I don’t think there are enough resources in the world for what they’re going through there. I.e. everyone in Ukraine is deserving. I will give what I can and then trust that it will help as needed, whether it be used directly for something essential, spent frivolously at a local shop but then supporting the shopkeeper or donated to a cause for soldiers. To be truly helpful, I think I have to let it go. I do not have enough to give for the rich to get richer anyway. Honestly, I think everyone there could use a beer right now, I’d be happy for my money to go for that too.
When it comes to giving, it also seems very tricky to me when the discussion turns to who is deserving of it. It’s not to say that there shouldn’t be any consideration, but only that it is much more difficult than presented.
As an example, a homeless fellow on the street could qualify as someone without resources, perhaps qualifying as deserving for some, but then when someone points out that he spends all of his money on drugs, he then becomes less deserving for some. Sure, there is that single mom living in with her two kids in a car who was treated unfairly, was knocked down at every turn and lost everything through no fault of her own that may be agreeable to most but she’s not the only one in need and thus, not the only one that is deserving.
That’s obviously the tip of the iceberg, I will stop…
That’s a good point, I was unaware. I wonder if it is only if it is reported that something wasn’t shipped. I know someone who sells on there, I will ask her.