Social Sector Malaysia: Just How Important Is Short-Term Charity?

Without a doubt, short-term charity/ welfare is still the prominent form of assistance extended to various socially underprivileged groups in the country. In some cases, it turns into lifelong charity support especially to the abandoned elderly and those with severe disabilities from poor families.

For charity claimed to address poverty, there is unfortunately always a gap to progress beyond short term assistance. How exactly can it tackle poverty effectively when the core mission is narrowly focused on providing child education or free meals to the homeless? This has been the case where action consistently falling short of the lofty claims.

It's probably hard to accept that short-term charity that aims to relieve poverty will have to evolve or gradually cease in the future to pave the way for long term solution. It's like saying the implicit goal is to make it irrelevant, but the fact is it shouldn't last forever.