Kim said:"Toby Joe" <[email hidden]> wrote
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:I think everyone knows but there is nothing anyone
can do.
Quoted message said:Then "everyone knows" wrong. There is _plenty_ that
ordinary people could do, if only the will to do it was
there.
I have no more MONEY to spare - sorry! We support several
charities here where we live.
I was not asking if you did, nor asking for your money.
I am disputing your claim that "Everyone knows there is
nothing anyone could do".
Another MHA poster demonstrated that it costs nothing to do
several things, where the intention and human concern is
present. That poster a) signed a petition, thereby adding
weight to the concerns of many; b) drew attention to the
petition on line; c) presented the words from that petition,
so that others may learn of the concerns that are already
shared by many.
And no, I am not asking anyone to "sign petitions". I am
saying that there are other ways of helping than by giving
money, for example, by acting to increase awareness of the
situation, or by allowing others to do so.
When I was approached four years ago by someone who works
over there to help in some way, I said right then that I did
not have money to contribute at that time, but offered to
help by giving my time within the context of the work that I
do, - by working in whatever small way I am able, to
increase awareness and to facilitate communication between
their group in Africa and individuals and groups in other
countries who were and are supporting them in various ways.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Mainly because of the vast difference in wealth between
our countries and theirs. It costs very, very little to
achieve life-impacting change for a child, for a family,
even for an entire village over there.
Charity begins at home. Is anyone teaching them about birth-
control?
Family planning and birth control is a priority with all
health education from the hospital that is there, and from
within the neighbouring community education centre.
They teach not only those who visit the hospital or the
community, they also send people out into the villages to
teach them there.
Quoted message said:Why do they have so many children when there isn't enough
to go around as it is?
Most of the families associated with the community that I am
familiar with have only two or three children of their own.
They also care for the orphaned children of their siblings.
Most families now have at least two orphans to care for, and
also, very often, at least one grandparent.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:When asked what you would have done in Germany during
the time when families were disappearing, you said you
would probably try to save some, at least one or two, if
at all possible. Apparently the same does not apply in
this situation?
How would I get several of them HERE to where I live?
They do not need to be taken out of the country to give them
some essential protection against being infected with
HIV/AIDS. Children who are newly orphaned and who do not
have another immediate relative to care for them are totally
vulnerable. Many become street kids, and so the cycle
continues. If someone wanted to sponsor one child they could
usually find a way. The cost is very little, often no more
than a dollar a day to change a life, and while you, or I
for that matter, may not be able to find that dollar at any
time, there are those who can and do.
Quoted message said:These are NOT my neighbors but foreigners living 1/2 a
world away. The Jews were being slaughtered by a madman,
not a disease caused by their own actions, beliefs and
customs.
And they, too, were "in another country", far away, not
someone's immediate neighbour, and so on. The relative
distance is no more now than it was then. In fact with
today's media and communication systems they are closer.
And there were those people then (and possibly even now) who
thought that situation was caused by the people's own
"actions, beliefs and customs".
And while you may think you know the "causes", others take a
more compassionate and humane approach.
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