Comment on What foods would be best to give to someone living on the streets in a very hot/humid country?

mawkishdave@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• balance_sheet@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Don’t, find local homeless charities and give them ~~food or ~~ money.

  If you can, give them money, not food.

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  • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s interesting. Growing up, we were always told not to give money because if the person is a user or something, they’ll just use it to get their next fix, instead of buying food.

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    • techingtenor@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are talking about giving to charities, not directly to the homeless. Even if they were talking about giving directly, the drug argument is very silly. If they’re hungry they’re gonna buy food first. Maybe they’ll try to buy less than they need so they can use the leftover for drugs, but that’s their prerogative.

      I work with the homeless and the vast majority are just worried about meeting their basic needs and being treated like a human.

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• Pat12@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  i do this too but at the moment when i encounter this person i can’t just leave them without anything

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  • JimmyDean@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dry goods that don’t need to be prepared. Things like crackers and beef jerky are reliable choices.

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      JimmyDean: “hand out beef”

      Username checks out, but this might not go over well in much of India.

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• Pat12@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I give money to local charities too but i’m talking about when i’m walking on the street and and it’s an ad-hoc thing

  this is the organization i give to: sunshine-action.org

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