When I started blogging I found this as a good medium for writing about charitable giving. Many friends, classmates, relatives had monies coming out of their ears and seriously did not know what to do. The Audis had been bought, the beach house (a 5 BHK should be called a house or palace, I know [...]
Akshayapatra (see other posts and www.akshayapatra.org) is a reasonably large organisation. True to Gandhian values they believe that they should aim high, work high and talk less. One recent achievement is that they are now feeding 917,009 children everyday in some school in India. India, of course, has many more hungry children (who cant go [...]
To do charity you need to have a heart. Once you realize that you have a heart, you can give. I have always felt that it is easy to give what you have (goods) rather than the money that you have! That is why it was easy for EID Parry to give a temple all [...]
Once when we were looking for a water cooler (to be installed near a temple) a friends’ mother offered it to us. It was a big amount (circa 1985 Rs. 2 Lakhs) and we felt happy that the job was done. When we asked her what name to put on the cooler – she said [...]
Either my clients are getting more charitable, or they are asking me for more advice on how to do charity! Recently a friend wanted to invest “so much money, so as to create a Rs. 3.6L income for a charitable organisation” – can you tell me how to go about doing that? My advice is [...]
What is the return on investment in a poor feeding charity program? Can we put it in Rupees and paisa or do we look at the soft side too? What about – a kid saying “I can feel my skin”, “I do not have to beg for food” “I now feel like studying” etc. are [...]