Corruption In Charity

To what extent does corruption affects charity?

Charity is a prodigious way to help people all around the world with difficulties that may present; hunger, natural disasters affecting their homes, people with terminal diseases, and may more. Getting involved with a charity brings out the humbleness in people and this creates a better environment for themselves, since they are able to be responsible for others with resources they retain. All charities bring out the best in the general public that have the prospect to give; however, other individuals have the ideology that charities use the funds raised for their own benefit. In spite of, one of the most important aims in all charities is to keep the reputation that was made from the “hard work” that has been done; such entity, can be

For example, in the UK from the 160,000 charities pooled together, they have an income of £37bn. Charities like Oxfam, Cancer Research UK have over £10bn revenue per annum. Donations in this business make up more than a third of the income these charities create. The charity called RNLI have stated that six out of ten of their launches are financed by legacies (Almanac, 2012). The Gavi Fund Affiliate is the biggest charity in the UK with a voluntary income of £519,741,476, a total income of £520,252,270, and a total expenditure of £557,409,341 (The Guardian, April 2012). I chose this topic for the reason that everybody deserves to have even the basic resource, goods and services to survive. Charities also create the awareness not everybody have the privileges and luxuries some can afford. Moreover, life is not all about sunshine and rainbows; people have it tough in life. It is not easy to accept that you need help; individuals have to lower down their guard, showing the vulnerable side they try to hide. They can also be seen as something less, something unworthy.