Are you comfortable when you are asked for donation? (BEGGING IS DIFFERENT)
By mariyamaka
@mariyamaka (931)
India
April 11, 2007 5:40am CST
So many times you will see peoply dressed decently coming and asking for donations... i dont know how many of them are true and how many are fake!
The point here is... this people are dressed so decently and they talk in such a convincing tone... we actully don understand how to refuse them! though some just walk past them.
There is this handicap girl(leg defect) who stands outside subways(sandwich place) and we go there quite often!
You will be surprise everytime we go she will ask, pretending she does not knows us! and many others are facing this problem! you cant just be mean with that girl and cant give money everytime! so we have finally changed our hang out....
It might sound mean but it really becomes uncomfortable sometimes!
do you blame organisations for making them collect money... are they correct or wrong??? do you have such incidents/experience to share???
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6 responses
@Healthkeep (996)
• Israel
11 Apr 07
When an organization collects donations, it should give you some certificate you donated. Otherwise, it is probably fake (at least here it is like that). They also don't ask for donations in crossroads, because this is also illegal here...
These are but two distinctions between frauds and true donators.
I tend to donate to those who come in the name of organizations I believe in. If a radical legal organization will come for a donation for its political agenda, I would probably won't be so generous...
As for people who ask for a "personal donation", I have a better offer - I offer them a solution for their problem (you can give a man a fish, or you can teach him how to fish - I tend to do the later).
@Healthkeep (996)
• Israel
15 Apr 07
Would you like to learn how to help other fish instead of giving someone but one fish?
@mariyamaka (931)
• India
13 Apr 07
Helping someone is good but buddy you always cant have fish or anything handy money is easy! but its really great idea if you teach someone to fish or give him food or anything except money!
@sudeshna22 (390)
• India
11 Apr 07
You are right. Giving donations all the times is not really possible. But people who ask for donations have thier own problems, so we can not always deny them.
So when some one approaches for donation on behalf of some organisation or for any help for treatment, I first look to the amount written in his/her coupon. If I feel it is okay for me, then I give, otherwise I say "I am sorry."
@mariyamaka (931)
• India
14 Apr 07
but its not easy to say sorry at times... i mean the person who is asking is really convising!!!!!
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
12 Apr 07
I accept the reason that charities need to collect and have a great respect for someone who is prepared to allocate their own spare time to collecting on the behalf of charitable organisations. Nevertheless, there is all too often a problem whereby there are numerous people with collection boxes around the city centre. It is far from practical to put money in a collection box every time you pass someone when out shopping, especially if you are in the centre for a few hours. I also object to people shaking the box in front of me in order to try to shame me into making a donation, sometimes even after I have previously donated that very same day.
@lani0529 (1722)
• Philippines
11 Apr 07
Hi mariyamaka!(",)
To be honest, I'm also uncomfortable when somebody goes house to house just to collect/ask for donation. Sometimes we give but there are also times when we don't.
I have come to see many beggars in our place and I realize that the more you give the more they will become dependent and make begging their source of income. The situation here in the Philippines is really very pitiful. I hope the government will be able to do something about it.(",)
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
11 Apr 07
It would depend on who's asking. If that person is a friend or friendly, no choice there, isn't it? :P
Then again, strangers seldom approach with donation cards..
@ganwn071 (1116)
• Singapore
14 Apr 07
I am selective is giving donations. And my giving is depending on my situation at that point of time, for example, I just gotten a bonus, I might be more willing to give.
In my country, there are few cases of Charity organization misused of the donated fund and we are talking in ten thousand and millions of dollars. That make me selective is giving.
At time, I will prefer to give the money to the people directly, knowing that 100% of the money will be put to good use by the recipient. And if you donate it to a charity organization, part of the money will goes into admin cost to run the organization, in the end, probably only 70% of the money goes to the people needing it.
