EXTREME POVERTY KILLS WITH ASTONISHING SPEED. 1,250 human beings will die from extreme poverty in the next hour. They die continuously at this rate, without let up, day after day. The dying does not slow down on weekends or on holidays. Death has no concern for age, race, religion or gender. No one is spared.… [Read more…]
September 10, 2011
EXTREME POVERTY PERSISTS BECAUSE WE ALLOW IT TO. Many natural factors contribute to the persistence of extreme poverty. Everything from draughts and tsunamis to hurricanes and earthquakes cause massive loss of life and suffering leaving the survivors homeless and without food or medical care. But on a continuous day-to-day basis the real cause of extreme… [Read more…]
April 3, 2011
WHEN IT COMES TO POVERTY IT IS ALWAYS THE VULNERABLE THAT SUFFER THE MOST, AND NO ONE IS MORE VULNERABLE THAN A DEFENSELESS CHILD. To exploit a child for your own physical pleasure is reprehensible. It is conduct that cannot be allowed to go unpunished and yet it does. How can this be? How… [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…]
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…]
November 29, 2010
TO BE A CHILD IN EXTREME POVERTY IS TO LIVE A LIFE FILLED WITH DANGER. It is heartbreaking for anyone to have to live under the severe conditions of extreme poverty, but it is especially tragic when so many children have to struggle against death every day of their lives. Instead of the joys of… [Read more…]
November 8, 2010
DRUG COMPANIES CLAIM THEY NEED SOARING PROFITS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP LIFE SAVING DRUGS FOR THE FUTURE, BUT THEY ARE FUNDING THAT RESEARCH BY LETTING MILLIONS DIE TODAY. We live in a profit driven world. This is never more evident than when you look at the pharmaceutical industry. It is the most profitable industry in… [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…]
February 25, 2010
HE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND HE WAS TOTALLY ALONE. The clothes on Katib’s back were his only possessions. He did not have a pair of shoes. Because he had not bathed in weeks he was filthy. His hair was matted and his teeth were stained. The stench from his body was overpowering. He was emaciated… [Read more…]
November 13, 2009
THOSE OF US IN THE WEST ARE OFTEN UNAWARE OF JUST HOW EASY OUR LIVES ARE IN COMPARISON TO THE LIVES OF THE ONE BILLION HUMAN BEINGS LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY. It’s not that we are apathetic or selfish or preoccupied so much as it is a simple lack of context. We need to look… [Read more…]
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