Say NO to Charities!


If "charities" had done their job correctly or had even done half of what many led us to believe they were doing...there should not be one hungry person in this world. These organizations have collected tons of money over the years and administrators have paid themselves well.

I could fill several pages with exposures of misappropriated funds(...and I may list a few later) but I am sure many of you have seen evidence of this in news stories.

Many times when charities dole out the goods it is done in a way that effects a persons dignity in a demeaning way. Perhaps judgemental remarks are made; perhaps people are obligated to lend themselves for filming for a newsbroadcast; sometimes they may be made to answer personal questions about their religious affiliations. I have known of some people to be turned away because some food pantries only cater to those of their own faith.


Why do these charities think that the homeless only need an occassional bowl of gruel? And why do they consider themselves benevolent for offering a church floor to sleep on (and that's only when the temp drops to below freezing)?


I have seen articles where inter faith facilities are receiving gross amounts of money for shelters that only house a very few people...and only those who meet certain conditions. Some facilities are now spending vulgar amounts of money for bioscan equipment to weed out the "chronically homeless and undeserving". I suppose they are gearing up for their "mark of god" political system.


I really can't see where any of these charities are actually "teaching people how to fish" and it seems they are being very selective about those who they help. Many are still left in the cold.


If you see homeless people on your streets, then they are still a part of your community! What can we do? Do we leave them to die? Do we shrug it off and think the charities will be responsible to take care of them? Do they deserve to be in jail because they have nowhere to live? Do we force them to choose between death and crime?


Many of these people are lost. They don't know what to do or how to take care of themselves in this new-found situation. New faces on the street are becoming more prevalent everyday. Many don't have basic hygiene and are maybe too depressed to care....and this will eventually cause more health problems not only for them, but could affect the community as well.

If pandemic hits, will these people be picked up like stray dogs and destroyed?


I am hoping that we, as individuals will be taking some personal responsibility toward helping these people. But again, many folks have no idea what to do or where to start to help them. Just throwing chump change at it is insulting and is not the answer. Besides, those who are newly homeless are not the ones panhandling. It's usually the hard core brazen homeless who beg.


Many people here have written on survival techniques. There are many people on the streets, living in cars in parking lots, or standing in a food pantry line that might benefit from our knowledge. Maybe they do not have computer knowledge or know where to look for the info. Maybe they aren't homeless yet...but with predictions of a second wave of mortgage crashes for next year----these people may find themselves homeless in the near future.


I think this is all part of a grand plot to make people dependent on the re-organized religious factor. I think this is a strategy of the xtian dominionist movement.


Unless we take the personal initiative to help each other in this desperate situation that has surfaced, the despots of reorganized religions will pick and choose and "the marking" will begin.