Charity - A Way to Offer Parity Through True Efforts

It is often said that "A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog". This statement by famous American author journalist & social activist Jack London holds a deep meaning & immense value. A profound way of being extrovert towards the society, environment in which we all live today, leads to giving something meaningful to the society especially the needy sections of society, underserved communities. Charity, simply is giving a piece of pie you have, to such a person in need, group of persons or environment to assist them live normal life, support them to increase the ability to survive & fight the causes. Legally, the definitions of charity vary from country to country as every country represents its own challenges, civil problems & are specifically defined under various acts, its scope & related practices.

    Charitable giving is the act of giving money, goods or time to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable trust or other worthy cause. Charitable giving as a religious act or duty is referred to as almsgiving or alms. The name stems from the most obvious expression of the virtue of charity is giving the objects of it the means they need to survive. Today, through every part of world, many established, newborn nonprofit organizations, more popularly called "NGOs" are taking up many social initiatives to raise awareness about social issues, environmental protection causes, activities like flood relief camps to help destitute. A registered charity is an organization established and operated for charitable purposes, and must devote its resources to charitable activities. The charity must be resident in that particular area or region, and since charity begins at home, such firm cannot use its income to benefit its members. A charity also has to meet a public benefit test. To qualify under this test, an organization must show that its activities and purposes provide a tangible benefit to the public & needy society.
Most forms of charity are concerned with providing food, water, clothing, and shelter, and tending the ill, but other actions may be performed as charity: visiting the imprisoned or the homebound, dowries for poor women, ransoming captives, educating orphans. Donations to causes that would benefit the unfortunate indirectly, as donations to cancer research hope to benefit cancer victims, are also charity. It is common to see many ambulances, mobile vans with medical check-up facility, running over the streets of any city, specialty hospitals run by charitable trusts, NGOs to provide low cost or free access to better medical, health services & education to the relatively poor sections of society.

Bill Goo is a researcher with specialization in local non-profit organizations and volunteer jobs. - he kindly invites you to visit his site - Charitable Organizations for a list of top charities. Please read his comments on Charity to offer Parity.

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