Is there a need to donate to the President’s Star Charity Show? I feel that there is no point in doing so due to various factors such as the large amount of money which Singaporeans are already donating and also the misuse of these donations. We had already seen what NKF has done. It raised so much funds such that there is enough money for other purposes. However, it continued to raise funds and eventually led to the dissatisfaction of Singaporeans after knowing the abusage of such funds.
Would it be wise to donate to a show which broadcasts a person performing a stunt of high difficulty? I totally disagree with that idea. Why would someone perform a stunt to get people to donate money? If you say that he is dedicating his life to the needy people, a more logical way would donating all his salary to them. It does not make sense how such a show could encourage people to donate money. Furthermore, it does not assure people that hundred percent of their donation would be used to help other and neither does it tell people how their donation can help others. If we do not know where our money is going, then why bother donating?
A more logical way would be to use the profit of the tickets sold to help the needy, as most people would willingly watch a show to help the needy, even if they had to pay some money, because it should be the acrobat who is benefitting in the first place. However, when such shows are broadcasted on the television, the host of the show should not expect anyone to donate any money because no one should pay any organisation to watch the television and since they do not know how they can help, they should not donate.
Another idea would be simply increasing the awareness of people by showing statistics and the living conditions of the needy. Most people would willingly donate after realizing how lucky they are.
Other problems include the poor donating more than the rich. However, I do not think that the rich are the ones who are unwilling to donate, but simply because they have cars, are more busy, and thus has less chances to donate money to the needy because they do not encounter those people carrying donation cans at the MRT station. I would not donate to the needy if there was no one to tell me about there being people in the world who are unfortunate and needs some financial support. Hence, we can always give the rich more chances to donate such as using some of the tax collected at the ERPs to help the needy.
As we can see, there are many other ways of raising funds for charity other than getting an acrobat to perform a stunt. It is simply a way of getting people who do not think before they do to donate because they were touched by the level of difficulty and the sacrifices which the stars made to perform such a stunt.
For fund-raising events to be more effective, I would say that the charity organizations to get the needy to sign up for it. Hence, others can donate directly to the needy, which would also ensure that 100% of the donations is used in helping people, or rather the people running the organizations would not be tempted by the huge sum of money collected as most of them should have wanted to help the needy but were surprised by the amount collected and spent money for their own interests.
Hence, to encourage people to make donations, we can reduce corruption and help the needy through more feasible means and not perform a stunt to touch the audiences’ hearts.
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