OPINION ESSAY- Marta Caudet

AN OPINION ESSAY

“CHARITY WORK SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY, PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK AFTER THEMSELVES”

Charity is a system of giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have no home, or any organization that has the purpose of providing money or helping in this way, something really necessary in the society in which we live, where the capitalist system and the government leave aside many people.

I stand totally against this idea, because although it is true that first you have to look for yourself, as if you are not well, for example, economically, it will be impossible to offer your help to the rest. But in general we all have a stable life, in which we don’t lack anything and even consume without sense. We should look a little more for others because if you find yourself in that situation, you would like to receive help.

I think there are many people who lack empathy and who are often blinded by their circle of "perfect life" where the problems of the third world or the poor people of your city are invisible. But just by opening your eyes a little and give it another perspective, we realize that there are many people going hungry or without basic resources to live who need a little bit of you, not much, but what you can contribute.

In my opinion, a good gesture can’t change the world, but the union of many yes.