The Philippines has been recognized as among the world's most generous countries, according to the annual World Giving Index report of 2022. The World Giving Index is a report published annually since 2009 by U.K.-based Charities Aid Foundation or CAF. The first index was published a year after the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 to gain insight into people's generosity in times of crisis.
"Now, this longrunning study has given us the opportunity to look not only at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted giving around the world, but also how the global community is engaging with giving as we seek to establish a new sense of normalcy," the CAF writes in its 2022 report.
Three measures were used to gauge generosity: Helping a Stranger, Donating Money, and Volunteering Time. These categories are then averaged to get the overall score for the most generous countries.
In the 2022 edition of the World Giving Index, Indonesia topped the list of the world's most generous countries overall. Meanwhile, the Philippines ranked 20th in the overall score for the world's most generous countries in 2022.
However, it made the top 10 in the world's top countries for volunteering time. It also ranked decently in helping strangers, ranking 15th in the world. But the Philippines ranked near the bottom of the index when it comes to donating money, placing 79th out of 119 countries, with a score of 29 percent.
Overall Ranking for the World's Most Generous Countries in 2022
Despite having a low score in donating money to help people and charities, the Philippines landed in top 6 when it comes to volunteering time. This was evident during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 when the so-called "Community Pantries" began sprouting in neighborhoods across the country.
The Community Pantry was an initiative by social worker Patricia Non. It was a modern-day bayanihan aimed at offering reprieves from lockdowns and COVID-19 hardships by providing free food donated by members of the community.
Read the full report of the World Giving Index here.
This story originally appeared on Esquiremag.ph. Minor edits have been made by the Preview.ph editors.
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