Your Donation Clothes?

Many of us grow up with learning that we should help the society and look after the people who are needy ones That concept is great in itself. But have you ever questioned why are some people in the society are needy? If we look deeper into why some people are rich while others are poor; it might not be as complicated question as it sounds but in this blog I will focus on one particular issue. Our Clothing Donation Bins. Many of us may or may not know that clothing is a big business. In this blog I will focus on problems that clothing donation bins pose to both people who live in Canada and others who live in poor countries. 

One problem that the clothing donation bins pose country wide is deaths. In fact some cases in British Columbia and Ontario have forced to make a call to change the design of the clothing bins or even remove the bins altogether. Donation bins are intentionally designed  to prevent clothes getting stolen from them or animals entering in the bins. For that reason there is a metal opening similar to mailbox opening. A lot of people who try to steal from the bins are homeless people. They do not have a place to live and warm clothes to wear when its clod outside. First of all the donation bins opening is above ground level so when people try to get in they have to use some force to reach. The second thing is they cannot make it inside the bins. They try to push themselves in or try to get out but they get stuck in the middle and end up losing their lives by getting stuck in the middle- half way in and half way out.

Now the other very important thing is that the local textile industries in the poor countries go out of business because of our donated clothes. We are hurting their economy. Stop and think for a moment and count how much damage your one donated shirt can potentially cause. Hundreds and thousands of local textile providers, tailors and garment makers are out of business because of our generous clothing donations. As long as we are donating they will stay out of business. It is really up to us how long we chose to stay irresponsible and hurt them.