The word “charity” originates from the Latin word “Caritas”, meaning “Christian love of your human being”, and only began to be used as an organization to help others at the end of the XVIII century.”Charity” is voluntary humanitarian aid to poor, vulnerable, sick, and disabled people conducted by organizations or individuals. The International Charity Day was established by the Hungarian Parliament and Government in honour of Mother Teresa in 2011, and they chose the day as it was the anniversary of her death.
It was first marked at the UN in 2012, when Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, urged all people worldwide to carry out charity work. Since then, International Charity Day has been marked in the world with a number of charity activities and humanitarian and voluntary aid to disabled, vulnerable, and poor people by organizations and individuals to save people’s lives, fight against diseases, and protect children. It has become the day of hope as on September 5, charity organizations, companies, societies, enterprises, and so on organize charity activities.
Marking any day internationally leads to increased efforts and activities as billions of people become aware of it. Carrying out charity does not mean being able to spend a lot of money, as any voluntary or humanitarian aid by organizations or individuals is a significant donation to the people who are waiting for help.
