Late by a day, but still spreading something towards a good cause is "better late than never", is my attitude.
Many of us would have been chided by elders/parents "don't waste your food, people suffer in Somalia". By then, without realizing full implication of this how often we would have commented that if I finish this food will it stop hunger pangs there? Well, much later in life did I realize the full impact of saving our portion and donating the equivalent to the needy.
As a small contribution we donate rice bags to the poor through the nearby temple, during our wedding anniversary and all of our birth days. At times, we also eat at Annalakshmi, run by a charity organization. This is a vegetarian eatery and the concept "Eat as you want and pay as you like" gives us a satisfaction not only to our taste buds but also to our conscious as all the proceeds go for several noble causes towards social upliftment!
Some of the photos that show poor living conditions in rural Indian villages are here:
Thatched hut in which more than 5 people live!
Unsanitary condition prevailing in slums.
Poor old man walking on the highway.
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So....that means finish our portion doesn't mean we can help the hunger, but donation does. :P
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