The Effect of Charity on People

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The Effect of Charity on People

In part I do agree with this statement, as I do think that charities

do not have the entire effect that Christians want, but I do not feel

that it makes the poor people lazy and keeps them poor.

A charity would struggle to have the entire effect that Christians

would want. The ultimate aim of a charity of course would be to

eliminate poverty throughout the world, and this has certainly not

been achieved. Even with all the charities in the world today, the

individual charities such as Tearfund, Christian aid, and every other

charity working towards the world poverty crisis, there has been

little change in its state. The huge effort made by those involved in

the Band-Aid, who raised millions in order to bring food to those who

have none amidst the famine in Ethiopia, had an effect at the time,

but was not long term but short term aid. The problem of famine

remains. Yes these people need food, but they need the means to

produce food themselves. It is long-term aid that is needed, not

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