“No-one has ever become poor by giving.”
1. Even small gesture can have an impact
You don’t have to be a millionaire to be able to have an impact on a cause. By your donation, small or big, you are making a statement that you support that specific cause, you will feel satisfaction with yourself, and you are contributing to that project and you are showing by example to others the role of donater. Others will see your action and may act on their one and you will realise that every little bit helps. 2. You believe that poverty can be solved
Poverty is a global problem that has proven solutions. An effective intervention can decrease or even break the cycle of poverty for the people in need. |
3. Giving makes us happier
Spending money and resources on ourselves doesn’t really mean an increase in our personal sense of happiness or even well-being. However, giving to others, provide an act of honesty and unselfishness goodness, can increase our happiness and self-recognition.
If you can't afford to donate money, you can donate material things such as clothes, shoes, food, school materials, and you can also donate your time, volunteer!
Spending money and resources on ourselves doesn’t really mean an increase in our personal sense of happiness or even well-being. However, giving to others, provide an act of honesty and unselfishness goodness, can increase our happiness and self-recognition.
If you can't afford to donate money, you can donate material things such as clothes, shoes, food, school materials, and you can also donate your time, volunteer!
4. Giving is in our nature
When you experience a situation of someone struggling and in difficulty, your first instinct is to be compelled to help the person in need, without immediately analysing if you are capable of providing support or not. But by nature, our first instinct is to provide aid, and we also know the feeling of guilt when we decide not to help someone that is in need.
When you experience a situation of someone struggling and in difficulty, your first instinct is to be compelled to help the person in need, without immediately analysing if you are capable of providing support or not. But by nature, our first instinct is to provide aid, and we also know the feeling of guilt when we decide not to help someone that is in need.
5. Promote generosity in those around you
If you are a parent and your children see your efforts to donate to a specific cause, they are much more likely to keep that “giving” mindset while they grow up. The same happens to the people near you, that your action of goodness.
If you are a parent and your children see your efforts to donate to a specific cause, they are much more likely to keep that “giving” mindset while they grow up. The same happens to the people near you, that your action of goodness.
Places in Zagreb where you can make donations
Home for children (Dom za djecu)
Home for children or Children’s House Zagreb is a home for children and young adults in Zagreb to foster children without parents or without proper parental care, pregnant women and mothers with children. The organisation provides with accommodation, security, technical support and training for the development of personality. What can you donate? It’s possible to donate for children: clothes, shoes, school materials, toys, cosmetics and electronics (TV, DVD, VCR). It’s also possible to finance extra therapeutic work for children such as psychotherapy, physical therapy and aromatherapy, among other. |
Croatian Red Cross
You can help by: becoming a member of Croatian Red Cross, become a volunteer, by blood donations, and by donating material goods such as clothes and shoes, among others. |
Humana Nova
“Social Cooperative Humana Nova Čakovec encourages the employment of the disabled and other socially excluded persons through the production and selling of quality and innovative textile products made from ecological and recycled fabrics for the needs of the domestic and the foreign markets. Our products are the response to the actual needs of users. Each fibre of a product embeds the satisfaction and benefit of workers, cooperatives, Nature and community. In this way our Cooperative actively contributes to the sustainable development of the local community, diminishing of poverty and nature conservation.” |
SOS Dječje selo Hrvatska
“Halfway between Zagreb and Sisak, between river Sava in the east and rolling hills of Vukomeričke gorice in the west, lies the picturesque village of Lekenik, where the first Croatian SOS Children’s Village was built.” |
Civilizacija Ljubavi
Civilization of Love (Civilizacija Ljubavi) was established with the goal of helping vulnerable people who are in need. Some of the projects of the organisation are: Here are some of the projects Foundation carried out: Scholarships for students with lower income; Co-financing of nutrition for children with special needs and Training over fifty children in Tanzania and Benin. |
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