EBRAHIM “EBKOYBIE” ESSA | Durban ORGANISED charity, begging, handouts, special government grants during emergencies like Covid-19 and normal government grants for the elderly, infirm and disabled, collectively boggle and confuse the average mind, for two main reasons: greed and/or dishonesty.
Donating to well-known, established organisations is the least of the problem.
Many of these take care of deaf and blind people. (People the government should be taking full care of.)
Some well-known agencies go out of their way, risking life and limb to rescue hostages from religious fanatics, terrorists and cut-throat pirates. These and many others deserve support from the public and private sectors.
Unfortunately, of late, more and more charitable institutions have sprung up and not all of these can be checked for authenticity. Nobody has…