Its been two weeks since the survey was launched to see how many were interested in contributing to charity from our fund. Out of the 50 students in our class, only 7 people have taken the time to respond. Congrats to you guys for taking the time to at least go through and vote your response. Out of those six people have expressed interest in contributing to the fund.
- Though the importance of amount of money that we would provide will not be of a lesser value, the monetary help that we provide will not be enough; ours is just a contribution.
a. If our effort fails because of reasons external to us, the sense of satisfaction will not be complete, which is very well required for us to continue in our endeavours.
b. On the other hand, if, at any time, we feel that our efforts are not going to bring fruits, that very sense would lessen our drive to help.- This needs to be a long term activity, which needs patience and continuous monitoring for the activity to succeed. (Patience of a group is different from that of an individual.)
- On a different plane, I feel that such ‘groups’ have their voices heard / are being represented one way or the other, in the current society, with many NGOs coming up. Many ‘enlightened’ individuals are doing their bit through these NGOs. Why not represent somebody who still remains unrepresented?
What do you say guys ??
And I really feel that if we want to give through traditional means, I don't think we should start a separate fund as such and we can just form a list of avenues to donate and then donate directly to them. Now a days all the famous NGO's accept donations online. So except if we want to donate as 'JNTUCEA - EEE 02' batch, we need not form a separate fund and with just 6 people supporting, it is not really inclusive of the whole batch to say that.
And the next thoughts of unconventional donation are really impressive
- A committed but struggling startup, which employs (or which could employ) many people. If that startup is trying to find solutions to societal/environmental problems, then its case would be doubly appealing.
- A young mind unable to continue his studies because of poverty.
- A brilliant mind with ideas for providing low cost solutions to existing problems, but lacking funds to put ideas into action.
- Or, in the above case, lacking in enough contacts/information to implement his ideas (please note, in this instance, no monetary help is being provided).
I really like all these ideas and as he has rightly mentioned the problem becomes identifying the right people to donate in these channels. And the solution of finding someone in our network who needs it is also good. I have couple of people in mind who would really use the help provided.
There is one issue if we donate this way. We lack accountability, not that the accountability is clear if we donate via other means, but in this we really know if the money has been utilized well or not. So at least we can put some safeguards while donating regarding how our money will be utilized.
What are your thoughts on it?
If you know people who can be ideal recipients of our fund, please let us know.
Only 6 people have expressed a positive opinion.. If you didn't have time to respond to this due to any reason please leave a comment to this post as the survey is now closed.
It just takes a leap of faith to trust regarding what we can do and then we will amazed with the results.
