Humanitarian organisations are heavily regulated in Ethiopia and may be terminated at the government’s behest. The 2009 Charities and Societies Proclamation severely limits the activities of independent nongovernment organisations. An NGO that receives over 10% of their funding from international sources ...
All these charities are working at the cutting edge of poverty in the UK. The so called ‘squeezed middle’- those of us who might be forced to alter one or two consumer decisions as a result of cut backs- we rarely come into contact with this kind of poverty. Angry? We should be. ...
and I wanted to share mine. Children and hunger. I can’t resolve to stop worrying, but I can resolve togive money to the local mission(for me that is most likely to Catholic Charities or the Long Beach Mission, which I give to occasionally/regularly—but which I want ...
aThird, we should perfect social security system in order to guarantee the basic living of the masses. We should establish social security system with social insurance, social relief, social welfare and charities connecting with each other and covering both urban and rural residents. We should also...
Church and Charitable Donations. Now frugality is getting serious. In the affluent days, I sent checks several times a year to favorite charities (soup kitchens, disaster relief, and the like). There came a day when it seemed that I needed the money as much as the charities did. Next, ...
At the end, let me once again appeal to the Planning Commission to release the poverty numbers for 2007-08. Not releasing the number is not a good idea. The number is already out. Don't embarrass the government any more. Forget the Panel's report and trust your own young economists at...
Fortunately, there are other ways to act on a general concern for others, such as political or social activism, donations to or fundraising for certain charities, and awareness raising and public engagement. Even if I do not use the poor as means, they are no mere things to me if I ...