The way I see charities today are often a disembodied entity that is results-oriented but disconnects the giver from the receiver.
When you say charities are disembodied entities, you mean giving aid or a check to some monolithic organization, who then distributes this, is impersonal.
While your experience of this “disembodiment” is correct—this is just the result of having a small, dedicated professional staff, distributing the aid fairly, effectively and efficiently.
If you wanted to distribute aid, this is probably the best way of doing it.
If you didn’t want this aid distributed, you can argue the particular aid is bad (worse than your classes) or that aid in general is bad. These argument are commonly made (there’s multiple camps/movements/literatures against poverty or development aid), but you won’t find a lot of agreement here.
Your intuitions and concerns seem correct and important. It would be wonderful to speak and watch your students grow and become independent instead. It’s not clear how to solve this problem.
When you say charities are disembodied entities, you mean giving aid or a check to some monolithic organization, who then distributes this, is impersonal.
While your experience of this “disembodiment” is correct—this is just the result of having a small, dedicated professional staff, distributing the aid fairly, effectively and efficiently.
If you wanted to distribute aid, this is probably the best way of doing it.
If you didn’t want this aid distributed, you can argue the particular aid is bad (worse than your classes) or that aid in general is bad. These argument are commonly made (there’s multiple camps/movements/literatures against poverty or development aid), but you won’t find a lot of agreement here.
Your intuitions and concerns seem correct and important. It would be wonderful to speak and watch your students grow and become independent instead. It’s not clear how to solve this problem.