I came across this at a blog called The Reading Lounge.
The man who took this Pulitzer Prize winning photo in 1994, Kevin Carter, committed suicide three months after receiving the prize. 1994... and children are still starving. What could the world have done to help with the money that was spent on this stupid war in Iraq? What could the people who have died in it done with their lives?
What will become of us if we do not find our hearts and Souls and sooner rather than later?
Peace y'all
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The history of man is a pretty shabby record of compassion. This war is not new behaviour. While hundreds of thousands are slaughtered in genocides, famines, and live in dire poverty, we stand quietly on the sidelines thinking, "Too bad... but ....Better them than me..."
Greetings Marti,
Thanks for stopping in and leaving your comment.
I hope one day people will have suffered the consequences of that mind-set of "separate" enough to realize that it is in fact "me" that suffers right along with "them" when ones apathy comes back to visit and people look the other way and no one cares about our suffering... and it is just "too bad".
Peace
Its a shocking picture. Its really sad to see so many poor people around us who are suffering from poverty.
Greetings Santoshi,
Yeah, it is shocking and I hope it inspires people to take some action, anything no matter how small to help. I support a program in my community that brings organic farmers and low income kids together to learn about food production. They even run a mobile farmers market for low income families to get fresh veggies at a price they can afford. There are a lot of people out there doing good and you can google it to easily find them and help them out with what you can afford to give (time or money). Every little bit makes a difference and it can make you feel like a million bucks... as well we should feel when we take any action to help.
Peace
I could go on and on about starvation, politics, and the changes in the climate that affect plant growth in Africa. Crazy thugs running the country keeping aid such as grain from getting to the actual starving people. But, I can't take it this morning.
You should check out Mimi Writes - type it into your google - get a peace globe, join us on Nov 6th.
It is horrific, what goes on if Africa, and we don't bat an eye. Did you know that for the past 20+ years The UN’s head of humanitarian affairs, Jan Egeland, has described the situation in Uganda [civil war] as the most neglected humanitarian crisis in the world? I was shocked and dismayed. (You can read more about it at my blog web-betty.com/blog "Killing for Christianity" It's not a religious blog--the title comes from the reason there is a civil war in Uganada)
Thank you for reminding us, again, that there is a need greater than ours. :)
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