Poverty at a glance

Global poverty, local poverty, emotional/psychological poverty, effects of poverty on social structures, the rich and poor, The System...What can we do?

CNN and BBC, the New York Times, local papers, churches and other non-profit agencies do a great job at providing the people with 'the latest news'. Most of what people want to hear about is "death", "murder", "scandals" and other "mysterious" crimes and or tragedies that affect our world, or, their world I should say. Just like the genocide taking place in Sudan; people don't want to know what they don't see, because they don't have to respond.

How about what they do see? You can't tell me that any person in this world can wake up in the morning and leave the housej and return in the evening without seeing the remains of poverty's death grip.

What can we do? What can you do? What can I do? We can begin by educating ourselves about what our local community is doing to address poverty; call the city Council or the Red Cross or the Salvation Army. Secondly, pay attention to the News; what global devastation is occurring, and if you can't seem to find out use the internet. All you have to do is type in: Africa and Poverty, and you will be set for life. There are so many people, today, who say they don't know how to help because they haven't tried to. Don't be one of those people.

Make a Difference, today, tomorrow, today.