The words might be hard to pick out. It goes,
"If you are unemployed and need an outfit clean for an interview, we will clean it for FREE"
This was an American example. Of course they have many problems, and many things about them are not right at the moment. But this example is a breath of fresh air.
Great charity is not giving money. Often that is the dumbest thing to do. Great charity is as Mother Teresa aptly puts it is to love. If you care, whatever you do goes further. Just like this example.
For most of us, charity begins at home, school and work. Giving money is the last and often the dumbest thing to do. Charity means going beyond the rules, duties and obligations. For government it means different departments of government not fighting each other or shifting responsibilities away, which is increasingly the norm here and the sure path to mediocrity.
If we really care, we will discover we don't need to spend a lot money. We wouldn't even realize that we have waste so much less and gone so much further. There will be surprising sources of productivity. I submit, the Gospel had the last and true word on doing this right.
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