My Ideal Charity
Pretty much every day in the mail, I get a few letters from various charities asking for donations. At the moment, Rob and I are unable to donate any money, but we do when we can. There are about a dozen charities that we try to support each year (not including my Monthly Meeting, or my St. John's alumni dues). I realize that our money would go further if we donated to fewer charities instead of donating to so many. But the problem is that most charities are very specialized. No two charities on our list do the exact same thing. For example, we have three medically-oriented charities that we support: Doctors without Borders, the Arthritis Foundation, and Patients Access Network. Doctors without Borders is mainly for trauma relief or curable disease prevention; the Arthritis Foundation supports research for autoimmune inflammatory conditions and provides support to people with those conditions; and the Patients Access Network helps people with chronic conditions who cannot afford their medications.
What I'd like to see is a charity that encompasses everything. This charity would realize that environmental problems contribute to war and economic hardships; this charity would also realize that discrimination against race, sex, physical and mental illness, sexual orientation, religion, etc. contributes to war, hunger, lack of education, access to basic needs, etc. This charity would see, for example, the connection between water scarcity, global warming, discrimination, lack of responsibility taken by world leaders, and the illegal arms trade in the genocide occurring in Darfur.
While there would still be a few charities that cater to specific needs that we would support, we would likely donate most of our money to that ideal charity instead of several specialized charities. Anyone know if this ideal charity actually exists?
What I'd like to see is a charity that encompasses everything. This charity would realize that environmental problems contribute to war and economic hardships; this charity would also realize that discrimination against race, sex, physical and mental illness, sexual orientation, religion, etc. contributes to war, hunger, lack of education, access to basic needs, etc. This charity would see, for example, the connection between water scarcity, global warming, discrimination, lack of responsibility taken by world leaders, and the illegal arms trade in the genocide occurring in Darfur.
While there would still be a few charities that cater to specific needs that we would support, we would likely donate most of our money to that ideal charity instead of several specialized charities. Anyone know if this ideal charity actually exists?