Some people may disagree with the statement and believe that although there are some people who are very poor in their own country, their poverty does not compare to the poverty of those living in the third-world and therefore they do not need as much help as the poor overseas.
Others might argue that we should help the third-world before we help those in our own country because many of the poor in our own countries have been offered the chance to help themselves in the past but they have decided to ignore it, however the poor in the third-world have never had the opportunity to try to help themselves therefore they need aid the most.
Other people may believe that “charity begins at home”. This may be because Jesus said “Love thy neighbour as yourself”, however Christians believe that everyone is our neighbour and therefore we should help everybody, even if we do not know them.
Some people would also disagree with the statement and think that we should help those in other poor countries because in the third-world there are millions of people dying of diseases and unlike the people in
more economically developed countries, they are unable to get medical help and they therefore need as much help from charities as possible.
Some people might argue that it is pointless to help the poor in our own country. This may be because many of the poor in our own country are only poor because of problems they have caused themselves like alcohol and drugs and if we continue to throw money at them they will simply continue to waste their money on their addictions.
In conclusion, I think that we should help the poor, regardless of where they live. Helping those in need is a noble act of human kindness and ending world poverty should be a universal objective. However I also think that we often focus on the poverty in third-world countries and forget that there are many people living in severe poverty in England that also need help. I also think that helping others is very important because of Jesus’ teachings and because it is what God would want us to do.
