands the daily struggles of trying to make money, but if you know how much people are suffering and you are willing to spread the message and do what you can, you should be more than proud of yourself for doing so much already. Any help, after all, is a step forward.