Charity a Noble Occupation
There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being-to help someone succeed. - Alan Loy McGinnis
In
today's modern era, life has become merely a reflection of rat race,
where no-one is bothered about the rest of the fellows. In such a
mechanical times, one can think of the condition being faced by the
poor, needy, helpless and the orphans who have got no one to take care
of, no one to support. But only if for a while, we could take a pause
and think, is this all we are born for? Would we lead the life with mere
shallow purposes, or can we look deep into the eyes of the deprived
ones and offer a helping hand to them for getting out of the miseries,
life put on their shoulders without their will?
The purpose of
life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be productive, to be
useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all. - Leo Rosten
We
all human beings have been bestowed with this beautiful gift of life
once and the true purpose would be achieved when we could leave
footprints with our positive accomplishments and none of the other deeds
would be greater than helping the fellow human beings especially the
deprived ones. It doesn't take much of our time and resources to bring
difference in the lives of underprivileged, even little effort by each
one of us would bring massive results. Once we speak of the deprived
ones, orphans stand first to have our compassion and attention. Mother
Teresa rightly expresses their feelings as:
"I have come to realize
more and more that the greatest disease and the greatest suffering is to
be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned by everybody, to be
just nobody (to no one)".
Losing either of the parents brings
one's life under greater catastrophes. It is not only the financial
pressures but the loss of care, love, support and affection changes
one's life entirely. The personalities are left with a huge vacuum. The
shelter that protects them from the scorching heat of the outside world
disappears suddenly and one is left alone to face all pressures. There
are number of NGO's and orphanages that are taking care of such people
and in-number of people are donating as well. However, if we see the
increasing ratio of orphans on daily basis, there are still huge number
of people in the world that are deprived.
It is not always
necessary that we should start helping at a massive scale, a little help
also means a lot. The point to be considered is, it is collective
responsibility, not only one or two NGOs or Welfare Organizations can do
it. If each one of us would feel accountable and would contribute even a
little, a number of children would be helped in a much better way.
Occasional visits to the orphanages on special events such as Eids,
Christmas, national holidays etc, will give them a great sense of
belonging.
Furthermore, such an efforts should not be restricted
to individual levels. Institutions and companies can play a significant
role in bringing a great difference in these children's lives. Schools
can render them free educations. Hospitals can give them free medical
treatment. Lawyers can take up their cases free of charge. Colleges can offer special scholarship programs for the deserving students.
Helping
emotionally and financially is not important merely, what's important
is to help them become a useful member of the society. Instead of
leading whole life dependently, they themselves should become a helping
hand for others for bringing deprived ones out of the catastrophes.
Secondly, one should always help others in a way without compromising
their integrity and self-respect.
For charitable acts, Robert Brault has articulated his thoughts very nicely as; "The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free" and that's a great feeling if one could achieve.
Ruma Haman is an orphanage Malaysia based organization committed to help children to become useful society members. The organization provides education, food and shelter to the orphans.
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