welfare Archives - Women in The Church of Jesus Christ https://womenseekingchrist.org/tag/welfare/ Who We Are, What We Believe, How We Live -- Glimpses into Latter-day Saint Life Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:53:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mormon Welfare and Self-Reliance https://womenseekingchrist.org/2011/08/07/mormon-welfare-and-self-reliance/ https://womenseekingchrist.org/2011/08/07/mormon-welfare-and-self-reliance/#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:53:58 +0000 http://mormonwoman.org/?p=10069 This is a fantastic article about a village in Papua New Guinea that went from relying on food supplies from the Church to becoming self-reliant. Marion G. Romney (1897–1988), a member of the First Presidency, once said, ”Many programs have been set up by well-meaning individuals to aid those in need. However, many of those […]

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]]> This is a fantastic article about a village in Papua New Guinea that went from relying on food supplies from the Church to becoming self-reliant.

Marion G. Romney (1897–1988), a member of the First Presidency, once said, ”Many programs have been set up by well-meaning individuals to aid those in need. However, many of those programs are designed with the short-sighted objective of ‘helping people’ as opposed to ‘helping people help themselves’“ (“The Celestial Nature of Self-Reliance,”Ensign, June 1984, 3).

This story is a wonderful example of the inspired humanitarian program of the Church of helping people to be self-reliant. However, it does require the individuals involved to be committed and be prepared to do the hard work if they want the rewards.

There is a common saying about effective humanitarian aid: ”If you give a man a fish he lives for a day, but if you teach him how to fish he lives forever.“

 

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