DONATE IN KIND TOO

Just because you signed over a hefty wad of cash to air-condition an old-people’s home doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to contribute. Several groups are just as happy to receive your old, but useable clothes, recyclable goods, books, toys your kids have outgrown, furniture, time and skills. And you never know who might need it – a school for hearing impaired might want your old cellphone so students can use SMS to communicate. A dog shelter might want your old books for a garage sale to raise money for a sterilisation drive. A disability group might just need your marketing skills for their exhibition. And the blind may simply need you to read out a textbook to they can make a copy in Braille. Every action that prevents an NGO from using its own funds helps. So

give away!