Feeder

On the Christmas Eve I decided to do something good for those people that are alone and the most needy today. I wanted to share this great Christmas atmosphere with homeless people. I made a borsch to five flasks, bought plastic cups and give it to those poor people. There were a lot of them near eg. train station sitting in the outside. The weather was quite good today so they didn't feel as much cold as last year when the Christmas Eve was ice-cold. Today everyone should be kind for each other. Our country is general a Catholic country and as the Bible said it is vital to treat each other in a good way. I don't think that this commandment is fulfilled. In my opinion everyone care only about themselves and can't see the suffering around them. Also it is very interesting why do people feel more pity for poor dogs or cats than for other human being? I can't answer this question.
I took my younger sister with me to help. She took the camera and we supposed to film everything. However we got some complications. We both felt like asking those people to film them is inappropriate. The were defenceless and lost sitting alone on the Christmas Eve. They could feel humiliated by this action.
But what was surprising for me is that mainly homeless people didn't want my help. When I asked them if they want some borsch firstly they would say no. I had to convince them that I did this specially for them, that it is for free and that I don't want to harm them. But when they finally see that this is something good for them they acted very polite. They were asking me if I'm from some organisation and why am I doing this. Through this few hours I spent on this action I haven't seen any act of anger from homeless people but what was surprising other people were negative to me. I wanted to make something like a controlled trial and I was disappointed. I was trying to give a cup to some people waiting for a bus or train. Those people were answering me in an impolite way and no one wanted to take a cup from me.
I think that it is very sad that those who have nothing can share more positive emotions with you than other that theoretically should be happy people. I really pitied those homeless people. I know that they are sometimes on the street because they don't want to be sober. But is it exactly like this? Alcoholism is a sickness and is very hard to go through it. Sometimes it is impossible to do this when the person is alone and has no support. We shouldn't be prejudice and judge other people by their appearance because sometimes we can mistaken very badly.
What was the biggest shock for me through this whole action is the moment when I woke up the man sleeping sitting on the branch and offered him a cup and he smiled to me an said surprised: "and you wanted to do something like this?". I had time, enough money to buy those few things and full family waiting for me for the Christmas Eve supper. I wanted to do this because I had all I need on this day and I wanted to help as much as I can to make other people feel like they are a part of this world.

This is us right before going out for this action.

Learning Outcomes:

• Work collaboratively with others

• Show perseverance and commitment

• Engage with issues of global importance

• Consider ethical implications

• Develop new skills