Things get out of fashion extremely quickly. Children grow up in such a way that they do not even have time to wear the wardrobe items they bought. These two factors lead to the accumulation of already unnecessary, but still good clothes at home. And then the choice arises: throw away the unclaimed or give it to those in need. Kind-hearted people tend to dwell on the second option. However, their gesture does not always benefit the poor. The chances of this are minimal when contacting a church or orphanage.
It is worth noting that the acceptance and distribution of this kind of assistance, in particular things, are not dealt with by the ministers themselves, but by “parishioners”, “laity”, who sometimes do not miss their own benefit in this matter. Therefore, we will not curse the church itself.
Will the recipient get your help
The simpler the circuit, the more efficient it is. Remember this if you are going to do charity work or just decide to give things to the poor. The more people and organizations between you and those in need, the lower the chances that help will reach the addressee.
How to handle brought things
The truth about the delivery of clothes in the church, the orphanage and similar organization functions:
- On a visit to social security, philanthropists often encounter bureaucracy and absolute disregard for themselves, for their deed and for the things brought. The latter is manifested in the form of cluttering packages and bags. Nobody takes them apart in a timely manner, because they get dusty and spoil from prolonged stay in a twisted state.
- If "not in time" to visit the parish, then you can witness the burning of things. This is exactly what they do with items that have not passed strict selection from ministers of the church. Seeing your donation in flames is an unpleasant pleasure.
- Church and shelters that are ideal in condition and simply expensive wardrobe items are not handed out and, even less so, they are not burned. Everything for which you can make good money can be resold in many cases. Most often, the operation is carried out through private announcements.
Important! When reselling things, it is almost impossible to prove the fact of fraud on the part of a clergyman or a boarding employee. Even if it becomes known of his deed, law enforcement agencies will not be able to present him with anything substantial due to the lack of a normal record of the non-monetary donations received by such institutions.
How to do a good deed
Old things should be given personally to the needy, and not handed over to social security, shelters or churches. This is the only way to predict and even trace the future path of clothing. Make sure that it reaches the addressee, and does not become part of the financial scheme for enriching dishonest church servants or petty officials.
A similar approach to business is also good because it eliminates the disappointment that invariably arises due to high expectations: a person thinks that he is doing the right thing, but at the reception point he hears that now the parish or orphanage needs not second-hand things, but money. From such news, which is in fact a neglect of goodwill and a form of extortion, even the most responsive heart becomes stained.
Important! If you have an acute desire to provide help to a boarding school or shelter, remember that the state allocates 50-80 thousand rubles a month for 1 orphaned child. The costs of building repairs are also covered. Therefore, there are no problems with financing such institutions. The problems lie in the fact that the established money does not reach the children themselves.
In order for an action to really have value and benefit, it is necessary to exclude from the scheme all intermediaries represented by institutions and organizations. At the same time, let's argue logically, the real poor do not sit around the clock on social networks. Therefore, the ads of women who do not leave their account at all, do not need to respond. These girls act according to the hackneyed formula: to pick up for nothing in the community - to sell on the portal of private ads, they earn this.
If you don’t know where to find the needy, stay at the school gates during the shift change. Or discuss the matter with your neighbors. The old women near the multi-storey building will definitely tell you in which apartment the family lives, who will be happy with good, but previously used wardrobe items, toys.
Sometimes you don’t have to go far, but just look around.
Most of the listed institutions have responsive, kind and conscientious people, but there is always a fly in the ointment or an exception to the rule, which should not be forgotten.
Be kind, merciful, and careful!
