A HELPING HAND FOR THE NEEDY
An organisation that make movement of Catholic social justice work is Caritas. Caritas in Aotearoa, New Zealand is an organisation formed by the Catholic Bishops agency for three things which are justice, peace and development. They are apart of Caritas Internationalis. As a consequence of community growth, public support, education and emergence relief Caritas works for a world where poverty and justice does not exist. Caritas Aotearoa have taken social action by helping victims of the Cyclone Winston from Fiji and Tonga. Some of the things they do include sending staff members to work with Archdiocese of Suva 's Commission of Justice and Development to able to provide emergency relief supplies to people in need.
In the Catholic Social Teaching the principle of Human Dignity shows that each and everyone of us were created in God’s image and likeness. Therefore we are all the same. Human life is very sacred so therefore it is the fundamental principle of a significant insight for society. Caritas portrays the ethical principle of Human Dignity by working with people in need from all around the world. Caritas does not take in where they are from, who they are, their background and identity but only the fact that they are in need of help and assistance. For instance Caritas employees work with people in Peru to enhance their relationships and also to lessen the amount of domestic violence. They also do not consider what religion people are, whether they are poor or vulnerable, no matter where they come from, if they are in need Caritas will lend a helping hand. This shows that Caritas clearly shows the principle of Human Dignity within their work. Regardless of the circumstances Caritas New-Zealand includes everyone as the family of God by helping the vulnerable. This ethical principle is applied in many ways in real life situations. In one way, students and youth groups around New-Zealand will be participating in the Caritas challenge of 2016. Throughout this challenge they will demonstrate and experience the difficulties some people may face everyday. Many people in Cambodia live with less than $1.50 a day. While raising money to help Cambodians live a stable life students will take on the 24 hour challenge to gain knowledge about life of the people in
Dr. Paul Farmer’s vocation is providing healthcare to those less fortunate. He medically treats the Haitians for TB. Paul devoted his whole life to helping the Haitians with their healthcare problems and living conditions. He gave them proper medicine and was able to do this through global fundraising and fighting the large pharmaceutical companies. But unfortunately, with this came sacrifice. Paul had to stay in Haiti for months at a time; he was unable to see his wife and kids. Because of this, his wife eventually left him. But Paul was so devoted in his work in Haiti it appeared he did not care about his personal life because Paul’s work was his life. He considered the people of Haiti, which were his patients, his family. He wasn’t paid for his work; money didn’t matter. All the medicine and food he got was paid from various fundraising efforts. Because of this, he still did not receive eno...
In Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality, he critiques the way in which modern societies have grown accustomed to their ordinary thoughts about famine, affluence, and morality in general. Singer describes a situation in which nine million refugees from East Bengal are living in poverty, and it is the responsibility of the wealthy, and better-off nations to take immediate and long term action to provide for them and to end poverty overall. (Singer, 873) Through his essay, Singer envisions a new world where giving to those in need is no longer seen as charity, but rather a moral duty. He states that in the world we currently live in, it is seen as generous and partaking in a good deed when you donate money to charity, and no one is blamed for not (876). Singer proposes that excess money should be given to those in need, rather than spending it in “selfish and unnecessary” ways (876).
Peter Unger attempts to persuade his audience into believing that it is their moral obligation to do anything and everything in their powers to reduce the suffering in the world caused by poverty. He takes a utilitarian approach to the poverty question by arguing that we should focus on how to save the most people by using donations as efficiently as possible. This means that we must not only take into consideration number of lives saved but also the amount of good each of those lives may do.
Catholic Community Services of Ogden has been a front line social service agency since 1945. From that time on, they have provided relief to poverty stricken in the northern Utah community. This paper will look at some of the problems facing children in poverty today. It will explain some of the services provided by Catholic Community Services of Ogden, as well as, how those services relate to children in poverty. This paper will examine some of the generalist social work roles performed at Catholic Community Services of Ogden, plus any biases, transference, or counter-transference issues I might encounter if I worked there. Despite the fact that their funding comes completely through donations, Catholic Community Services is a significant part of the social welfare delivery system because they empower families, they provide parenting education to new mothers, and they work directly to relieve some of the pressures of poverty.
Most people feel that they should help the needy in some way or another. The problem is how to help them. This problem generally arises when there is a person sitting on the side of the road in battered clothes with a cardboard sign asking for some form of help, almost always in the form of money. Yet something makes the giver uneasy. What will they do with this money? Do they need this money? Will it really help them? The truth of the matter is, it won't. However, there are things that can be done to help the needy. Giving money to a reliable foundation will help the helpless, something that transferring money from a pocket to a man's tin can will never do.
It is apparent by this study that the number of members and the education level of the pastor play a key role in how open the church will be to different opportunities. Churches with pastors who see beyond the Sunday sermon typically are more active within the communities they serve. “Some of the active churches included in this study have development corporations, credit unions and rotating credit associations that offer classes and associations (Wright280).”
The primary mission of a social worker is to enhance human rights to those who are vulnerable, oppressed, or living in poverty. Caritas Processes was created to make the connection between caring, love, and human living processes (Watson, 2007). Caritas Processes has 10 factors that are identified to help make the connections. Social workers should be using Caritas Processes to successfully achieve their mission. This article will discuss Caritas Process and its relationship to social work. Caritas Process, human rights, and social workers work as a team to help vulnerable clients, without each other there would be no solution when people struggle in life.
