KILLING COMES VERY EASY TO THE HUMAN RACE. In fact it comes too easy. It has become ingrained in our minds down through history that killing is not only acceptable but also necessary. Taking life is something we are willing to tolerate if we believe it is beneficial to our own lives. How did we… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
HOPE CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD – YET EVERYONE MUST HAVE IT. Hope is the place where dreams are born, and no place on earth needs hope more than in areas ravaged by extreme poverty. To attempt to live without hope destroys a person physically, mentally and emotionally. It takes a toll so severe that… [Read more…]
January 7, 2012
WATCHING HIS CHILD DIE WAS KILLING HIM. All through the night his daughter’s fever would rage and then suddenly she would shake violently with chills. Her small head throbbed with a stabbing pain that made her cry incessantly. At times she seemed to be slipping away, but then she would fight back and be with… [Read more…]
October 8, 2011
25,000 CHILDREN DIE EACH DAY FROM EXTREME POVERTY…THEY DON’T HAVE TO. In developing countries, children die out of our sight. We are vaguely aware that it is happening, but it is not something we have to personally deal with. The world conveniently looks away because the media refuses to cover the story. But what… [Read more…]
April 10, 2011
EXTREME POVERTY IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF INJUSTICE. Injustice takes many forms, but the end result is always the same: innocent people suffer and die. Unfortunately, most injustice occurs simply because of people’s attitudes. Racial intolerance, bigotry, prejudice and discrimination all result in injustice. The idea of inequality, which makes some believe that they are superior… [Read more…]
March 20, 2011
THE HUMAN MIND IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WE HAVE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST EXTREME POVERTY. Our mental capacity allows us to literally change and control our physical world. We can filter the air we breathe and determine the temperature of our environment. Using our intelligence we can change the course of rivers and move mountains.… [Read more…]
February 27, 2011
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…]
February 6, 2011
AT ANY MOMENT YOUR LIFE COULD DEPEND ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. *** You are in a serious accident, and your heart has stopped beating. If you do not receive emergency medical care you will die. Only a few moments before you had your entire life ahead of you, but now all your plans and goals… [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 2, 2011
Dear Mr. President, As you approach the half-way point in your term you must accept the fact that 21,900,000 human beings, around the world, have died from extreme poverty – on your watch. If this rate continues, by the end of your 4 years in office, 43,800,000 will be dead…and 36,500,000 of those deaths will… [Read more…]
December 13, 2010
EACH DEATH STATISTIC IN EXTREME POVERTY IS A HUMAN BEING THAT WE FAILED TO HELP. Maiba was five years old when she died. She had spent 60 months living in constant hunger and pain. She was chronically sick and weak. Her physical growth had been delayed and her mental faculties had not developed fully.… [Read more…]
October 24, 2010
YOUR COMFORTABLE LIFE COMES AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS. The alarm goes off; you hop into a nice warm shower that lasts about five minutes and uses 20 gallons of water. You pick out your clothes from an expensive collection of styles and colors, and then you head to the kitchen where you have an… [Read more…]
June 30, 2010
WHEN YOU SAVE “ONE LIFE” YOU ARE POTENTIALLY SAVING “MANY LIVES”. Because millions of people die each year from extreme poverty, it seems like an impossible task for one individual to make a meaningful difference…but what if your monthly donation to the relief agency of your choice saved just one life? What would the impact… [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…]
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…]
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