Opinion Essay - Laura Herrero

"Charity work should not be needed today, people should look after themselves".

Nowadays, our society and world are full of problems that need a solution. For this reason, exist many NGOs to help people to resolve these problems or to fight against them. The question is that charity work should not be needed because we should look after ourselves.

Firstly, I believe that NGOs are essentially necessary. It is true that there are people with problems which were caused by themselves and have to take responsibility for it. However, there are places where their situation is horrible and the population do not have any fault of it. For example, in poor countries like Africa, there are people who do not have anything to eat or are in continuous wars. In those countries whose resources are null, charity work helps a lot to change this situation by providing necessary things, like food, water, houses, clothes, medicines, education and psychological support.

Secondly, charity work is a way to feel better with oneself. I believe that helping other people who are in bad situation, you are contributing in some way to make the world a little better place. This idea makes you feel better with yourself. Furthermore, I think that a person who does charity work is a good example to follow for the rest. For instance, I believe that if a child saw that you are helping other people, making them happier and you are happy doing it, they will want to do it too. On account of it, not only is it a way to look after ourselves but is it also a way to look after others.

In conclusion, I think that philanthropy is necessary to help those people who do not have the necessary mediums to survive or to live in good conditions. In addition, it makes us think that we are doing something good to change the things that we found unfair and to make than others, especially children, to take this as an example to follow.