WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK OFFICE HE WAS 47 YEARS OLD. THAT IS OLDER THAN THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SOME AREAS OF AFRICA. If you live in the West and you are in your forties you have another 35 or 40 years of life to look forward to. Congratulations. However, if you live in certain parts… [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…]
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…]
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…]
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