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Charity box, is a metal box usually used for the charity fund collection installed in different areas of the city. The box has a small opening to insert the coin or bank notes. These boxes are regularly emptied and the fund is being used for charity purposes. In normal conditions, opening it is not possible for everyone, only the care taker responsible for the box could open the box.

With the advancement of the technology, the possibility of making donations via the ATM machines has been made possible which doesnt have the common issues of the Charity Boxes.

In some country there are Charity Cards which with every use, the bank charges the user to make donations.

History
Jewish scholars used a box in their temples to collect the donations from the people and they were using it to raise the children of respectful poor families.

Iran
In Iran, there are around 7,000,000 charity boxes which was installed by the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and has a 150 Billion Tomans ( 150 Trillion Rials) yearly collection.