Global Q&A: ‘Do you regularly support a charity organization?’

Jane Goode, 59, Assistant Farm Manager, Mornington Peninsula, Australia: Yes, I support a couple. We support guide dogs and have for a long time. I think they are a good organisations. And also epilepsy foundation—my daughter has epilepsy and occasionally we will try and support one or two others, but sometimes it gets a bit hard. If we were able to we would support more, and I hate having to say to worthwhile charities that I cannot do it, but as much as possible. (Epoch Times)

Round the world, people feel for others when they are experiencing difficult times, and also receive satisfaction from giving to a charity whether in the form of goods, money or time helping. This is what Epoch Times reporters from India to Mexico discovered when they asked locals:

“Do you regularly support a charity organization?”

 

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “Is illiteracy an issue in your country?”