A South Auckland boy has plucked a homeless man from “the pits of despair” by giving him his lunch every day for two weeks. It was only when the rough sleeper walked to school with the 11-year-old and told the boy’s teachers that anyone found out what he was doing. Continue reading
Posts Tagged ‘Charity’
New Zealanders give generously – almost $3 billion a year
Thursday, July 13th, 2017Each year, individuals, trusts and charities give around $3 billion dollars to New Zealand causes. Famous and not-so-famous wealthy individuals have generously given billions, established trusts, foundations, and charities. However, based on the available figures, it’s ordinary Kiwis who give the most to the philanthropic sector. Continue reading
Good-hearted charity is not enough
Monday, June 26th, 2017
Charity is about being good-hearted, but justice is about something more. Individual sympathy is good and virtuous, but it doesn’t necessarily change the social, economic, and political structures that unfairly victimize some people and unduly privilege others. We need to be fair and good of heart, but we also need to have fair and good Read more
Wedding couple’s gifts go to night shelter
Monday, March 20th, 2017A Tauranga couple decided to forgo wedding gifts, instead asking their guests for a donation for the Tauranga Moana Night Shelter. The couple were gifted just over $2000 for the shelter and said they already had plenty of household appliances and cutlery sets. Continue reading
The Church – the world’s biggest charity
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Stalin famously said of the Church, “The Pope! How many divisions has he?” Less well known is Churchill’s response that Stalin “might have mentioned a number of legions not always visible on parade”. Indeed, the reach and influence of the Church are not easily described by statistics alone, yet the raw statistics are staggering enough. Read more
Pope Francis: does what he talks about
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Whenever Pope Francis talks about the need to welcome immigrants, to build bridges not walls, and to invest in the countries from which people are fleeing, critics inevitably will ask, “Okay, but what are you doing about it?” From snarky observations about the walls around Vatican city to wry observations about all the under-utilized ecclesiastical Read more
A charity that has a loyalty programme for donors
Friday, September 30th, 2016A Whangarei child poverty charity is a finalist in the community innovation category at the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards. The New Zealand Network Charity’s unique fundraising loyalty programme, called ‘network member with rewards’, allows people to register as a member, pay a membership fee and then have access to discounts and special offers from supporter businesses. Read more
A caring country
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
A friend who divides her time between New Zealand and the European country of her birth, says New Zealand is the most caring country in the world. “People look out for each other,” she says. “If someone falls in the street, people run to help them.” Her opinion may be fashioned by her own compassionate Read more
Lorde donates $20,000 to help feed hungry Kiwi kids
Friday, July 1st, 2016Singer Lorde has donated $20,000 to a struggling Hutt Valley charity that feeds hungry schoolchildren. Fuel the Need got the donation via its Givealittle page yesterday. An apparent message from the pop star on the website reads “Good on you Manuel and Fuel the Need. Hope this helps a little bit.” The message also says Read more
Declining religion may contribute to decline in charity
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016Inland Revenue data shows the number of people filing a tax return to claim a tax rebate on donations has fallen year-on-year over the past three tax years, from 383,144 in the year to March 2013 to 359,541 in the 2015 year. Tax refund site MyTax analysed more than 300,000 tax returns and found the average total Read more