June 27, 2016 at 10:23 am

Walk on the streets.

Do you see beggars begging for money ?

Do you donate cash or spare change from your pockets?

Do you give pre-packed food or breads instead?

Do you ignore them, pretend that you didn’t see them?

I do pity these beggars but sometimes it is hard to tell who are the REAL beggars and who are just pretenders.

Once, I had donated cash $5 to a boy but who knows, that boy had bought a packet of cigarettes instead of food!

Then, I donated cash to a man without legs, he was moving with a wooden wheel on his bums.

Who knows, his friend came to pick him up in a Mercedez Benz! I found out that he was a regular beggar on the street but he wasn’t poor.

So, who is the REAL beggar that I can donate to?

June 27, 2016 at 11:33 am

It is more blessed to give than to receive for those who have abundant in life. My wife and I are generous alms givers. Saturday is our market day. You could spot beggars, young and old, men and women begging for cash. You could also see disabled mendicants. Every time we eat at the public resto and a beggar approched us, it is our practice not to give them cash. Instead, we ordered food for him and let him finish eating. We feel something inexplicable that we have done something good to someone who is least in life.

June 27, 2016 at 12:58 pm

@peachpurple Begging is a serious problem in India. In fact, there are many who prefer to beg instead of work because they can make more money by begging then doing the labour work. I never donate money to anybody who seem to be physically fit. If they are healthy and fit then they should better work instead of begging.

I used to pity the kids who beg on streets and give them money but you cannot be sure if it is going to help them. You never know if these kids aren’t using the money to indulge in bad habits like smoking. Besides in India, there have been numerous reports of the kids being kidnapped and then being forced to beg and the abductors live on the money which these children beg. So now I don’t money to kids also. Instead I keep some eatables in my car and I prefer to give the kid a pack of biscuits or some fruit instead of giving them money.

June 27, 2016 at 2:30 pm

I do not pity beggars, actually it depends on what they look like. In my place, beggars are asking for money not in a nice way. They will stalk you. They even used children, babies in asking for money which I really hate. The local government have programs for them but they are the ones that are hard headed deciding for life, giving the impression that they don’t want to receive help. They will love to do it all their own, so I will not give them anything.

Some beggars here in my place are called Bajao. These kids are not nice. They are asking money forcefully. If you will nag at them, scream at them they will fight back, they will certainly hurt you. I rather not notice them and say no to them.

For me, some beggars are lazy. Lazy enough to look for something that will give them earnings. The life everyone have right now is the one that is really hard for many of us. If I have something, more than enough, I will certainly give them but on my situation right now, I rather think of myself first. In fact most of them doesn’t want food, they literally and forcefully asked for money.

October 6, 2016 at 8:14 am

yes its sometimes good to donate to beggars because you never know a person’s situation just put yourself in their shoes for a minute and you will see the difference ,always remember “who feels it knows it “

October 30, 2016 at 11:34 am

Once a man came to our door asking for money to spend a night in a hotel because he was homeless he promised he would come back and fix my old ceiling fan,.He never showed his face again.  Then one day we were at the Dollar store coming out of a nice apartment, was nicely dressed and asked my dad in the car for five dollars because he needs gasoline to get his wife. MY dad figured he begged so many people he forgot those he begged off before and was asking money for everybody. My dad wouldn’t tell us the words he used on that man, but I have a feeling it wasn’t pretty! He was a professional beggar.  But I feel bad for the homeless I am not allowed to give, or I would give most of my money.

November 2, 2016 at 6:38 am

I once was waiting for the bus when a homeless/beggar man walked up to catch the bus with me. He pulled out a wad of money and started counting it in front of me. He told me he made over $200 that day begging for money. He said he does it every other day and where and how much he normally gets. Said he had a nice home and a nice car but doesn’t want to work a 9-5 job. Why should he when people give him the money free.

This makes me question people when I see them now. How do I know if they are truly homeless or are they in fact lying about where they live. People are not honest.

December 16, 2016 at 2:05 pm

yes i do give money to beggars son the streets but not all the time. Many at times and especially in Kenya, begging has become a business, people who no longer want to work, go to begging, people who use their children to beg, because they know, you will definitely give money to children, we have people who beg just to see if you will give it to them.

its always so difficult to know who genuinely need help and who doesn’t so most of the time if i have coins, the first one i see to calls to me, i will give or just wait till im at the supermarket and fill the red cross coin boxes

December 16, 2016 at 9:36 pm

Begging in my country has gone to another level where people dont do it genuinely. You will find people who are well physically they dont look like they are disabled in anyway for them to be assisted by passers by and you wonder why would someone go begging on the streets when they are in perfect condition to go out and fend for themselves. All people want is freebies yet we are in an era where if you use the brains that God has given you , you can actually live a comfortable life. But people nowadays don’t want to work their way up, they want quick money which has never really helped anyone. To answer your question i used to be very sympathetic to beggars on the streets back in the days, i used to give money sometimes i may even buy some bread and milj and give them because they were genuine and you could see that they really needed help, but nowadays things have changed people are actually using begging as an excuse not to work and just get free money. Lije the other day i stumbled on one who was smoking a cigarette and is begging for alms how do you help such a person honestly. I myself don’t smoke, how do i start giving such a person my money forget it! Thats being insane.

January 12, 2017 at 6:46 pm

I have given “beggars” cash before. I feel a need to help people. Not all of them are addicts or drunks. There are those that have no choice to be one the street because in life sh*t happens. To be honest I have been in a that type of situation. We were hungry and hadn’t eaten for a couple of days. I had no money and was camping outside for a good month. So I put my pride aside and asked people for a few dollars or any change. I was blessed to have received any. It is the people who were generous enough to give a little to those who have nothing. That day I fed myself and a few others I knew were starving. So I do my best to give to those that are in need. Your heart will guide you, just follow it.

January 19, 2017 at 4:25 am

you and your wife are kind heart people with angel souls.

I am sure that God will bless both of you with love and keep doing these good deeds.

I wanted to donate food to beggars too …

January 19, 2017 at 8:39 am

I can relate. I also give alms but mostly top those very old people , who i know can’t find any job anymore . But for children , no , because they will be encouraged to beg more rather than go to school . Besides , they are the parents’ responsibility.