Money is a easy fix for a gift, but for sustained livelihood; skills outweigh money.
One might say you need money for skills training because different aspects of training needs money. Skills training is better than the constant cycle of money gifting. One fixes a timely want. The other builds the capacity to meet needs.
A man equipped with skills has the ability to generate more money, regain his self-dignity, and sustain his livelihood and prospects. He’s not begging for the next hand down. He’s drawing from what he’s built.
I saw this clearly when I visited a children’s home and a prison. In both places, young adults were involved in skills training like sewing, shoemaking, mending and so on that they could support themselves and contribute when they step back into society.
I’m not saying that giving money as charity is bad. But giving money or gifts to someone without prudence or a plan for self-sufficiency is like giving nothing at all. It disappears, and the cycle continues which leaves you dissatisfied. For me, I often give food items and clothing to children’s homes, but I was shocked when I got to one and found the staff sharing those gifts among themselves instead of the children. I stopped visiting that particular home. The people who really deserved the charity often get the lowest share, especially as they were children. They economy is hard but taking gifts that belongs to orphans is more bad.
_**Money cannot be ruled out completely in charity, **_After equipping someone with skills, money is still needed for initiation, procurement of materials and establishing the skills learnt.
Money is essential for skills survival. And if you ran a survey today, most people would still pick the money over the skill.
Charity will always depend on the situation.
You can not give a hungry man, clothes and expect gratitude.
That’s why it’s good to know which is needed by a person or preferable to a situation.