Loverde, Paul S., Bishop of Arlington, and Francis X. DiLorenzo, Bishop of Richmond. "Election Letter: Voting with a Well-formed Conscience." Abortion. Catholic Bishops of Virginia, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2013. .
Did you have a cup of coffee today? Or maybe you went shopping for that new shirt for the summer? Your money could be going to a better cause. Of the 7.15 billion people on Earth today, approximately 2.4 billion people live on less than two dollars and day, and 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day. More than eight-hundred people go to bed hungry, and more than one million people do not have access to clean drinking water. The amazing stat is that over eighteen thousand children die per day from diseases that are preventable. Kids die from a multitude of cause such as diarrhea, malaria, malnutrition, and disease. (Abbate, Global Poverty, 2014) Each could be prevented with the money you spent on that nonessential item for yourself. Most people do not seem to do this because of the out of sight out of mind principle. Since we never get to see how our aid actually helps those across the world, individuals are less inclined to help. In his article ,“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” (Landau, 2012) Peter Singer provides a unique argument in that he believes that we are no different than a murderer because we had the capability to stop it and didn’t do so. We have the ability to give what we essentially waste to maximize the happiness of another person and reduce poverty around the world. There are many charities out there, that can take the little money that we have or need to give, and can distribute it to help a magnitude of people worldwide. In this paper, I am arguing that we should give what money we can to relief and aid organizations in order to reduce global poverty because it is our duty to maximize the happiness around us.
Thousands of books and essays about poverty, causes and possible fixes have been written for others to gain an understanding and pocket a little bit of knowledge so this can soon be fixed. There are millions of organizations in today’s world that beg for money, clothes, and food so they can be sent overseas to help a poor child in Uganda or Haiti. Helping nationwide is always a good thing to be a part of; however, there are many things that can be done in each person’s community, which is always a great place to start.
It is true that there are people who need help more than others. It is also true that within those people who need help, there are certain groups who need more of it. The feminization of poverty is the rising amount of women who represent a disproportionate percentage of the world’s poor (Chant 202). In most cases, it is due to inequality that has been imbedded into societies for many generations. In the United States it is a common belief that every person should receive equal rights and o...
America has supported families who lacked finance, education, shelter, food, and clothes as early as the 1800’s. After the civil war, many families received temporary assistance from congress, and religious institutions; such as the Freedman Bureau, and the Roman Catholic Church. As of today, the Catholic Charities USA is known for serving the nation as one of the best supporters for those with serious needs. Across the country, the CCUSA assist families and individuals in poverty through difficult and challenging setbacks too overwhelming for their economics, and emotions. The Catholic Charities desired goal as they work to decrease poverty; is to help people meet their full potentials, as well as assist them in becoming self-sufficient characters. (Catholic Charities USA, 2014) The Salvation Army is another organization which has a lengthy history for assisting people who lack essential needs due to setbacks. “The Salvation Army is committed to serving the whole body, soul, mind, and spirit.” (Salvation Army USA, 2014)
This topic about helping poor people get out of poverty is a critical issue. Almost 800 million people across the globe, most of them children, live with hunger or malnutrition as a regular fact of life. They live in desperate poverty, which means they die younger than they should, struggle with hunger and disease, and live with little hope and less opportunity for a life of dignity (USCCB). Poverty poses a dramatic problem of justice; in its various forms and with its various effects, it is characterized by an unequal growth that does not recognize the "equal right of all people to take their seat ‘at the table of the common banquet' (Social Doctrine of the Church) ."
An eight or nine year old boy with dirt in his face, wearing ripped jeans, shoes and a dirty shirt doing his best to stop one of a thousand cars in order for him to wash the windshields of a car for a miserable wage. This young man was struggling to carry a large container with soap and water and a small red rug which he held with his small, left hand. His facial expression revealed fear, doubt and resignation. The inside of me wanted to cry and at the same time, I wanted to take him with me and give him a warm cup of milk. He looked as if he had not eaten anything for days. As he approached our car the other drivers would curse him and tell him to disappear from this world. With a sad glimpse, he kept his journey towards our car. His big and dark brown eyes expressed pain, dismay, and despair. Heartbreaking stories similar to this one are most commonly occurring in the urban metropolis of Mexico and Latin America. These children suffer from the abandonment of their family and the economic issues of the country; moreover they are deprived to health care, exposed to violence, drugs, and HIV through sexual promiscuity. Street kids are not choosing to live in abandoned buildings, cardboard boxes, parks or on the street itself; they are forced to take on the challenges of life that no other human being experiences in many years. Therefore, street children should be helped due to the constant marginalization.
The reformation of the Charity Organizations didn’t grant relief themselves however they served as a resource to simplify the transaction of relief to relief applicants by: maintaining relief applicant requests, records of the aid given to them, and referring those worthy or unworthy to the proper agencies (Trattner, 1999). Their goal was to eradicate fraud and duplicity of services while also maintaining efficiency and treating poverty. The charity organization movement intended to treat poverty by enacting “friendly visitors” to look into each case and define the cause of destitution while also watching for overlapping relief. These “friendly visitors” and their investigations were the cornerstone of the Charity Organization Society’s (C.O.S) treatment; granting aid without investigation was like giving medicine without diagnosis (Trattner, 1999).