Beautiful message for the Poverty Stricken

[lastofthepatriots]

Short film about poverty. We should all do more. For many of us, it's a joke. In reality, real people die all over the world because we are selfish human beings.

@Chinese-Dragon @SOHEIL @Sargon of Akkad @Sinan @livingdead @Blue Marlin @Sher Malang @RescueRanger @Nilgiri @EgyptianAmerican @Falcon29 @Joe Shearer @Kaptaan @Spring Onion @friendly_troll96

We should all try to make an effort to help the poor.

 

[livingdead]

I was born to a lower middle class family, and in the neighborhood we were the poorest...( I would not call my family poor because it will be an insult to millions of Indians who live in dire poverty... way worse than us.)
Consequently, I could never make friends, always find conscious of my social status.
Anyway when I was in college I promised to myself that I would donate 10 percent of my earning to charity.. that never happened.. I would not consider myself very selfish but I have not done beyond donating to greenpeace and cry for 1 or 2 years... after that.. my whole contribution to charity has been pretty much nothing.. as I grow older, I am becoming more and more conscious about money, holding onto it like gollum does to ring... and find it really upsetting when I part with it, even for things that gives me pleasure. The only time I gave any money(usually a quid to some romanian/bulgarian/hungarian buskers on highstreet/tube) in last two years was when either I was drunk or I was happy for some reason.
I feel jealous of muslims who can donate xyz percent of their earning to charity... whatever else sh*t I might talk about them, this is the one that makes me feel small.

 

[Al-zakir]

There would be no poor left if Zakat prorpely utilize. Afsoos, Muslim country refuse to use this powerful tool.

 

[Deidara]

My father was the most uncharming guy but was an officer. And parents here marry their daughters with officers with much alacrity. Maybe my mother felt exploited. Or maybe there is some deeper truth. But regardless i was deliberately kept poor through whole my life by my mother so that i'll not be able to exploit anyone by becoming successful.
This kind of poverty was not that bad. My life was conducive to the study of higher philosophies. But i never stuck to them. Always went chasing after cooperate success which my mother wouldnt even allow to hatch.

 

[Signalian]

No I did not know about this, neither do I think any Indian member here (at least that I know) is from Aurangabad.

But what a genuinely blessed chap! May he live long and well, and may his simple yet wonderful undertaking spread in the areas most needing it in India and the world.

I have seen this model being used by the Bohra community in western India as well.....as a result they have very little hunger even among their most poor and they regularly help their non-Bohra neighbours as well.

Pakistani guy also is doing god's work here.....no matter how rich he may be....he is still making this commitment...so may he have a long, healthy life and rich rewards from almighty after that.

Thank you for bringing these good people to my attention. I will pray for them and all like them around the world who understand the true meaning of brotherhood and humanity. In french the very word for friend "copain" means who you share bread with.

On a individual level, if we stop throwing extra food or unwanted food in the bins, we can pack it and deliver it to the hungry or even food banks/roti banks. A human being on average may throw 40 Kg of food in rubbish annually. Instead of food rotting away in our fridges as most folks cook a bit extra food so it doesnt get less when served on the table, we can also give fresh food to beggars instead of few coins.

Food made in marriages and occasions is also made more than required quantity. That can be donated also.

Feeding the hungry and the under-privileged should be our priority. can you explain a little more about Bohra Community Model? is it the same?

The ones that i have found are:
1. Bahria dastarkhuwan in Pakistan
http://www.bahriatown.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=225&Itemid=128
2. Roti Bank in India
http://www.india.com/news/india/mee...yday-through-his-roti-bank-initiative-817167/
3. Food Bank in different places of the world.
https://www.foodbanking.org/
4. Feeding America
http://www.feedingamerica.org

These work on donations, but mostly donations of food. Left over food from Hotels, extra food donated by rich people and money also.

Muslims show a lot of generosity of food sharing and dispersal in month of ramzan for blessings. This is done everywhere in the muslim world like UAE, KSA, Pakistan etc and muslim communities in non-muslim countries.

In Pakistan/India, there is also free food (lunger) on shrines of Sufi Buzurgs. I think the people of Lahore, Karachi, Pakpattan Shareef, Multan, Delhi, Ajmer shareef, Amritsar etc should never have a problem of food till the end of the world. These shrines have been providing food to generations of man kind since 1000's of years and are the world's oldest food banks. The department of Okaaf in pakistan now looks after these shrines and their affairs but free food system continues.

