Philanthropy Discussion

[Papa Mbengue]

Hello everyone,

 

 Today's discussion has been one of the most important topics. The philanthropic foundations and their commitment to social justice issues throughout education is the most valuable contribution to our society. I always believe that education is the most important investment that we must give a higher priority to. Providing the adequate education to the less fortunate of our society is in fact, looking for ways of giving them the necessary tools to empower themselves. When people are well educated, they tend to make the right decisions that impact their daily life. They will make the best choices on their personal health care, the best decisions on personal finances and family issues, and they tend to become self-reliant.

These foundations are doing an excellent work toward social justice fairness, and I am just amazed by how the Ford Foundation, with a $25, 000 gift has come to become a $10 billion worldwide philanthropic organization with an outstanding partnership with countries like China, Egypt, or South Africa... What I like most about that collaboration is the fact that they are taking into consideration the knowledge, the know-how and the local realities of the communities which they are serving. City Bridge Foundation and College Success Foundation are also doing an outstanding job by providing the right educational support to many children around Washington, DC. Last but not least, I greatly appreciated the work of the Oracle Foundation, which had been perfectly formulated by its panelist, I quote: "Educated contributing global citizens." A philanthropic leitmotiv could not be better.

[Yukiko Wakabayashi]

I would like to talk about philanthropic activities in America through
my experience and a thought as an international student. I felt
philanthropic activity is so active in the United States. I went to a
volunteer work the other day and one participant from high school told
me that students are required to join civic activities to graduate in
America. I've never done that in my high school days and those civic
activities were not mandatory for graduation in my country so that I
was really impressed by those students who use their holidays for
those works. Although participating willingly might be better, it is
still a good chance to recognize the problems which the community has
and be a part to solve problems. Also, this activity can more or less
enforce the sense of belonging to the community.
Philanthropic activity is nowadays expected to complement government
activities which cannot fulfill the various and detail society's needs
for public services. Especially in America, there are many different
races, ethnics, and cultural needs. Instead, there are many types of
non profits to compatible to each issue. Maybe therefore there are
many non profits to address each issue. So far, I just provided one
example of the philanthropy activities in the United States, but if
someone knows the problems philanthropy activities have, I would like
to know.



On Mar 13, 12:33 pm, Papa Mbengue <85mben...@cardinalmail.cua.edu>
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