Generous Tuesday: what is it and how to join?
On December 1, Ukraine will join the International Day of Good Deeds for the third time - #GenerousTuesday. On this day, people from all over the world can help each other. We tell you how to join the action and help those who need it.
What is #GenerousTuesday?
#GenerousTuesday originated in 2012 in the United States. Its goal is to involve people in charity as much as possible, by uniting NGOs, businesses, government agencies, etc. Over the past eight years, it has become a mass movement of kindness and generosity. Participants from more than 150 countries join this initiative. In 2019, #GivingTuesday raised more than a billion dollars worldwide. Ukraine joined this initiative only on November 27, 2018.
#GenerousTuesday does not have a specific plan of action and restrictions, as each person, organization or business can implement their own idea, project or event.
The All-Ukrainian Day of Good Deeds is held by the Zagoriy Family Foundation, the Tabletochki Charitable Foundation, the Dobrodiy Club, and the Ukrainian Philanthropists’ Forum. But more and more organizations and funds are constantly joining the action. And you can read more about the initiative on its official website .
How to join this initiative?
In principle, you can help whoever you need. But if you get lost and do not know which project to support, there are special sites where you can choose what you like.
Yes, the Ukrainian Charity Exchange has launched a site dobro . ua, where a marathon with dozens of projects started. The list includes many charitable projects: raising money for protective clothing for doctors, buying food for the homeless, for children with disabilities, equipment for rescuing premature babies and many others .
To help, you can also choose any charity you trust, or offer help to people who need it - homeless people, people with disabilities, those who raise money for surgery, etc. The choice is very large, the main thing is to have the desire to help.
You can also choose who to help on the website of the #GenerousTuesday initiative. By the way, there are two possibilities at once: to join an existing initiative or to offer your own.
If you choose to support the existing initiative, you will open a "Map of Good", which will show various charity events in different regions and cities. There you can read in detail about who organizes this or that action, what kind of help is needed.
You can add your own initiative, for this you have to register, write in detail about your idea and tell about it on social networks. It can be anything - a fair, a charity concert, a flash mob or any other initiative.
In addition, you can get advice on effective charity on the site.
How to help not only with money?
Yes, indeed, many need financial assistance. But if you do not have such an opportunity, you can help in another way:
- Information support.Tell us about projects on social networks so that as many people as possible learn about it and join the initiative;
- Professional support. Very often people need advice on certain issues, and all this is not cheap. If you are, say, a psychologist, accountant, lawyer, etc., you can hold free consultations and explain important aspects;
- Physical support. Animal shelters do not always have enough hands to knock down enclosures or help with cleaning, many elderly people find it difficult to leave the house to shop or pharmacy, and you are quite able to help them with this.
After all, the main thing is a sincere desire to help. And everyone can do it, you just need a little time, generosity and kindness.
Author Anastasia Ishchenko
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What is #GenerousTuesday?
#GenerousTuesday originated in 2012 in the United States. Its goal is to involve people in charity as much as possible, by uniting NGOs, businesses, government agencies, etc. Over the past eight years, it has become a mass movement of kindness and generosity. Participants from more than 150 countries join this initiative. In 2019, #GivingTuesday raised more than a billion dollars worldwide. Ukraine joined this initiative only on November 27, 2018.
#GenerousTuesday does not have a specific plan of action and restrictions, as each person, organization or business can implement their own idea, project or event.
The All-Ukrainian Day of Good Deeds is held by the Zagoriy Family Foundation, the Tabletochki Charitable Foundation, the Dobrodiy Club, and the Ukrainian Philanthropists’ Forum. But more and more organizations and funds are constantly joining the action. And you can read more about the initiative on its official website .
How to join this initiative?
In principle, you can help whoever you need. But if you get lost and do not know which project to support, there are special sites where you can choose what you like.
Yes, the Ukrainian Charity Exchange has launched a site dobro . ua, where a marathon with dozens of projects started. The list includes many charitable projects: raising money for protective clothing for doctors, buying food for the homeless, for children with disabilities, equipment for rescuing premature babies and many others .
To help, you can also choose any charity you trust, or offer help to people who need it - homeless people, people with disabilities, those who raise money for surgery, etc. The choice is very large, the main thing is to have the desire to help.
You can also choose who to help on the website of the #GenerousTuesday initiative. By the way, there are two possibilities at once: to join an existing initiative or to offer your own.
If you choose to support the existing initiative, you will open a "Map of Good", which will show various charity events in different regions and cities. There you can read in detail about who organizes this or that action, what kind of help is needed.
You can add your own initiative, for this you have to register, write in detail about your idea and tell about it on social networks. It can be anything - a fair, a charity concert, a flash mob or any other initiative. In addition, you can get advice on effective charity on the site.
How to help not only with money?
Yes, indeed, many need financial assistance. But if you do not have such an opportunity, you can help in another way:
- Information support.Tell us about projects on social networks so that as many people as possible learn about it and join the initiative;
- Professional support. Very often people need advice on certain issues, and all this is not cheap. If you are, say, a psychologist, accountant, lawyer, etc., you can hold free consultations and explain important aspects;
- Physical support. Animal shelters do not always have enough hands to knock down enclosures or help with cleaning, many elderly people find it difficult to leave the house to shop or pharmacy, and you are quite able to help them with this.
After all, the main thing is a sincere desire to help. And everyone can do it, you just need a little time, generosity and kindness.
Author Anastasia Ishchenko
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