Thousands are slowly, painfully starving in Haiti. Hunger riots are breaking out. Where is this on the news?
I challenge you to do something about it. You will have a week to do something about this (after STAR testing, May 7th). First, learn more about the food crisis happening in several impoverished parts of the world right now. Understand this is not an academic exercise; it is real. Then do something about it. What you do, and how you do it, is up to your group. But the requirement is that you help at least one person inside Haiti.
Often I’ll read about the heart-wrenching conditions in various parts of Africa, and wish there was something I could do, but the truth is Africa has always felt far away. Haiti is different, they’re in our own backyard, not too far off the tip of Florida:
Start with research. How bad is the problem? How did it get to this point? What are we doing about it as a country? Is it enough - is our response sizable and quick enough to make the difference? Are there organizations to help? What can we do as individuals? Below, find a few links to get you started.
I would like you to send me a comment/email and tell me what your group's plan is, and how well it is coming along. I will be sending $15 to the UN's World Hunger Programme to feed 10 people for a week.
Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger - NYTimes
The Silent Tsunami - The Economist
How The Rich Starved The World - NewStatesman
1 comment:
Actually, it has been on the news and more so represented in written media. There are hunger and recession specifically in London, England as well as other countries right now, not just Haitis.
Point is, there are other countries in dire need as well.
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