PrintLet us not forget those who have too little to eat...
The news out of Haiti is unbelievably distressing:
"Haiti’s poor resort to eating mud as prices rise"
"It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums and Charlene Dumas was eating mud.
With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22902512/
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2 Comments:
Every winter holiday season the same thought occurs to me: If we took all the money we spent on getting gifts we no one really want, even a small developed country could raise enough funds to relieve the hunger of millions of desperately needy people (as well as establish the necessary minimal infrastructure to ensure effective and optimal use of these funds).
Every time I discuss it with others, they agree that it is a fine idea, 'but impossible'. Okay... WHY? Complicated, perhaps, but 'impossible' (or 'unrealistic')?
Is anyone doing anything about the situation in Haiti?
mongoose at 3:29AM on 01/30/08
One thing that can be done is this...
GO visite www.freerice.com It is a website set up by the UN. You play a vocabulary game and for each correct answer a grain of rice is donated to an impoverished area of the world. The more you play, the more you donate. In addition...you build a better vocabulary bank.
HMcChezz at 8:58AM on 01/30/08