'If You Have No Penny, A Ha' Penny Will Do
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YPNation contributor Kate Tighe takes a lesson from A Christmas Carol on giving--as little as she feels she has, the children, and others, she sees each day on the streets of Manila have far less.
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Here's an excerpt of what she had to say: "It struck me that as I mature—as I become comfortable in the working world, earn more, learn to enjoy the privileges of my salary, eat more, and as I walk past my share of beggars on the street—Dickens' message becomes more and more relevant.
When the Ghost of Christmas Present pulled back his robes to reveal the snarling animal-like twins--the boy, Ignorance, and the girl, Want--I was nailed to my seat with recognition.
Child poverty is more obvious in Asia than in most places in the United States. Children in the Philippines beg at taxicab windows, some carrying babies á la "Slumdog Millionaire."
Often, when I give to these kids, I am told that, at worst, I am funding a mafia that exploits them, and at best, I am encouraging them to play in traffic, which is especially dangerous in Manila.
My argument was that they're just kids, and I want them to feel…good. But of course I know this type of giving is not, in itself, a solution."
http://bit.ly/84jg4S
Here's an excerpt of what she had to say: "It struck me that as I mature—as I become comfortable in the working world, earn more, learn to enjoy the privileges of my salary, eat more, and as I walk past my share of beggars on the street—Dickens' message becomes more and more relevant.
When the Ghost of Christmas Present pulled back his robes to reveal the snarling animal-like twins--the boy, Ignorance, and the girl, Want--I was nailed to my seat with recognition.
Child poverty is more obvious in Asia than in most places in the United States. Children in the Philippines beg at taxicab windows, some carrying babies á la "Slumdog Millionaire."
Often, when I give to these kids, I am told that, at worst, I am funding a mafia that exploits them, and at best, I am encouraging them to play in traffic, which is especially dangerous in Manila.
My argument was that they're just kids, and I want them to feel…good. But of course I know this type of giving is not, in itself, a solution."
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