Charity begins at home

Istrina's last edition brought with it a bit of controversy because after only a few hours on air, the PBS chairman decided that the video clips and fun games involving local personalities should be omitted and instead the focus should be placed on giving out gifts so as to collect more money. Some were in favour of this move while others said that the whole aim is to highlight the plight of the people for whom the money was being collected. Maybe the organisers of Istrina should take a leaf out from the Dar tal-Providenza television marathon, who without giving out gifts managed to collect a cool 500,000 euros.

Charity does not only involve giving money, though this is a good thing and should be done at least once a year. It also involves giving up some of your personal time for people less fortunate than us. A few examples that come up to mind are helping the Sisters at Creche with the little kids and going to an old people's home and keeping company some of the old people. Obviously there are other ways of doing charity... after all every little bit counts !