Receiving is a one-time thing, while learning to create is a long-lasting change. When you receive something, you take it and feel grateful, but when you learn to create and recreate, the feeling of hope and empowerment do not diminish when the shoe, or the glasses, or whatever else you got for free does.
I am against the “one for one” business model because I think it is unsustainable and one-sided. Unsustainable because it is impossible for a business to give free things to others forever, and one-sided because it is created from only one perspective- the business’s. Of course, there are probably many more arguments to support this point of view that can all be found with an easy Google search. However, the primary reason why I am against it is because I have seen better models to solve the same problem. In the video Social Entrepreneurs: Pioneering Social Change, Dorothy Stoneman from YouthBuild USA implemented a creative plan where youth with no jobs to do were brought together to build houses for homeless people. In class, we also explored several businesses that have adopted this method. I believe this method is more effective than the one for one model because it utilizes what is not being utilized to fill in the gaps for a specific need. Instead of giving, or in this case, building the houses for them, they direct others to do so, and in the process, were able to leave those youth feeling empowered to make more change in the future. This, in the long run, is more sustainable and allows the other side to actively participate instead of passively receiving what is given to them.