REFUGEES ARE HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING WE TAKE FOR GRANTED. A refugee is anyone who leaves their home and their possessions in order to protect their physical well-being. Becoming a refugee is usually a last resort that occurs in the most desperate of situations that, unfortunately, changes their life forever. Obviously none of us… [Read more…]
November 11, 2011
HOW CAN WE GO ABOUT OUR COMFORTABLE LIVES WHILE MILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS NEEDLESSLY STARVE TO DEATH EACH YEAR? Having enough food to eat is a fundamental human right, and because there is more than enough food for everyone, there is absolutely no justification for life threatening hunger to occur. Each day there are… [Read more…]
November 5, 2011
OUR LACK OF COMPASSION ALLOWS 10,950,000 HUMAN BEINGS TO DIE EACH YEAR IN EXTREME POVERTY. Compassion is having the ability to understand someone else’s suffering, and having the desire to take action to alleviate that pain. It is the quality that allows you to step outside of yourself and see the true needs of others, including complete strangers… [Read more…]
October 22, 2011
TRUE SACRIFICE IS RARE BECAUSE IT REQUIRES CHARACTER AND MORAL STRENGTH. For some people the idea of sacrifice is a completely alien concept. They spend their entire lives expecting others to make sacrifices on their behalf, but it never even occurs to them to return the favor. They quickly fall into the habit of constantly… [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…]
September 17, 2011
IT ONLY TAKES 55 DAYS FOR ONE MILLION CHILDREN TO DIE FROM HUNGER RELATED CAUSES. During that same length of time the average person will consume at least 132,000 calories, and in many cases they’ll take in a lot more than that. Some of us will put on weight during this time. We’ll go on… [Read more…]
September 3, 2011
IS ALL LIFE VALUED EQUALLY? How do we value a human life? What criteria do we use? Is one life deemed more valuable than another based on a particular set of perimeters? At this point in time that would, unfortunately, seem to be the case. We tend to judge people for all the wrong reasons, and this… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
THE EASE WITH WHICH WE ACCEPT THE INJUSTICE OF EXTREME POVERTY INCREASES WITH DISTANCE. When we see an accident happen and we think there might be someone hurt we are compelled to see if we can offer assistance. If we are out in public and someone collapses we rush to their side to do what we… [Read more…]
April 22, 2011
THE HUNGER OF AFFLUENCE Bert and Sharon were absolutely starving as they stood in line at their favorite all-you-can-eat buffet. Bert, who was planning to really put on the feedbag tonight, had cleverly remembered to loosen his belt a few notches out in the truck before they came in. They had both taken all of their… [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…]
December 26, 2010
THIS YEAR MAKE A RESOLUTION TO SAVE A HUMAN LIFE. Each New Year is a time of possibilities. It is a time for reflection. We stop and consider where we are in our lives and we think about the changes we would like to make. It is the one time of the year where we… [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…]
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 1, 2010
HOW LONG CAN YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WITHOUT HOPE? You wake up in the morning and the stifling heat washes over you. Immediately you feel incredible thirst but there is nothing to drink – not yet anyway. A small amount of clean water is just over three miles away, you have to make the… [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…]
August 10, 2010
IN AMERICA THE LIFETIME RISK OF MATERNAL DEATH IS 1-IN-2800. IN CERTAIN PARTS OF AFRICA IT IS 1-IN-16. Zaria was 19 years old and she would soon be giving birth to her first child. Having spent her entire life trapped in extreme poverty she had suffered relentlessly. Now, in what should be the happiest of times she… [Read more…]
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