Hey fam!!!! how are you all doing? good I guess.... It's a day to christmas.... yeah!!! I hope your ready as in ready ready..... OK... we all know the season we are in... it's a season of lots of enjoyment, merriment, giving as well as charity. A lot of "giving back" is happening right now and our celebrities, rich men and women are constantly on the look out to get to the nearest orphanage, hospitals, old peoples homes as well as disabled homes to donate whatever they have.
I am not against people giving to charity or visiting homes and donating to the less privileged. What I do not like however is the attitude, the showmanship and the display of photos taken at these visits. Please mr/mrs celebrity show some respect for these vulnerable people. It's not a crime to go have your birthdays and whatever you may be celebrating with them but please respect their persons and privacy. Some of these people do not even know that their faces are all over the net.
My thought is that instead of you just thinking of how to go about sharing photos taken with "the less privileged", think of a better way to do charity. A way that your charity can affect these precious individuals personally. I mean some of the things you give to these people especially children don't get to them..... it is about "I see but I no touch" Those who are supposed to ensure that the rice, indomie, drinks, money, and other gift items you brought with you get to the kids don't do their job. Rather, it ends up in their shops ( you see, you have just opened a supermarket for their supposed carers).
These people in my opinion need more than the rice, beans, indomie, money......... They need their lives touched personally, they need you to help make their dreams of becoming a doctor, lawyer, model, nurse, engineer, presenter etc. come alive. They need you to listen to them when they talk about their challenges, struggles, day to day living with whatever condition they live with and much more.
I want you to know that persons with disability or medical condition of any form are not just asking for charity..... They want equality, justice, attention, respect and inclusion from every member of society. everyone has a role to play...... a role that will help blur the gap between "WE and THEM". With all that money you can help build/renovate/refurbish a school, change that office setting, work on our roads, markets and other public places to suit the need of people who are "differently abled". I you can't do it alone get people to partner with you, make it you 2 or 5 year plan however you want to do it, make it sustainable. You can adopt a child.... they don't have to come live with you. they can be blessed by you from where they are.
People as you do charity this season and in the future, I want you to think charity differently. Before you put those photos up, pause for a minute and think........ We don't just want charity..... we want RESPECT.
Sharon xxx.
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