Some people prefer to help by making donations to local charities while some prefer to donate to national & international organizations. Discuss both measures and give your opinion

 

Some people prefer to help by making donations to local charities while some prefer to donate to national & international organizations. Discuss both measures and give your opinion

 

Today, altruism seems to be in vogue with many engaging themselves in activities to help the have-nots, but a question has intrigued many, whether is it good to offer resources to a local philanthropic organization, or to go for one that addresses a much wider audience, at national or transnational level.  

 

Many favor contributing to agencies working  locally, for they consider transparency to be of paramount importance. Whatever such organizations do is conspicuous, and the impact can be felt directly without seeking any external intervention of any written reports. The recipients of assistance can be seen drawing benefits by the donors, whereas this factor is missing if one puts their resources into an establishment that functions in  much larger areas. One cannot get to know about the fate of their money.

Similarly, others talk about optimum use of their contributed resources, and avoiding unnecessary expenditure by charities working for local causes. Such institutions enjoy direct approach to benefactors, and rarely need to publicize their work, or hire services of celebrities for promotion, unlike those bodies functioning in diverse geographies.

 

However, some vouch for funding humanitarian aid organizations that target much wider locations. They feel, in the current world order, one can hardly stay oblivious to plight of their fellow humans, residing in far flung areas who would otherwise be unreachable, and abandoned to  suffer, were these agencies not helping mitigate challenges by rendering relief. Thus, one needs to work with such entities  aiming at global causes to make the world a better place.

 

Overall, I infer engaging in humane activities, carried and executed in any form, should be the principal objective  rather than sparring over which medium is superior to other. Contributions made for local and broader causes have only one goal, helping the destitute.