When giving turns into acting

These days, it feels like everyone wants to do charity and be considered a giver. Social media is so full of people posting pictures of themselves helping poor people, whether they are handing out food, donating to orphanages, or starting a foundation. It really looks impressive, but where does the money really go? Are they truly helping people who need it or just trying to build a perfect image of a philanthropist?

In today's world where everybody is trying to fake it till they make it, appearances have now mattered more than actions, and giving has become tricky. Many people have donated out of love and compassion, but I have heard stories of how some funds never reach the poor, organizations that spend most on their administration, or how some of them pocket what others gave in good faith. There was a video I watched online about a boy who has no living parents and is living with his aunt, who takes care of him.But they maltreated him badly, so they portrayed the skit to look like. People were busy laying curses on the so-called wicked aunty, and some people reached out to the person who posted the video asking how they can help the boy to go back to school and if there is any other living relative that will be kind enough to take him the boy. The account number was dropped, and people were contributing their hard-earned money. What pained me was that the boy in question was from a poor background no doubt, but his parents were alive, and he was a hawking plantains.

The aunty in question was a woman who sells bars at my side, and she was paid 20k to act as a wicked person. The little boy was deceived into thinking he was acting in a movie and it would make him popular. He was given 2k for the things he was supposed to sell, and the rest of the money was pocketed by the skit maker. I would rather not call his name, but his sin will find him one day.

He will be forming big boy outside with people's kindness, and the poor people he claims to help continue suffering. Although I still believe in giving, after watching that video and knowing the people involved most of them are never been cared for, I have learned to do it with care. I now prefer to give directly, maybe to a beggar on the road, a struggling student that I know well, or a sick neighbor. A single mother who is trying to start a business or feed her child or children. That's way I can see where my help goes and how it changes their life. Even if it's just a little.

Most motherless homes use the money contributed to train their children in school and build houses. You need to see how they neglect some of these children, especially the sick ones. If you ever want to help anyone, let it be someone you can give direct help to, not the one most people come out to advocate for. People can do anything just to live the life.

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