A New Reason To Live For
Ahhh~~ Sunrise. Adding with the mist so tranquil and relaxing, it's a new day I would always want to wake up to. With such a cool ambience around, a cup of warm coffee will be perfect. Perfect? Hold your horses right there! Perfect. Perfect? Nothing's ever perfect to me. Not in this current life of mine. Ever wondered why we were given a pair of hands by the creator? One hand is to help ourselves and the other, to help others. I quoted it from someone but I find it real true. Don't be so selfish right? Help someone else with the other hand. This statement somehow made me realise how lucky am I to be myself currently. Not having to live in a world like Ethiopia; a country which has been facing an abundant of food for years. Food crisis to be exact. I don't think that anyone out there really cares on what people in the other part of the world are currently going through. That's a fact that can't be denied. Most of us just live our everyday lives; mostly wasting precious time in pointless activities when they know that, with their pair of hands during free time, they can make a whole lot difference by contributing. Whether anot in the form of donation, food, or clothing, it's just the thought that counts. When you have the thought of helping, you'll definitely contribute.
Ethiopia, a part of East Africa has an estimated amount of 15 million people facing poverty and severe food shortages. From poverty, it leads to insufficient food. As nobody has enough money to buy food home. I ain't exaggerating at all folks. An extract from an article which i found on the web. it tells the tale of a boy having a bloated stomach. No, not because he's fat or ate too much. Remember Ethiopia's having a food crisis? The bloating stomach isn't caused by eating too much but caused by intestinal worms. Intestinal Worms are categorized into may different species but the longest intestinal worm can grow up 35cm in length. One particular species, the Round Worm is common around the world. Why I say it's common? As, it's population is estimated to be quater of the world's population. Back to the Ethiopians. in small villages throughout Ethiopia, many children are suffering from this particular disease due to malnutrition.
Usually, the ones who are suffering from malnutrition has very skinny legs. Actualy, not just the legs but the whole body excluding the bloated stomach. If they are not suffering from malnutrition, then the children will be thin to the bones. So thin that right beneath the skin is nothing more but bone. I have know about the problems that Ethiopia has been facing for sometime but I couldn't do much. If only I could help them more. So, I urge everyone out there who happen to read this post, to somehow think about how lucky you are and try to help them in any way. As for me, I am doing a job by raising an awareness through blogging and also donating toInternational NGOs like Unicef.
Ethiopia, a part of East Africa has an estimated amount of 15 million people facing poverty and severe food shortages. From poverty, it leads to insufficient food. As nobody has enough money to buy food home. I ain't exaggerating at all folks. An extract from an article which i found on the web. it tells the tale of a boy having a bloated stomach. No, not because he's fat or ate too much. Remember Ethiopia's having a food crisis? The bloating stomach isn't caused by eating too much but caused by intestinal worms. Intestinal Worms are categorized into may different species but the longest intestinal worm can grow up 35cm in length. One particular species, the Round Worm is common around the world. Why I say it's common? As, it's population is estimated to be quater of the world's population. Back to the Ethiopians. in small villages throughout Ethiopia, many children are suffering from this particular disease due to malnutrition.
Usually, the ones who are suffering from malnutrition has very skinny legs. Actualy, not just the legs but the whole body excluding the bloated stomach. If they are not suffering from malnutrition, then the children will be thin to the bones. So thin that right beneath the skin is nothing more but bone. I have know about the problems that Ethiopia has been facing for sometime but I couldn't do much. If only I could help them more. So, I urge everyone out there who happen to read this post, to somehow think about how lucky you are and try to help them in any way. As for me, I am doing a job by raising an awareness through blogging and also donating toInternational NGOs like Unicef.
For further inquiries, try contacting Unicef through this link. Click Unicef.
To read more about the articles on the severe food shortages of Ethiopia, click Kind or Heart,
To read more about the articles on the severe food shortages of Ethiopia, click Kind or Heart,
-February 24 2008-