Artwork of the Week: Street Beggar 1940 by Nicholas Mukomberanwa, A part of the NGZ permanent collection, Dimensions: 82x40x70cm
This week we celebrate
International Day of Charity
Nicholas
Mukomberanwa‘s artwork Street Beggar depicts a beggar with his head tilted and
face looking down with an outstretched hand expecting alms. This brings out a
somber atmosphere. The beggar’s appearance shows the desperate situation he is
in. Charity is defined as the voluntary of giving help. The United Nations in the
agenda for sustainable development recognizes that poverty eradication in all
forms and dimensions including poverty eradication is the greatest global
challenge. The Agenda also calls for a spirit of strengthened
global solidarity, focused in particular on the needs of the poorest and most
vulnerable. It also acknowledges the role of the diverse private sector,
ranging from micro-enterprises to cooperatives to multinationals, and that of
civil society organizations and philanthropic organizations in the
implementation of the new Agenda.
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