Charity is different for everyone. For me I like to give money once a year. My logic is that if I give a larger amount to one group my donation will have a bigger impact.

Of course it’s more complicated than that. People fund raise for things during the year and I end up donating when someone I know is involved with something. It feels rude not to. And if I don’t I feel guilty.

I want to donate where my donation will do the most good. But it’s not easy to figure that out.

Should I donate to help people in need in my own country? Or would I do more good by donating to help people in less developed countries?

Should my donation go towards a longer term project, such as finding cures for sickness and disease? Or should I put my donation to work helping people affected by disasters, a shorter term issue?

I haven’t got an answer. But it’s always better to help someone rather than do nothing and help nobody.