If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to?
Today’s thought-provoking question about who you would donate to if you had 1 million dollars reveals a lot about what people care about.
There’s a lot of injustice and state-sponsored violence going on in the world.
I would give 1 million divided by 20% each so 200K each to the following movements and charitable causes:
Global Witness: Exceptional investigations into corruption and greenwashing in global sleazy agribusinesses like the palm oil industry and meat industry. Along with investigations of illegal trade of ivory and endangered animals.
Captain Paul Watson Foundation: Relentless and brave fights on the ocean against the disgusting slaughter of dolphins and whales by Norway and Japan. Captain Watson is currently in a Japanese prison under spurious and weak charges for stopping dolphin slaughter.
The Māori party in Aotearoa who are currently fighting against an attempt by New Zealand’s current right-wing government to roll-back and undo generations of struggle by Māori for sovereignty and power against colonial land-grabbers. The government wants to remove the special rights of Māori in NZ’s founding document the Treaty of Waitangi so that they can procure (and destroy) more land for dairy- their biggest money spinner and the main cause of New Zealand’a environmental destruction.
BDS movement: The boycott, divestment and sanction movement for Palestine against Israel. For obvious reasons, Israeli state and western government sanctioned genocide against the Palestinian people. It is playing out in real time online and cannot be hidden. Netanyahu is no better than Hitler what he’s doing and is shaming the many Jewish people who oppose his violence. Many people say #Notinmyname.
Help Cats Palestine: A close friend of one of my close friends is a wonderful, generous and kind man in Palestine named Mo. Despite being starving due to the war, he and his family have fed and protected 100s of cats in Palestine 🇵🇸 for decades. Even now, they are still helping these cats. So many people are suffering because of the ego and hunger for power of a select few psychopaths. Enough is enough!
I feel grateful I live in a place with beautiful parks I can visit. I don’t need to live in a hell hole like Palestine.
What about you? Who would you give the money to?
Content Catnip 
Great places to give money to! I’d probably be extremely selfish and give the most of it to myself if that was possible. Still – I have a great idea where I’d like to invest with companies so they can have specific programs for junior developers so they can get hired. Like “hire an underdog” or something like that.
I’m sick and tired of being unemployed and I would like to help others in a similar situation to get hired as well. Juniors are needed out there. If we don’t give them all a chance, the whole IT department globally will collapse soon.
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Great answer! I don’t think it’s selfish, it’s important to take care of yourself and make sure you are safe and well-fed, sheltered etc. If I was given 1 million I would likely keep it and invest it for the future too but the question was about who I would give it to…if that was the only option available. The IT sector is very unstable at the moment I agree, I feel worried for anyone working in this sector it has become very tough. I really hope it doesn’t collapse, will keep hoping and praying. Thanks for your comment xx
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These are all amazing causes – I can’t argue with any of them 🙂
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Thanks my friend, have a good weekend
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I’ll do my best – you too 🙂
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