The Philanthropic Alliances
June 15, 2009“The Philanthropic Allainces of Different Sectors of Business”
To jointly offer assistance to the poor countries, we may consider to establish the philanthropic alliances consisting of many subgroups of industries organized separately for each specialized sector. For example, all pharmaceutical companies could gather together to set up a non-profit organization focusing on pharmacology, which can donate medicines to the poor for free. Or, groups of water purifier companies could collectively volunteer to come up with innovative solutions and to install more affodable water purifier to provide clean water in poor regions with a lack of clean water.
I believe that every sector has something valuable to contribute to the philanthropic alliances. For instance, photographers could demonstrate their willingness to help by using their unique artistic talents. Vivid pictures could be used to report desperate realities in poor countries. Book publication companies may set aside its energy to publicize appealing articles for true stories of destitute people in order to raise the awareness of the poor. More practically, an agricultural industry could donate good seeds or fruit pips resistant to diseases and natural disaster. They can also develop agricultural techniques including irrigation, farming, or sustainable agriculture practices. Fashion industries could donate clothings, bags, shoes to the poor. For education sector, Africa could find well-educated local volunteers/teachers who would work for free community night schools. Poor students should be educated without any cost; however, they are obligated to work as teachers after they graduate. Teachers in poor countries would receive intensive, free trainings from the Ministries of Education from developed countries. Furthermore, African universities could actively encourage to exchange local instructors with those of developed countries’ universities to learn more advanced knowledge.
By offering to donate its own products or services, an each sector could fight against world hunger in an efficient and effective way. For incentive system, governments may consider reducing corporate tax rates for socially responsible companies that participated in philanthropic alliances. Each year,governmentS would reward the best performer(s) in every sector with the lasting public recognition and awards. This philanthropic alliances would work closely with the UN World Food Program to organize, coordinate, and monitor the harmonious functions of each sector.
Limitation of this approach could be a lack of willingness of company to join in alliances. That is why more education about third world realities become more critical to get people continuously motivated and committed to the hunger cause.
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