Australians are highly generous people. The Charities Aid Foundation report in 2022 identified Australians as the fourth most generous, out of 119 countries surveyed. At the heart of this is a theme of social change our topic today.
Charitable causes seem to be everywhere – from micro philanthropy from individuals using platforms like GoFundMe to large-scale global NFP brands like the International Red Cross or Amnesty sweeping into disaster and war zones and asking for our support financially as on a more sustained basis through donation plans or even bequests.
1. Giving is big business as much as a social justice marker. Is the way a charity runs itself the main drawback to its success in doing what it says it wants to – say reducing health risks and preventable diseases through funding vaccination programs- or is that just marketing too?
2. You stepped back from the OIC, the charity you founded in Cambodia, and handed it over to members of the Cambodian community to take over, what did you learn from that and how is the community benefiting today because of it?
3. Do you think government and business should have a hand in the non-profit sector and if not, why not?
4. Can you explain what you mean by charities addressing the symptoms rather than the underlying problems? Why does that matter if they do?
5. Takeaway: What is your final message for us on The Politics of Social Causes?
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