COURAGE IS A MOTHER WHO QUIETLY LOSES HER LIFE GIVING BIRTH IN EXTREME POVERTY. We all admire courage. Bravery is considered one of the finest qualities an individual can possess. That is why we honor those who demonstrate courage with medals and awards. We put them on a pedestal and look up to them. We emulate them… [Read more…]
February 20, 2011
EVERY 34 DAYS ONE MILLION HUMAN BEINGS DIE FROM EXTREME POVERTY. Imagine what it would be like if during the next 34 days the entire population of Detroit, Michigan lost their lives. It would be the most catastrophic event in America’s history. That is more than twice the amount of war deaths the United States suffered… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
A CYNIC IS A COWARD. Extreme poverty is a complex problem with many factors requiring a variety of approaches. Finding solutions requires money, time and effort. Obviously it is far easier to just throw up your hands and declare that it can’t be done. Usually this dramatic claim is made by someone who has refused… [Read more…]
January 15, 2011
Dear Mr. President, Cancer kills 7.6 million people world-wide each year. You have lost loved ones to this devastating disease and so have I, including my mother who was only 40. But even the horror of cancer does not kill as many human beings each year as extreme poverty does. 10,950,000 completely innocent men,… [Read more…]
October 6, 2010
FOR WOMEN IN EXTREME POVERTY LIFE IS FILLED WITH HARDSHIP, HEARTACHE AND DEATH. Too often these women have no rights or representation of any kind. They are expected to suffer in silence and to do otherwise can mean serious physical harm. For these women the suffering occurs on many levels. Not only is their own personal… [Read more…]
October 2, 2010
WITH KNOWLEDGE COMES RESPONSIBILITY. One of the most important aspects to solving the horror of extreme poverty is raising awareness around the world about this relentless killer. Unfortunately, most people have no idea about the severity of the crisis. From time to time they see the sad images of sick and starving children on TV… [Read more…]
September 10, 2010
EXTREME POVERTY KILLS 25,000 CHILDREN EACH DAY. MANY OF THESE DEATHS ARE FROM A LACK OF MEDICAL CARE. * You wake up in the middle of the night and your child is coughing violently. She is sweating and burning up with fever. She drifts into incoherence and then suddenly begins to shriek in pain. You… [Read more…]
June 20, 2010
THE OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS A DISASTER UNPRECEDENTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY. It is now day 62 of the crisis that tragically took the lives of 11 men, and, unfortunately, the destruction is still spreading as the oil continues to flow unchecked. Both politicians and the press have focused unrelentingly on the… [Read more…]
April 1, 2010
THE WORLD OF EXTREME POVERTY IS LITTERED WITH LANDMINES. Kambale cried as he walked alone. There were no other people in sight, and he was afraid. He was only six years old, and he had been searching for his mother for hours. They were refugees in a war torn area of their country, and they had become separated… [Read more…]
January 15, 2010
DEATH IS RELENTLESS. IT IS UNCARING. IT IS WITHOUT REMORSE. IT SHOWS NO MERCY. IT STRIKES SUDDENLY OR CREEPS UP SLOWLY. IT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT AGE, GENDER OR RACE. When you are trapped in extreme poverty, death is waiting for you each morning. You can feel its presence throughout the day. As you try to… [Read more…]
November 15, 2009
HOW MANY HUMAN BEINGS HAVE TO DIE FOR IT TO BE A NEWS STORY WORTH COVERING? If a leak from a chemical plant killed 30,000 Americans in a 24 hour period it would be one of the biggest stories in television news history, while the 30,000 human beings who died from extreme poverty that same… [Read more…]
November 14, 2009
30,000 PEOPLE DIED TODAY. 25,000 OF THEM WERE CHILDREN. ALL OF THESE DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED WHERE IS THE BREAKING NEWS? WHERE ARE THE HEADLINES? How could the media miss the biggest story of the day? 30,000 also died yesterday, and those deaths were ignored too. Another 30,000 will die tomorrow, and it will… [Read more…]
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