I am not sure but probably free food is provided in Gurdwara (also golden temple) and temples too?

Malik Riaz from pakistan and Yousaf Mukati from India are indeed legends who are taking care of the hunger problems in their countries. I am also deeply impressed by Yousaf Mukati who started from scratch and now feeds the hungry. He has also set level of standardisation of food that he accepts as donations.

 

[Nilgiri]

I am not sure but probably free food is provided in Gurdwara (also golden temple) and temples too?

Yup gurdwara have langar program/duty (golden temple is just the biggest and most well known one). Temples have prasad and other meal programs that you will normally find the poorest people lining up for (I have seen it myself esp in rural areas, for all talk of caste and such to divide people, it was humbling and inspiring to see every community being involved at all steps in preparing, distributing and partaking in rural areas where people have finally realised there is simply no other option).

My family temple (on mothers side) for example runs deep in this kind of program, my great grand father (whom I never met...only had stories about him passed down) personally ran a free buttermilk donation right outside the temple in the hot summer months within the then rigid social caste system (using a split bamboo pole as the duct from inside his house when a person from the outside would request)...and now its a full fledged program bearing his name and with much less social rigidity (regular open free stall during the hot summer) as well thankfully. But it is the spirit that counts the most and one that perseveres, continues and adapts. I am glad to see it.

The key issue of course is these definitely must tap into the extra buffer margins (currently wasted, or consumed in gluttony etc) present in society as far as possible to augment the charitable routes already happening (under faith, community well being etc).

This was a key area that @Zibago posted in another thread about food banks in germany IIRC.

Here are some world efforts on the matter:

https://foodtank.com/news/2015/01/t...s-working-to-reduce-food-waste-around-the-wo/

I think South Asia is still early days regarding this (given the higher logistics investment + awareness required)...but hopefully it will spread across the region as quickly as possible. Use of the mobile data network (permeated to the poor and rural areas of South Asia nowadays) will help in this immensely I feel.

Here are some welcome initiatives in India on preventing waste:

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...-mobile-app/story-5KOzDX8AzfFbRihj8zr3bP.html

http://www.postpickle.com/lifestyle/5-indian-initiatives-that-are-curbing-food-wastage-for-real

Pakistan also becoming more aware and responding to the issue:

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1128734/two-girls-tackling-food-waste-challenge-karachi/

I hope it picks up and really goes places everywhere.

@django @waz @WAJsal @Zaki

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

I was born to a lower middle class family, and in the neighborhood we were the poorest...( I would not call my family poor because it will be an insult to millions of Indians who live in dire poverty... way worse than us.)
Consequently, I could never make friends, always find conscious of my social status.
Anyway when I was in college I promised to myself that I would donate 10 percent of my earning to charity.. that never happened.. I would not consider myself very selfish but I have not done beyond donating to greenpeace and cry for 1 or 2 years... after that.. my whole contribution to charity has been pretty much nothing.. as I grow older, I am becoming more and more conscious about money, holding onto it like gollum does to ring... and find it really upsetting when I part with it, even for things that gives me pleasure. The only time I gave any money(usually a quid to some romanian/bulgarian/hungarian buskers on highstreet/tube) in last two years was when either I was drunk or I was happy for some reason.
I feel jealous of muslims who can donate xyz percent of their earning to charity... whatever else sh*t I might talk about them, this is the one that makes me feel small.

Muslims actually topped the group who give more charity in UK ahead of Christians, jews and atheists and British Muslims gave approximately £100 million to charitable causes during the month of Ramadan last year. To give some context, that equates to approximately £38 a second.
https://charitycommission.blog.gov.uk/2016/07/14/ramadan-making-a-real-difference/

Its simply because of this fact that they consider wealth and life temporary Its their belief that when God give you wealth then he actually test you how you will spend it and whether you actually use this wealth to help unfortunate ones

Allah says in the Qur‘an: ‘Your riches and your children may be a trial: whereas Allah, with Him is the highest reward. So fear Allah as much as ye can; listen and obey; and spend in charity for the benefit of your own souls. And those saved from the covetousness of their own souls, – they are the ones that achieve prosperity.’ {64:15-16}

I have seen that Sikhs community in UK is also very generous when it come to providing foods and langar etc

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

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