The internet means people do not need to travel to foreign countries to understand how others live. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

The

first

aspect to consider is charity. "More than three in ten adults around the world donated money to charity in 2020" according to the World Giving Index report.

This

is an indicator calculated every year by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), an English charitable organization that has been active for 45 years. (…) Other research on charity have been conducted, and it appears that giving makes

people

happy.

For example

, a study conducted by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton and colleagues in 2008 suggests that donating money to someone else makes you happier than spending it on yourself. (…)

Lastly

, in a 2006 review, Jorge Moll and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health noticed that “when

people

give to charities, it activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, creating a “warm glow” effect” (..)

As a result

of the studies above mentioned, it can be inferred that donation makes individuals happy from a biological point of view as well.

However

, as

this

investigation by Lara Aknin et al. demonstrates,

people

need to see the results of their donations in order to be truly satisfied. Participants in

this

survey were asked to donate money to UNICEF or Spread the Net (these two associations were chosen because they were partners and had the same goals). In the case of UNICEF, which is a huge organization, it is difficult to see how a tiny donation could make a difference.

Instead

, Spread the Net makes a clear pledge to donors: for every $10 donated, a mosquito net will be given to protect children from malaria.

This

study revealed that the more

people

donated to Spread the Net, the happier they felt.

In contrast

, gratitude was completely cancelled when

people

donated to UNICEF.