The aggregate from United States, China, United Kingdom, Russia, Australia, and Switzerland is $410.71 billion While it may seem as though, especially in the West, our hedonistic and self-oriented lives yield complete animosity toward the other, together those five countries alone donated a monumental amount in 2018 alone. While most of that sum comes from the U.S., with a report founding that 95 percent of Americans participate in charitable giving, in the U.K., Britons gave over £45 million to approximately 163 thousand charities last year. On another note we should also recognise that migrants across the globe sent an estimated $466 billion back to their countries of origin to support families and economic development in 2017. This is proof that despite the current divisive domestic and international political situation the world over, individual care for one another still exists, and is in fact perhaps stronger than ever before. This should stand as a reminder that humanity, in its core is good. Most of us believe that every single person on this planet deserves to live in dignity – to be able to access basic needs, education and have the ability to flourish. We just have a few obstacles in the way; a few too many distractions and individuals who are determined to make us believe that we have more differences than we do in common. We can push through this. We must. |